Masvingo thwarts resurgent Mujuru faction

The Zanu-PF faction led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru whose current ascendancy is riding on the party's restructuring exercise was last week thwarted in Masvingo where it failed to remove the executive aligned to Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

However, the Mujuru faction sought to establish a firm grip on structures in the province by declaring its regional stalwart, Dzikamai Mavhaire, "godfather" of the province.

By installing Mavhaire, a politburo member, as the godfather of Masvingo ahead of former governor Josaya Hungwe, sources say "the probe team had to come up with a different strategy of propping up the Mujuru faction after failing to dislodge the Lovemore Matuke-led executive".