All-out war in Zanu-PF as Gang of Four, G40 members side with Kasukuwere

As Zanu-PF's deadly factional and succession wars continue to rage on, President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, has launched a blistering attack on Ignatius Chombo - openly accusing the Local Government minister of working to undermine Mugabe.

And as has become the trend over the past few months when Zanu-PF bigwigs engage in the mindless bloodletting, Zhuwao used the ready platform of lickspittle State media- which have tried but failed to mask the anarchy devouring the ruling party- to savage Chombo yesterday while appearing to be even-handed in Chombo's current fight with embattled party national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere.

At the heart of the latest ruckus is the choice of the party's candidate for the June 10 Harare East by-election, where two of its cadres- Terence Mukupe and Mavis Gumbo- who are said to be proxies of senior officials, are taking each other on in a divisive dog-eat-dog fight that ultimately ended up in court.

Mugabe, Grace and Mnangagwa, apparently using Chombo, are said to be backing Gumbo, while Kasukuwere- touted by the party's Young Turks or Generation 40 members as a future Zanu-PF leader- has batted in Mukupe's corner.