Zanu PF Director for Information and Publicity Farai Marapira has confirmed that Kudakwashe Tagwirei – a local tycoon manoeuvring to position himself as a potential successor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa – has been co-opted into the ruling party’s main decision-making body in-between congresses – Central Committee – the administrative organ of the politburo.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei arriving at the Zanu PF HQ in Harare for his first Central Committee meeting as a member Picture by Munashe Chokodza| 263Chat
The politburo at its meeting in Harare yesterday adopted a Harare Province recommendation to co-opt Tagwirei into the Central Committee.
Asked by The NewsHawks about the Tagwirei Central Committee co-option, Marapira said: “Yes, the commissariat announced it in the politburo.”