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Mphoko, Mnangagwa give Mugabe sleepless nights
28 Jun 2015 at 07:13hrs | Views
The acrimonious relationship between Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko is giving President Robert Mugabe sleepless nights as he is struggling to cool them.
Mugabe (91) is said to be exceedingly worried that his deputies hold ideologically and strategically divergent views and have failed to find each other since their appointment to the powerful posts.
According to the Standard, their relationship threatens the stability of the Zanu PF party battling to contain factional fissures.
The publication said Mugabe's snap decision to sack Information minister Jonathan Moyo from Cabinet without even the knowledge of his two deputies has set the tone for a high magnitude reshuffle. The reshuffle would not only affect ministers linked to former Vice President Joice Mujuru who was fired from both government and Zanu Pf on allegations of plotting against Mugabe.
"The President is set to make sweeping changes in his Cabinet that would possibly affect one of his deputies," a source close to the developments said.
"The President is very worried. He is not happy over continued infighting in his party. He has intelligence that some of his most trusted lieutenants were involved in factional fights and is in a dilemma on how to deal with them after firing all those supposedly linked to Mujuru for the same offence."
The source added. "He has headaches over his VPs who seem not to going along. They are ideologically and tactfully divergent. When he appointed Mnangagwa, he hoped his appeal to the Shona and Ndebele tribes would help resolve tribal conflicts and unite the party, but this did not happen. On Mphoko, his wife, Grace has begun to show reservations on his capabilities and has openly told her husband that Simon Khaya-Moyo would have made a better VP than him."
Added another un-named source : "The President is also worried that some of his ministers, including his deputies, were being implicated in abuse of office by extorting from potential investors extortion and he would want to crack the whip."
Mugabe (91) is said to be exceedingly worried that his deputies hold ideologically and strategically divergent views and have failed to find each other since their appointment to the powerful posts.
According to the Standard, their relationship threatens the stability of the Zanu PF party battling to contain factional fissures.
The publication said Mugabe's snap decision to sack Information minister Jonathan Moyo from Cabinet without even the knowledge of his two deputies has set the tone for a high magnitude reshuffle. The reshuffle would not only affect ministers linked to former Vice President Joice Mujuru who was fired from both government and Zanu Pf on allegations of plotting against Mugabe.
"The President is set to make sweeping changes in his Cabinet that would possibly affect one of his deputies," a source close to the developments said.
"The President is very worried. He is not happy over continued infighting in his party. He has intelligence that some of his most trusted lieutenants were involved in factional fights and is in a dilemma on how to deal with them after firing all those supposedly linked to Mujuru for the same offence."
The source added. "He has headaches over his VPs who seem not to going along. They are ideologically and tactfully divergent. When he appointed Mnangagwa, he hoped his appeal to the Shona and Ndebele tribes would help resolve tribal conflicts and unite the party, but this did not happen. On Mphoko, his wife, Grace has begun to show reservations on his capabilities and has openly told her husband that Simon Khaya-Moyo would have made a better VP than him."
Added another un-named source : "The President is also worried that some of his ministers, including his deputies, were being implicated in abuse of office by extorting from potential investors extortion and he would want to crack the whip."
Source - The Standard
