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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The arrest of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira, earlier this week has left a ZANU PF faction aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in shock.<\/p>\n

The faction is blaming the dramatic development on rivals aligned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who want to topple the provincial leader at upcoming ZANU PF elections, The NewsHawks reported.<\/p>\n

Chadzamira was briefly arrested on Monday by investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for alleged abuse of office and corruption involving land in the province.<\/p>\n

He became the first person to be arrested after the corruption watchdog opened an office in Masvingo last week.<\/p>\n

The arrest came a day after a high-powered meeting held in Gutu which was not attended by Chadzamira and his close allies.<\/p>\n

The meeting was allegedly hosted by a politburo member linked to the Chiwenga faction.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa\u2019s allies are of the view that the arrest of Chadzamira is politically motivated since what he is doing is similar to what other ruling party leaders are doing.<\/p>\n

They said everyone has the right to get land so the reversal of a list of beneficiaries of the Kilimanjaro sugarcane plot project shows that Chiwenga is working to prop up his faction.<\/p>\n

A top ruling party official in the province told The NewsHawks that Chadzamira, a top ally of Mnangagwa, is facing unendless fights from people aligned to Chiwenga. Said the official:<\/p>\n

This is sensitive, but what l can tell you is that his deputy, Rabson Mavenyengwa and Masvingo North MP Davies Marapira are eyeing his position.<\/p>\n

The two as well as another bigwig from Gutu are believed to be behind this guy\u2019s misfortunes.<\/p>\n

There was a meeting last Sunday in Gutu where the other faction was positioning its members with a view to announcing who will take what at the upcoming provincial coordinating committee elections.<\/p>\n

Marapira, who is also the minister of State in charge of Monitoring The Implementation of Special Agricultural and Related Programmes in Mnangagwa\u2019s office, denied the allegations. He said:<\/p>\n

That is speculation that is untrue. I am always busy with my government duties so l cannot be a party chairman.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have time to hate colleagues, but let me tell you one thing, there is nothing like a faction.<\/p>\n

The President is for everyone and no one is too close to him. If you hear people saying that, they are liars.<\/p>\n

Mavenyengwa, a former police intelligence head for Masvingo province and current MP for Zaka North, dismissed allegations that he is aligned to any faction.<\/p>\n

He said he is not willing to challenge Chadzamira, but people within the province are the ones asking him to vie for the post.<\/p>\n

He also confirmed that there was a meeting in Gutu on Sunday but he did not attend it and was not aware of what was discussed.<\/p>\n

A top government official in Masvingo told The NewsHawks that the President is the one seen as shielding Chadzamira from ZACC.<\/p>\n

The official said the government foiled the first attempt to arrest him in April and on Monday prosecutors in Masvingo were instructed via a phone call from the National Prosecuting Authority head office in Harare not to proceed with the case.<\/p>\n

The NewsHawks understands that Chadzamira, who is also the ruling party\u2019s provincial chairperson for Masvingo, is facing three counts, one involving a Chiredzi white farmer Tony Sappor and Tungamirai Rukatya.<\/p>\n

The two complainants entered into a joint venture, but their productive farm was recently subdivided and given to other people believed to be linked to Chadzamira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The arrest of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira, earlier this week has left a ZANU PF faction aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in shock. 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