Zanu-PF expels 7, suspends 13

As Zanu-PF intensifies purging of pro Mujuru loyalist, the party has expelled seven more members, while 13 others were suspended for five years.

In Mashonaland East, those expelled were former provincial chairman Ray Kaukonde and former Women Affairs secretary for the commissariat Olivia Muchena, while in Masvingo former secretary for production and labour Dzikamai Mavhaire, former deputy secretary for economic affairs Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and former Central Committee member Claudius Makova were also booted out.

In Mashonaland Central, Mbire National Assembly representative David Butau and an official, Kudakwashe Gope, were also kicked out.

Those given five-year suspensions include former Politburo member Tendai Savanhu, former Central Committee members Noah Mangondo and Munyaradzi Banda, former provincial chairman Amos Midzi and former deputy provincial chairman Christopher Chigumba, while in Manicaland another former Politburo member Munacho Mutezo was also suspended.