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Internal Zanu PF strife escalate in Mashonaland East
30 Mar 2016 at 01:33hrs | Views
The internal strife within Zanu-PF intensified in Mashonaland East as the ZimPF party established its structures.
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that reports from Mashonaland East highlight numerous cases of defections from both Zanu-PF and MDC-T to ZimPF. This situation has resulted in more threats being directed against ZimPF supporters.
"Threats have also been directed against alleged supporters of Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa. In Maramba Pfungwe, a youth leader and a women's league leader were expelled from local Zanu-PF structures for alleged sympathies for Mnangagwa," ZPP reported. "On 20 February 2016 in Goromonzi West the Zanu PF Mashonaland East Coordinating Committee booted out local Member of Parliament, Beatrice Beater Nyamupinga in a meeting held in Marondera. She was accused of being a sell-out who supports the ousted Vice President Joyce Mujuru."
ZPP said during the Zanu-PF annual conference in December last year some people in Goromonzi West constituency reported that Nyamupinga was the one who brought flyers for the coming of Mujuru in the district. This information circulated in the district in December.
"On 20 February 2016 in Maramba Pfungwe, Fungai Muhammed, a Zanu-PF youth chairperson was sacked from Zanu-PF on allegations he was aligned to the
Mnangagwa faction. He was dismissed together with Petronella Kagonye a member of the provincial women's league," reported ZPP.
"On 20 February 2016 in Mudzi West village heads called for a Ward 8 development meeting at Masarakufa Business Centre. Villagers from the age of 20 to 70 attended the meeting and they were grouped according to their ages at the meeting. The village head who is the ward chairperson of Zanu-PF allegedly started chanting party slogans."
He reportedly accused the villagers of not turning up at a meeting he had called for the previous week. He also intimidated villagers arguing that the 2018 elections are going to be worse than the ones in 2008 if they don't join cell groups "kumberi kwakaipa kupfuura 2008" he is reported to have said.
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that reports from Mashonaland East highlight numerous cases of defections from both Zanu-PF and MDC-T to ZimPF. This situation has resulted in more threats being directed against ZimPF supporters.
"Threats have also been directed against alleged supporters of Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa. In Maramba Pfungwe, a youth leader and a women's league leader were expelled from local Zanu-PF structures for alleged sympathies for Mnangagwa," ZPP reported. "On 20 February 2016 in Goromonzi West the Zanu PF Mashonaland East Coordinating Committee booted out local Member of Parliament, Beatrice Beater Nyamupinga in a meeting held in Marondera. She was accused of being a sell-out who supports the ousted Vice President Joyce Mujuru."
"On 20 February 2016 in Maramba Pfungwe, Fungai Muhammed, a Zanu-PF youth chairperson was sacked from Zanu-PF on allegations he was aligned to the
Mnangagwa faction. He was dismissed together with Petronella Kagonye a member of the provincial women's league," reported ZPP.
"On 20 February 2016 in Mudzi West village heads called for a Ward 8 development meeting at Masarakufa Business Centre. Villagers from the age of 20 to 70 attended the meeting and they were grouped according to their ages at the meeting. The village head who is the ward chairperson of Zanu-PF allegedly started chanting party slogans."
He reportedly accused the villagers of not turning up at a meeting he had called for the previous week. He also intimidated villagers arguing that the 2018 elections are going to be worse than the ones in 2008 if they don't join cell groups "kumberi kwakaipa kupfuura 2008" he is reported to have said.
Source - Byo24News
