Harare — FORMER Public Service and National Housing Minister Frederick Shava is tipped to take over as Zimbabwe's ambassador to China from Chris Mutsvangwa, who had an inglorious exit from the vast Asian state, one of the few nations that still back Harare's controversial policies.
Highly placed sources said Shava, the ruling party's director, sidelined in 1987 after being caught in what came to be known as the 'Willowgate scandal' but whose star started shining again in the mid-1990s, had been given the thumbs up by influential ZANU PF bigwigs.
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