Zhuwao threatens to unleash thugs on rebellious Zanu PF youth

Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment minister Patrick Zhuwao  has  threatened to "unleash youths" on party members plotting to oust Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere.

"I want to explain to you that we have some among us who are bent on deviating and disrespecting the commissar (Kasukuwere). We will deal with those who say they do not want the commissar because they don't want the youths to benefit.

"We dealt with (Christopher) Mutsvangwa in Mashonaland West because he failed to understand that Kasukuwere was selected by President Mugabe. So, what I am saying to you Cde Chipanga, Kasukuwere came from the Youth League and if you have some members of the party refusing to listen to him as an appointee of the President, then the Youth League should deal with such people in their respective provinces," Zhuwao said.

Calls for Kasukuwere's resignation or removal from the politburo have been growing, with some Zanu PF-aligned youth groups and war veterans saying the youthful Mt Darwin South MP "is not ideologically schooled" to lead the party in the commissar's position.