Sekeramayi, Mnangagwa gang up against Mujuru?

ZANU PF strongman Emmerson Mnangagwa and Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi have made a gentlemen's agreement to unseat Vice President Mujuru at the party's do or die December Congress, according an exclusive report by The Telescope News.

According to highly placed sources in the army, Sekeramayi is certain of landing the coveted post after reportedly earning the full support of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) power brokers, who have now openly shown a suspicious ambition to assist former defence minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to become the first vice president, thus allowing him an open cheque to replace President Robert Mugabe, even quite possibly before the end of the year or early 2015.

According to confidential reports Ambassador Simon Khaya-Moyo, who is the current party chairman, and had hitherto been poised to win nomination of the second vice president post, is under pressure to make way for Sekeramayi in exchange of a senior cabinet post later.

It is understood that Sekeramayi's elevation to second VP if unhindered, will create a new precedent whereby the powerful cabinet post of defence minister, shall potentially be filled by a woman on a FULL-TIME basis and not acting capacity.

Some of the names that are being mentioned include Muchinguri, Senate president Edna Madzongwe, and politburo member Olivia Muchena.

Meanwhile, China seems to be also endorsing Sekeremayi, after becoming the first foreign nation to declare an interest in Mugabe's succession by allegedly funding Mnangagwa, from the closet in Beijing.

Sekeramayi flew to Beijing on 9 October for "talks" with his Chinese counterpart, Chang Wanquan.

According to Chinese media reports, Chang said that the bilateral ties between China and Zimbabwe have been developing in a healthy and smooth way since the diplomatic relations between the two countries were established.

"General Chang expressed his satisfaction with the close contacts between the militaries of the two countries as evidenced by the frequent group visits and well-cooperated personnel training," a REPORT in the ChinaMil said.

"The Chinese military cherishes the traditional friendship between the two militaries and is willing to make joint efforts with the Zimbabwean military to push forward the further development of the military-to-military friendly relations as well as the comprehensive and in-depth development of the bilateral ties between countries, said Chang Wanquan during the meeting."

Before their so called talks, Chang Wanquan held a red-carpet welcome ceremony for Sekeramayi.

While his nemesis Mujuru is currently embattled following a deadly expose by First Lady Grace Mugabe, Sekeramayi and Mnangagwa seem, in the public eye to be "clean" as neither of them has been linked to America or Britain, and the WikiLeaks saga.