Tsvangirai erased from MDC-T logo

MDC youths in Masvingo say almost the entire provincial leadership is anti-Tsvangirai leading to them seizing a car from executive members believed to be aligned to MDC-T deputy treasurer Mr Elton Mangoma.

The executive has reportedly moved to delete the "T" from the party's name. The "T" appendage is in reference to "Tsvangirai".

The provincial executive - led by Mr Wilstaf Sitemere - allegedly also agreed to erase Mr Tsvangirai's face from the party logo.

On Friday, a mob allegedly seized a party Isuzu truck bearing a logo without Mr Tsvangirai's face from Masvingo provincial youth chair Mr Oliver Chirume and provincial administrator Mr Aleck Tabe, whom they accused of sympathising with Mr Mangoma.

A camp aligned to Mr Tsvangirai, and led by district chair Mr Murangwanwa Chanyau and his spokesperson Mr Gibson Murinye, is using the car.

"The youths accuse the entire provincial executive of being behind Mangoma but what angered them even more was the removal of Tsvangirai's face from the party logo on the vehicle and the changing of the party's name by deleting the 'T'," said an MDC-T official in Masvingo.

An anti-Tsvangirai group recently met at Nyika Growth Point and plotted Mr Tsvangirai's ouster.  

MDC-T provincial secretary Mr Tongai Matutu accused the party members who seized the vehicle of being "attention seekers".

"I am not sure whether the youths have returned the vehicle or not but I have not seen it yet so maybe they still have it. In any case the issue of what happened, where and by who should have been left to the party's security department," Mr Matutu said.