'Mnangagwa ally' Charamba under fire in Zanu-PF

Hawkish information permanent secretary and presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, is under fire in the warring post-congress Zanu-PF, with his growing band of ruling party detractors accusing him of being disloyal to President Robert Mugabe.

Speaking in interviews with the Daily News, the critics said Charamba was playing a 'flagrantly divisive role in the ruling party's seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars, adding that he had 'openly nailed his flag to tea, Lacoste' Vice President Mnangagwa's faction.