Mnangagwa demands security purges

VP Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly moving to consolidate his power base by piling pressure for security sector changes in addition to the sustained push for a cabinet reshuffle.

Sources say the Mnangagwa is pushing for the removal of CIO Director General Happyton Bonyongwe, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, Air Marshal Perence Shiri, and Prisons Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi.

Their jobs have been on the firing line since the demise of former VP Joice Mujuru.

Meanwhile, there are reports that a clique in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) was planning to arrest Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as factional wars intensified in the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of its December congress, documents obtained allege.

Documents show that ZACC was drawn into the battle between Mnangagwa and Mujuru and allegedly plotted to arrest the Justice Minister for undisclosed corruption charges.

Disgruntled ZACC official on February 25 wrote to Mnangagwa alerting him to the alleged plot.