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Presidential spokesman George Charamba has been publicly attacked by former Zanu PF MP Temba Mliswa, in a fiery exchange that lays bare deepening factional tensions and a propaganda war within the ruling party over President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s succession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a lengthy social media post, Mliswa, who has recently emerged as a vocal supporter of business magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei\u2019s political ambitions, launched an unprecedented broadside against Charamba. He accused the long-serving presidential aide of \u201cbetraying his principal\u201d and sabotaging the president through a \u201clackadaisical and compromised approach\u201d to his duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe guy has a history of betraying his principals,\u201d Mliswa wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis latest conduct as presidential spokesperson, when the president came under siege, has been very telling and speaks of a compromised character. His lack of passion and initiative is a wilful removal of those factors to sabotage the president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mliswa further claimed that Charamba\u2019s attempts to \u201cact normal\u201d while Mnangagwa faced internal attacks betrayed his true loyalties, even suggesting that exiled former minister Professor Jonathan Moyo was \u201cdoing a better job from a propaganda perspective advancing the presidential cause.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charamba responded with characteristic force, dismissing Mliswa as \u201ca talkative nobody\u201d and a \u201cfailed opposition figure\u201d seeking relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hardly have time for a failed opposition figure who seeks to play saviour to my principal or to Zanu PF which he is yet to re-join,\u201d Charamba fumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will only take notice of his errant views when he becomes a member of Zanu PF or an MP after winning a seat in a free and fair contest. For now, he is a mere talkative nobody who has no lessons for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ferocity of the public clash underscores a widening communication and succession crisis within Zanu PF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tensions have escalated since the party\u2019s recent Mutare conference, where Vice President Constantino Chiwenga delivered a speech widely interpreted as a subtle challenge to potential plans for Mnangagwa to extend his term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charamba\u2019s public praise of Chiwenga\u2019s Mutare speech as \u201cexcellent\u201d and \u201camazing\u201d is reported to have angered figures in the Tagwirei-aligned camp, who are wary of Chiwenga\u2019s rising profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Insiders say Mliswa\u2019s tirade was a clear signal of loyalty to the business-political faction that is openly lobbying for Mnangagwa to anoint Tagwirei as his preferred successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Tagwirei group sees Charamba as unreliable because he has maintained lines of communication with Chiwenga and other old-guard figures,\u201d a senior party official told Zim GBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey think he\u2019s too cautious and wants to survive whoever wins, instead of fighting for their man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The episode has also highlighted growing disarray in the government\u2019s communication machinery, with Mliswa accusing both Charamba and information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana of \u201cfalse humility\u201d and ineffectiveness in defending the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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