{"id":104017,"date":"2025-02-06T12:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi"},"modified":"2025-02-15T20:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:08:02","slug":"chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi","title":{"rendered":"Chiwenga Loyal To Mnangagwa, No Factionalism In ZANU PF, Says Ziyambi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZANU PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has said that President Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are united and working together, and there is no factionalism within the party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the party\u2019s Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Chinhoyi on Wednesday, Ziyambi asserted that claims of factional fights within the party are false. He said (via The Herald):<\/p>\n<p>We now have a clique of people who are fanning divisions within our party, claiming to be representing and speaking on behalf of our leaders President Mnangagwa and his deputies.<\/p>\n<p>There is no division between President Mnangagwa and Vice President Chiwenga and claims that there are factional fights within the party are false.<\/p>\n<p>I am a Politburo member who has never seen Vice President Chiwenga disobey and denigrate his superior. This should be a shining example for all of us.<br \/>\nWhen Vice President Chiwenga joined Cabinet, he taught me a lot about politics, and the main thing he taught me was to be loyal and respectful.<\/p>\n<p>I have never heard President Mnangagwa say he despises his deputy or Vice President Chiwenga. Who are you (Geza) to claim that there is bad blood between the two?<\/p>\n<p>Blessed Geza, also known as \u201cBombshell,\u201d is a ZANU PF Central Committee member and war veteran.<\/p>\n<p>He has been a vocal critic of Mnangagwa, particularly opposing the push to extend Mnangagwa\u2019s term beyond the constitutional limits.<\/p>\n<p>Geza has called for Mnangagwa\u2019s resignation, accusing him of failing to deliver on his promises and engaging in nepotism and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>He is now facing potential expulsion from ZANU PF for his outspoken stance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. ZANU PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has said that President Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are united and working together, and there is no factionalism within the party. Speaking at the party\u2019s Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Chinhoyi on Wednesday, Ziyambi asserted that claims of factional fights within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":104016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[17804,17793,6341,17759,19,1088],"class_list":["post-104017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-blessed-geza","tag-blessed-runesu-geza","tag-zanu-pf-factionalism","tag-zanu-pf-factions","tag-zimbabwe","tag-ziyambi-ziyambi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chiwenga Loyal To Mnangagwa, No Factionalism In ZANU PF, Says Ziyambi - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZANU PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has said that President Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are u ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiwenga Loyal To Mnangagwa, No Factionalism In ZANU PF, Says Ziyambi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANU PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has said that President Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are u ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-06T10:39:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T18:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1738833066.586262.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chiwenga Loyal To Mnangagwa, No Factionalism In ZANU PF, Says Ziyambi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-06T10:39:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T18:08:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1738833066.586262.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Blessed Geza\",\"Blessed Runesu Geza\",\"Zanu PF Factionalism\",\"ZANU PF Factions\",\"Zimbabwe\",\"Ziyambi Ziyambi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-loyal-to-mnangagwa-no-factionalism-in-zanu-pf-says-ziyambi\",\"name\":\"Chiwenga Loyal To Mnangagwa, No Factionalism In ZANU PF, Says Ziyambi - 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