Zimbabwe: Chiwenga Loses Party Grip, Close Allies Sink

Beleaguered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga made spirited but futile efforts to save his allies from the Zanu PF political guillotine during Wednesday's tense politburo meeting in which a titanic battle among senior party officials exploded into the open.

The most high-profile casualty from Wednesday's meeting was Mashonaland East provincial affairs minister Aplonia Munzverengwi, who was demoted from the women's league national political commissar position to become deputy secretary for lands in the influential wing.

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