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Intra-party clashes rock Zanu PF Bulawayo province
01 May 2016 at 06:50hrs | Views
Intra-party conflict reportedly rocked the ruling Zanu PF structures in Bulawayo with some members suspected to be aligned to the Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Lacoste faction being blocked from holding a meeting at in Makokoba.
Accotrding to Zimbabwe Peace Project on 26 March 2016, Zanu-PF intra-party experienced intolerance of diversity resulting in members aligned to Mnangagwa being barred from holding a meeting.
"Ziyaphapha district chairperson, Charles Nyama and fellow Lacoste faction supporters went to party offices in Makokoba intending to hold their meeting," said ZPP. "They found the place occupied by Nicodemus Ndebele leading G40 faction singing and chanting slogans supporting First Lady Grace Mugabe. There were about two hundred in attendance and violence was averted when provincial member Makheyi Dube stopped the meeting and people dispersed."
"Ziyaphapha district chairperson, Charles Nyama and fellow Lacoste faction supporters went to party offices in Makokoba intending to hold their meeting," said ZPP. "They found the place occupied by Nicodemus Ndebele leading G40 faction singing and chanting slogans supporting First Lady Grace Mugabe. There were about two hundred in attendance and violence was averted when provincial member Makheyi Dube stopped the meeting and people dispersed."
Source - Byo24News
