In a move set to demonstrate the strength of and exonerate the Joice Mujuru (Gamatox) faction, the motion to expel Former Zanu PF secretary for Administration, Didymus Mutasa was squashed by the politburo Wednesday.
Wednesday’s Politburo meeting was chaired by VP Emmerson Mnangagwa instead of President Mugabe.
A committee has since been set up to address Mutasa’s concerns.
But the committee set up comprises of Mutasa’s prominent enemy Grace Mugabe. It will be chaired by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, and also includes Saviour Kasukuwere (Secretary for the Commissariat), Patrick Chinamasa (Secretary for Legal Affairs), Grace Mugabe (Secretary for Women Affairs), Pupurai Togarepi (Secretary for Youth) and Kembo Mohadi.
Mutasa, who was reduced to an ordinary card-carrying member in last December’s Zanu PF congress, has been accused of attempting to involve SADC and the African Union in Zanu PF’s internal affairs, granting interviews to hostile private media, denigrating the party and the outcome of the 6th Zanu PF congress held in December.
An earlier press release yesterday saw Kasukuwere signalling that Mutasa would be dealt with harshly. See below: