President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has reassigned top leadership within the ruling party’s decision making body, the Politburo.
🟢Adv Jacob Mudenda moves from Treasurer General to become the new Secretary General, replacing Dr Obert Mpofu.
🟢Dr Obert Mpofu is reassigned to Secretary for ICT.
🟢Patrick Chinamasa shifts from Legal Affairs to Treasurer General.
🟢Hon Ziyambi Ziyambi takes over as Secretary for Legal Affairs.
The party says the changes, effective immediately, are a routine constitutional exercise aimed at strengthening its leadership structures.
President Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga are said to be locked in a serious fight over succession.
Most recently, the two reportedly had a direct confrontation in the Central Committee meeting, to the extent that Mnangagwa is said to have offered to resign.
