The entry of Defence minister Sydney Sekeremayi in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe has intensified Zanu PF factional wars amid accusations that some senior leaders are holding clandestine meetings to promote rival candidates.
Zanu PF social media platforms have become the new battleground in the ruling party's power games, with a faction linked to first lady Grace Mugabe, known as G40, accusing Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's supporters of launching a fight back strategy to peg back the top Mashonaland East politician.
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