War over Grace Mugabe's Manicaland rally

The tongue lashing that President Robert Mugabe gave to Zanu-PF's warring factions last week regarding his controversial wife Grace's impending visit to Manicaland appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

It was learnt yesterday that far from dousing the demons of factionalism devouring the ruling party, as well as the rising animosity towards Grace within the post congress Zanu-PF, the nonagerian's utterances may have had the opposite effect.

Party members opposed to Grace and the faction aligned to her are circulating a series of messages on social media and other platforms, dissuading Zanu-PF supporters from attending her planned rally in the troubled province this week.