A Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association press conference set to be addressed by its chairman Andreas Ethan Mathibela at Bulawayo Media Centre was disrupted yesterday by a hired gang calling itself Youth Connect, escalating tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga over the ruling Zanu PF’s increasingly contested succession issue.
War veterans are supporting Chiwenga, a retired army commander, while the youths are hired to back Mnangagwa.
Although Mnangagwa’s second term expires in 2028, his Zanu PF faction wants him to extend it beyond the constitutional limit to 2030, something Chiwenga and his military-backed camp are opposed to.
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