Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene has sensationally claimed that rogue war veterans are plotting to unseat their patron President Robert Mugabe.
War veterans at the weekend passed a vote of no confidence on Mphoko and seven other top Zanu PF officials including national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, politburo members Jonathan Moyo, Patrick Zhuwao and Kudzi Chipanga.
Chimene insists that Mugabe is the real target and the former freedom fighters' resolution was designed to set the stage for Mugabe's ouster.
Mutsvangwa hit back, saying Chimene was not a war veteran, although she was the association's information secretary before the two fell out.
Mugabe, the ZNLWVA patron, has agreed to meet the war veterans following weeks of turbulence, which threaten to split Zanu PF.
- News Day
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