


The recent reversal by Machacha left Mnangagwa firmly in control of the province through the Chadazamira team which now has the majority in the PCC. Masvingo is the worst in terms of rigging compared to the other provinces but everything will be corrected to make sure that the right people are in these positions," Machacha said.Ĭhadzamira team won 77 posts while Mavhenyengwa's side got 43. If that team comes and discover that you went into the bush and voted for yourself, then you can be fired from the executive. "Another team will be coming down soon to deal with other outstanding issues. We have come to make sure that those who won are in the executive and those who lost must not be part of PCC. "The President does not want to work with people who rig elections that is why he and the politburo have assigned us to address the irregularities. Speaking at the PCC meeting, Machacha said Masvingo had recorded the worst rigging antics out of the 10 provinces saying the President will send another team to investigate the alleged rigging. Gen (Rtd) Engelbert Rugeje had assured that there wont be changes to the new executive when he addressed the last PCC meeting, a decision which was overturned by Mnangagwa barely a week later when he sent a delegation led by Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology principal director Munyaradzi Machacha to kick out the 38 members who were sneaked into the executive despite losing. The new executive chaired by Zaka North MP Robson Mavhenyengwa had replaced 38 members who won the Decemelections with some losing candidates from their faction in a bid to strengthen their faction against the rivals aligned to former chairperson and resident Minister Ezra Chadzamira. The battle to control Masvingo province between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga continues to escalate taking dramatic turns after the former ordered removal of losers who had been smuggled into the Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) by the new executive.
