'Worship God, not Mugabe'

Disaffected Zanu-PF stalwarts, who have defiantly broken ranks with President Robert Mugabe to coalesce under the banner and principles of the "original Zanu-PF", and who now operate as "Zanu-PF First", and who now operates as Zanu People First, say the hero-worshipping of politician such as the nonagenarian needs to end if Zimbabwe is ever to come right.

Documents of the new Zanu-PF formation say "the original Zanu-PF" will break away from the post-December 2014 Zanu-PF which it alleges has a negative culture hero-worshipping its leaders.

The documents, which will form part of the founding principles and values of this "original Zanu-PF", show that the party will go to extent of putting a clause in its constitution barring "hero-worshipping, inflammatory slogans and idolatry".