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Mnangagwa warns ZANU-PF members absent from dinner

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Mnangagwa warns ZANU-PF members absent from dinner

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa strongly criticised several Politburo members, including Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, for missing a ZANU-PF fundraising dinner. The gathering, which raised millions of dollars, has revived tensions between factions ahead of the party’s national congress, reports Zimeye.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned ZANU-PF members, the ruling party in Zimbabwe, who had missed the presidential fundraising dinner on Tuesday 13 October. He confronted them during a meeting of the party’s Politburo in Harare, reports Zimeye.

Monday’s dinner raised several million dollars to prepare the ZANU-PF national conference, scheduled to take place in Chinhoyi. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was among the most notable absentees, an absence fuelling speculation about a growing dispute between the two leaders, according to Zimeye.

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