HARARE- Divisions have resurfaced within Zanu PF as Team Lacoste which backs incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military backed Cosleg have gone on overdrive mode to expose each other in recent weeks.
The war of words which erupted between Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo and Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi over a diplomatic gaffe by the latter who publicly criticised Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the east African country is the latest of the factional battle to haunt the Zimbabwe revolutionary party.
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Mutodi accused the popular coup announcer Moyo who rose to prominence in November 2017 of behaving like a superior minister or prime minister. The incident took place hours after Moyo publicly censured him on national television over his comments criticising Tanzania’s response to the deadly coronavirus.
Mutodi tweeted last week that:
“His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli’s Tanzania now has 630 COVID-19 cases with prayers, but without a lockdown, while His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa’s Zimbabwe only got 31 cases with a lockdown and masks. An insight into how managers can be game-changers.”
SB Moyo reacted to the undiplomatic language by quickly distancing the government from Mutodi’s remarks, which he said were personal and disparaging.
On Tuesday, Mutodi, who rose to fame after his picture with Mnangagwa, then Vice-President, at his Zvishavane home on the 2017 New Year’s eve holding a cup inscribed I am the boss circulated on social media, warned Moyo to stop masquerading as his prime minister.
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