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Mnangagwa faction targets Kasukuwere
03 Jul 2015 at 08:55hrs | Views
RELATIONS between Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction and the group that had coalesced around President Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace, ahead of the party's acrimonious congress in December last year which led to the ouster of former vice-president Joice Mujuru are fast deteriorating.
This comes amid revelations Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is locked in an explosive turf war with a key Mnangagwa ally Joram Gumbo, Zanu-PF's chief whip.
A letter written by Gumbo to Kasukuwere dated June 18 exposes their fierce clashes.
Since Mujuru's ouster, Zanu-PF fights have shifted to a new terrain where Mnangagwa and his allies are waging a vicious war of attrition against Grace's associates, particularly politburo member Jonathan Moyo and Kasukuwere.
Latest details show that Grace could now also be distancing herself from the clique she closely worked with to remove Mujuru as she seeks to occupy middle political ground to position herself to succeed Mugabe.
Sources in Zanu-PF told the Zimbabwe Independent this week Kasukuwere believes Mnangagwa is fighting him by proxy through his Midlands allies in parliament, notably Gumbo and vocal Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment chairman Justice Mayor Wadyajena.
Kasukuwere has been summoned - for the second time in less than a year - to appear before the Wadyajena-chaired committee to clarify how he administered the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust Scheme between 2009 and 2013 when he was in charge of the portfolio. Previously, he was taken to task over shady indigenisation deals.
Kasukuwere reportedly confronted Gumbo over the matter resulting in the chief whip responding with an angry letter last month.
This comes amid revelations Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is locked in an explosive turf war with a key Mnangagwa ally Joram Gumbo, Zanu-PF's chief whip.
A letter written by Gumbo to Kasukuwere dated June 18 exposes their fierce clashes.
Since Mujuru's ouster, Zanu-PF fights have shifted to a new terrain where Mnangagwa and his allies are waging a vicious war of attrition against Grace's associates, particularly politburo member Jonathan Moyo and Kasukuwere.
Latest details show that Grace could now also be distancing herself from the clique she closely worked with to remove Mujuru as she seeks to occupy middle political ground to position herself to succeed Mugabe.
Sources in Zanu-PF told the Zimbabwe Independent this week Kasukuwere believes Mnangagwa is fighting him by proxy through his Midlands allies in parliament, notably Gumbo and vocal Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment chairman Justice Mayor Wadyajena.
Kasukuwere has been summoned - for the second time in less than a year - to appear before the Wadyajena-chaired committee to clarify how he administered the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust Scheme between 2009 and 2013 when he was in charge of the portfolio. Previously, he was taken to task over shady indigenisation deals.
Kasukuwere reportedly confronted Gumbo over the matter resulting in the chief whip responding with an angry letter last month.
Source - independent
