Kasukuwere, suspended chairmen head for showdown

Three Zanu-PF provincial executives have vowed to stand by their leaders unilaterally suspended by national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at the weekend on allegations of disobedience and insolence.

Kizito Chivamba (Midlands), Ezra Chadzamira (Masvingo) and Joel Biggie Matiza (Mashonaland East) were suspended on allegations of blocking members of the women's league from attending a rally in Harare to welcome President Robert Mugabe.

The Midlands leadership said the charges were fabricated and meant to weaken one of the strongest provinces of the party.