Zanu-PF fights - Headman find a bullet at his doorstep

As the new wave of factional politics continues to rock Zanu-PF in the run-up to the party's primaries ahead of two crucial by-elections on June 10, a headman from Headlands constituency claims that he woke up on Tuesday to find a live bullet planted at his doorstep after he had earlier been accused of belonging to a "wrong faction".

Headman Sebastian Boora, who is also Zanu-PF's political commissar for Netsiwe district, yesterday said that he suspected that the bullet was dropped at his homestead by members of a rival faction to instill fear and discourage him from supporting disqualified candidate Dakarai Mapuranga.

Mapuranga had initially been disqualified on the basis that he was not from Manicaland province despite being an executive member of the provincial youth league.

The party later included him on the list of 12 candidates approved to contest its primary elections where the winner would then run in the by-election to replace former Headlands MP Didymus Mutasa.

Boora said he reported the matter at Headlands Police Station yesterday and the bullet was removed from his yard.

However, police in Headlands referred all the questions to Manicaland provincial spokesperson Inspector Enock Chishiri whose phone went unanswered yesterday.