Chigwedere, Matiza in near fistfight

Zanu-PF Mashonaland East interim chairman, Aeneas Chigwedere and his deputy, Joel Biggie Matiza, almost exchanged blows as the fight to control the province escalated.

This comes ahead of polls to elect a new chairman after the expulsion of former chairman, Ray Kaukonde.

The two have of late been trading insults at public meetings, with Chigwedere being accused of having stoked the fires when he reportedly tore into Matiza at a party meeting in Wedza two weeks ago.

The two, currently locked in a bitter war to land the provincial chairmanship in elections that are due on Sunday but are now in doubt after the province failed to complete an audit of its structures, nearly got involved in a fist fight at Matiza's office last week.