Masvingo (ZimEye) – President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party reached a point of total collapse Tuesday after a war of words erupted in Zanu-PF’s Masvingo Province between party officials and war veterans over the nomination of Vice President Joice Mujuru(pictured) and Oppah Muchinguri.

War veterans accuse the Zanu-PF provincial leadership of fomenting disunity and threatening the party’s viability by trying to replace Mujuru at next month’s national congress.

In response, Zanu-PF provincial chairman Lovemore Matuke, hit back at the war veterans saying they had sinister agenda.

Masvingo nominated Muchinguri for the Vice Presidency to replace Mujuru.

Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association secretary-general Alex Mudavanhu said they were “extremely concerned” by the initial decision to nominate Muchinguri.

“As war veterans we are very disturbed by that apparent attempt to cause disunity in the party through the decision not to nominate VP Mujuru for the position of Second Secretary.”

According to sources Muchinguri is a former girlfriend of President Robert Mugabe.

“As the vanguard of the revolution we believe that the initial decision by the party in Masvingo to leave out VP Mujuru was motivated by a desire to cause disharmony in the party.

“As a result we will soon have our own caucus as war veterans and see what course of action to take.

Last week, Zanu-PF provinces rubber-stamped the nomination of President Robert Mugabe to lead the party for the next five years.

Current party national chairman John Nkomo was nominated to be Vice President while Simon Khaya-Moyo has been nominated to take over from Nkomo.

Masvingo had nominated Kembo Mohadi for the national chairmanship but later reversed the decision.

Masvingo was the only province that had set to change the status quo by nominating alternatives names rather than the same old faces.
(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

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