VP Chiwenga Involved In Chadzamira’s Arrest


Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been dragged in the arrest of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira, earlier this week.

The NewsHawks reports that this was revealed by a pro-Emmerson Mnangagwa faction which is blaming Chiwenga for intensifying efforts to topple the President.

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.

He became the first person to be arrested after the corruption watchdog opened an office in Masvingo last week.

The arrest came a day after a high-powered meeting held in Gutu which Chadzamira and his close allies did not attend.

The meeting was allegedly hosted by a politburo member linked to the Chiwenga faction.

Mnangagwa’s 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.

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.

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:

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.

The two as well as another bigwig from Gutu are believed to be behind this guy’s misfortunes.

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.

Marapira, who is also the minister of State in charge of Monitoring The Implementation of Special Agricultural and Related Programmes in Mnangagwa’s office, denied the allegations. He said:

That is speculation that is untrue. I am always busy with my government duties so l cannot be a party chairman.

I don’t have time to hate colleagues, but let me tell you one thing, there is nothing like a faction.

The President is for everyone and no one is too close to him. If you hear people saying that, they are liars.

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

He said he is not willing to challenge Chadzamira, but people within the province are the ones asking him to vie for the post.

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.

A top government official in Masvingo told The NewsHawks that the President is the one seen as shielding Chadzamira from ZACC.

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.

The NewsHawks understands that Chadzamira, who is also the ruling party’s provincial chairperson for Masvingo, is facing three counts, one involving a Chiredzi white farmer Tony Sappor and Tungamirai Rukatya.

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. NewsHawks

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