MDC-T takes on Kasukuwere

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) is moving to forestall Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere's attempts to weaken its influence on the remaining urban strongholds under its dominion as the country's political parties brace for a gruelling encounter at the 2018 general elections.

Since his appointment to the ZANU-PF commissariat and as Minister of Local Government, Kasukuwere has wreaked havoc in urban areas that are still dominated by the MDC-T, at times in ways criticized as unconstitutional.

So far, he has scored a succession of victories in his war with the MDC-T, having dismissed the entire Gweru council and shaken the Mutare municipality to the core.