Msipa warns civil servants

Former Zanu-PF politburo member Cephas Msipa has urged civil servants to remain apolitical and defy politicians who push them to act in a partisan manner.

Addressing delegates attending a Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) annual conference in Harare on Saturday, Msipa described "politicians masquerading as civil servants as unprofessionals".

Members of the civil service should not obey orders directing them to be partisan. And no member of the civil service should act in a partisan manner in whatever way.

"By acting in a partisan manner, you violate the Constitution of Zimbabwe," Msipa, who is a former teacher and journalist, said.