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| Zimbabwe: Poll Reruns, Shamu Sacking |
| 2018-05-24 |
| [All Africa] Webster Shamu's sacking as Mashonaland West provincial affairs minister suggests President Emmerson Mnangagwa was still too grateful to those who helped him get into power to a point of allowing them to negatively influence some government decisions. Mnangagwa took the bold decision Monday to fire a sitting minister from his government. Although no reasons were given, Shamu's name has been linked to alleged rigging in Zanu PF's primaries which saw presidential advisor Mutsvangwa suffer an embarrassing defeat to a party competitor recently. Fears abound that Mutsvangwa and vice president Constantino Chiwenga wield too much negative influence on Mnangagwa. "I don't think it's about negative things," said political analyst Rejoice Ngwenya while speaking to NewZim-bob-we.com. "It's more like Mnangagwa owes Chiwenga a lot, so he is bound to bend. Everything else is political gamesmanship, because ED is closer to people than the soldiers. "He can always argue about the 'Voice of God'. Shamu is a political baby pamper, a disposable one."' But Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu denied the President was being remote controlled, saying the latter's light approach to governance issues was being misconstrued. "The president can choose to appoint or disappoint," Mpofu said, before going overboard in Mnangagwa praise. |
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