Grace Mugabe targets more bigwigs

Zanu-PF members aligned to First Lady Grace Mugabe have reportedly gone on a campaign to force party members to pass a vote of no-confidence in newly-elected Mashonaland East provincial chairman Joel Biggie Matiza, accusing him of being sympathetic to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction.

A senior provincial party member who declined to be named yesterday said that they had received orders from fellow party members to sign a petition against Matiza.

But Matiza yesterday said he was in the dark about the alleged plot.

Grace is reportedly part of the G40, a group of Zanu-PF Young Turks who are plotting to block Mnangagwa's bid to succeed President Robert Mugabe.