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ZANU-PF vows to crack down on cliques in Zimbabwe

By , based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)

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ZANU-PF national political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha said the party would not tolerate attempts to divide its leadership, at a meeting in Mashonaland Central. He called on members to follow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent appeal, according to the Daily News.

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party intends to preserve unity in its leadership and will not tolerate attempts to divide it, national political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha said. He was speaking to ZANU-PF members in Mashonaland Central province this weekend, the Daily News reports.

Munyaradzi Machacha also called on party members to follow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent appeal for unity within ZANU-PF, according to the Daily News.

The position comes as the party prepares for its congress and several officials have publicly stressed internal discipline and cohesion in recent weeks. Preparations for the ZANU-PF congress were launched on 15 October by Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s president and the party’s leader. Mnangagwa launches ZANU-PF congress preparations

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