A report claims that the First and Second Secretaries of the ruling party ZANU PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Deputy Constantino Chiwenga respectively, are involved in a fierce battle to control the party.
According to the Standard, the flurry of endorsements of Mnangagwa by various party organs as the ZANU PF presidential candidate for 2023 ahead of the Party’s Annual People’s Conference is an indication that Chiwenga’s influence has been curbed. A source with knowledge of the goings-on within the party to the Standard that
In public, they might want to give the impression that they are united, but a lot of things are happening in the background.
Mnangagwa’s backers are making sure that Chiwenga’s influence in both government and party is whittled down.
This is why there is a rush to endorse the president as the party’s presidential candidate in 2023 only three months after the elections. This is being done to ensure Chiwenga will not have any chance.
Chiwenga’s supporters are now feeling betrayed. They think Mnangagwa would not have been president without the retired general.
They are bitter that Chiwenga and most of those loyal to him are being sidelined by a clique close to Mnangagwa led by his relatives and allies.
They also think Mnangagwa has been captured and is betraying some of the agreements made when he was made the leader.
They are bitter that the security establishments are now led by people from mostly Midlands, the army and Central Intelligence Organisation, and there are plots to have one from Masvingo to take over the police force.
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Unsubstantiated journalism without an iota of justifiable facts…..goes to show level of immature reporting from so called “journalists”.
Fact is a fact. Like it or not. When mai Mujuru got fired everyone thought that was the end of factionalism in Zanu PF, until the G40 surfaced. The G40 has been cleaned but not entirely, now we hear the Chiwenga faction and the Garwe faction. There is no smoke without fire. You will work up one in the midst of these factions. As far as i am concerned these thing are there in Zanu PF and it’s a reality.Like it or not, believe it or not.
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Unity is critical not only within ZANU PF but also between ZANU PF and the Opposition parties MDC A, MDC T , others for then development becomes guaranteed for generations to come in Zimbabwe as a player in global frameworks