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Zim GBC News | Political Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A significant internal rift within ZANU-PF has been thrust into the open after the party’s Youth League Deputy National Commissar, Taurai Kandishaya, publicly attacked Presidential Special Advisor Paul Tungwarara, accusing him of causing confusion and overstepping his mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a fiery Facebook post, Kandishaya questioned Tungwarara\u2019s recent political manoeuvring and his effectiveness in his primary role as an investment advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter watching yesterday\u2019s Nyanga rally, I had to ask myself, as a commissar, who Paul Tungwarara really is,\u201d Kandishaya wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoes he know we\u2019re in recruitment mode? I had to check the last time he brought investors into the country, as per his mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kandishaya suggested that Tungwarara\u2019s foray into domestic party politics was a diversion from failed investment duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSeems like investors lost trust in him, hence this rush to wield some internal power so as to solidify name\u2011dropping in the UAE,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He directly challenged Tungwarara\u2019s engagement in Manicaland, questioning his territorial scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere is he taking the script to cause confusion and disruption in the party? Was he not Appointed Presidential Investment Advisor to the United Arab Emirates ONLY and Manicaland is not part of the UAE. Is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The youth league commissar issued three pointed recommendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kandishaya also cast suspicion on Tungwarara\u2019s past claim of having neutralized attacks on the President by disgraced war veteran Blessed Geza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs he claimed to have handled, mastered, and neutralized Blessed Geza does that mean he was part of Geza?\u2026 This is purely Selous Scout mode of operation,\u201d he wrote, invoking the controversial colonial-era military unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The public rebuke from a senior youth league figure signals deepening factional tensions and sets the stage for a potential confrontation over influence, mandate, and party discipline within the ruling party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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