'G40 is dead in the water'

War veterans say the end is definitely nigh for the Zanu-PF faction which is rapidly opposed to VP Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe which goes by the moniker G40.

At the same time, the disgruntled former freedom fighters also claim they have now buried the hatchet with Mugabe and his influential wife Grace as the warring ruling party's convoluted politics keep changing gears.

War veterans chairman, Christopher Mutsvangwa has denied there has been a cooling of relations between the former freedom fighters and their patron, President Robert Mugabe, ahead of their scheduled second indaba mid-next month.

Mutsvangwa absolved Mugabe of orchestrating their fallout, but heaped all the blame on the party's under-fire Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere and the G40 faction.

"The end is nigh for the G40 cabal and its diabolic power grab pretences. Our fight was never with President Mugabe, but G40," he said.

"We also take opportunity to reassure all and sundry that we have excellent relations with the entire defence and security establishment. (Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander) General Constantino Chiwenga enjoys our utmost trust and confidence.

"We are of the shared military progeny, as a young man sacrificing only life for freedom and independence in the 1960-70s. The bonds of blood are too strong to be torn asunder by children's play type trickery of G40."

Mutsvangwa's remarks came after Chiwenga recently came out guns blazing, accusing the former Norton legislator of disrespecting the First Family.

War veterans recently turned on their leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa, accusing him of selling out the struggle to maintain the principles of the liberation struggle in the aftermath of an attack by Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, who reprimanded them for criticising President Robert Mugabe.