Zanu-PF rejects Mujuru in her home province

MASHONALAND CENTRAL - IN a clear testimony that embattled vice president Joice Mujuru's hey days in the ruling party are coming to an end, she was yesterday rejected by her home province of Mashonaland Central in her bid to throw in her papers for a central committee ahead of the party's fateful Congress next week.

According to the State Press, some members of the Mashonaland Central Zanu-PF provincial elections
directorate yesterday rejected Vice President Joice Mujuru's application for a Central Committee post, but she survived after a compromise was reached to leave the decision to the Politburo.

While VP Mujuru survived the first hurdle in her bid to land the Central Committee post but the case was different for other provincial heavyweights like Politburo member Cde Nicholas Goche who had to run
for dear life after youths prevented him from submitting his CV.

When acting provincial chairman Wonder Mushange announced VP Mujuru's name among those who had submitted their names for consideration for the Central Committee, it was received with mixed feelings, with some saying she was no longer fit to continue serving in the party's top organ.

"The people were saying they could no longer work with the VP considering that she is linked to the activities meant to destabilize the party," said Mushange

He said it was later decided that that considering her position, the province would leave VP Mujuru's fate to higher authorities after she had been nominated by Mt Darwin District.