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Tribal war erupts within MDC-T: reports
03 Oct 2011 at 11:01hrs | Views
Sunday Mail claims an acrimonious tribal war has erupted within the MDC-T following party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to replace the late Public Service Minister Professor Eliphas Mukonoweshuro with Kuwadzana House of Assembly member Lucia Matibenga.
Senior party officials in Matabeleland have expressed reservations over the decision, saying the Cabinet post should have been allotted to a candidate in the region. Their preferred successor is Hwange Central legislator Brian Tshuma.
The situation is said to have left Tsvangirai caught between a rock and a hard place as he seeks to gain support in different regions, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and the party's women's assembly.
Sources in the MDC-T standing committee – which is the party's highest decision-making body – said the PM recommended to President Mugabe Matibenga as the successor to Mukonoweshuro, who died of lung cancer in August.
Senior party officials in Matabeleland have expressed reservations over the decision, saying the Cabinet post should have been allotted to a candidate in the region. Their preferred successor is Hwange Central legislator Brian Tshuma.
The situation is said to have left Tsvangirai caught between a rock and a hard place as he seeks to gain support in different regions, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and the party's women's assembly.
Sources in the MDC-T standing committee – which is the party's highest decision-making body – said the PM recommended to President Mugabe Matibenga as the successor to Mukonoweshuro, who died of lung cancer in August.
Source - Sunday Mail
