'I'm a form 3 dropout,' says Minister Chimene

Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Mandiitawepi Chimene, has bragged that she has landed a ministerial post despite her being a Form Three dropout.

She, however, could not disclose how she rose up the political ladder ahead of the academically gifted party members, but her critics claim it was through President Robert Mugabe and his wife First Lady Grace's patronage system.

Chimene becomes the third top Zanu-PF official to reveal their inferior academic qualifications after Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo and Hurungwe East legislator Sarah Mahoka, both Grade Two dropouts.