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Blow for Mnangagwa as top allies booted out
09 Dec 2015 at 06:57hrs | Views
The purge on suspected members of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction continued yesterday ahead of the Zanu-PF national conference with Women's League members passing votes of no-confidence on the league's secretary for administration Esphinah Nhari and spokesperson Monica Mutsvangwa, accusing them of disrespecting First Lady Grace Mugabe.
The decision was made during a meeting held at the ruling party's headquarters which was chaired by the First Lady. Party sources said the motion for the pair's ouster was initiated by Hurungwe East MP Sarah Mahoka, who doubles as the league's secretary for finance.
The sources said Nhari was targeted for publicly denouncing the G40 - a loose grouping of Zanu-PF Young Turks believed to be sympathetic to Grace.
Mutsvangwa, according to sources, is alleged to have angered fellow party members after she publicly backed axed Manicaland women's league chairperson Happiness Nyakuedzwa.
The decision was made during a meeting held at the ruling party's headquarters which was chaired by the First Lady. Party sources said the motion for the pair's ouster was initiated by Hurungwe East MP Sarah Mahoka, who doubles as the league's secretary for finance.
The sources said Nhari was targeted for publicly denouncing the G40 - a loose grouping of Zanu-PF Young Turks believed to be sympathetic to Grace.
Mutsvangwa, according to sources, is alleged to have angered fellow party members after she publicly backed axed Manicaland women's league chairperson Happiness Nyakuedzwa.
Source - newsday
