G40, Mphoko gang up against Mnangagwa

Zanu-PF's ambitious Young Turks have apparently roped in co-Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to counter party strongman, VP Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to advance their ambitions.

Sources said  that President Robert Mugabe was aware of this development and that he had allegedly made it "abundantly clear" at Thursday's explosive Zanu-PF politburo meeting in Harare that he was not happy with this, and that he completely trusted Mnangagwa.

One of the sources said the Young Turks - who are known as the Generation 40 (G40) group, and some of them as the Gang of Four - had realised that "they needed more ammunition to thwart Ngwena (Mnangagwa)", hence the incorporation of Mphoko in their alleged plot.