Mugabe clips Kasukuwere’s wings

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s recent Cabinet reshuffle might have delivered a telling blow on Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Zanu PF Young Turks’ bid to stall Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s march towards the Presidency.

Kasukuwere was moved to his new portfolio in July. He was, however, left hanging by a thread, after Mugabe decided to create a whole new ministry to take charge of the influential traditional leaders, as well as the ruling party’s rural strongholds headed by Abednigo Ncube.

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