Tinoonga Mawere, Masvingo|Twelve months after she nearly killed herself while dancing for the First Lady Grace Mugabe, Provincial Minister Shuvai Mahofa has taken the opposite turn this time directly and openly swiping against the Women’s League

boss, all this happening within days after Mrs Mugabe was blocked from visiting the same province.
Mahofa (who on the same day barged in against the punishing of Mnangagwa supporter Chris Mutsvangwa’s wife Monica) made the surprise U-turn and fired the salvo at Grace Mugabe while addressing mourners at the burial of Masvingo Provincial Administrator Felix Chikovo ‘s daughter in Masvingo on Tuesday.
She went off the record and stunned mourners at the funeral in the leafy suburb of Rhodene.
Mahofa told mourners it was “taboo for a woman to assume a top leadership position in a society full of men”. Although the veteran politician was cynical in her utterances, she was applauded by a section of war veterans the same who were behind the occlusion on Grace.
Her statements directly rubbish Grace Mugabe’s the latter who is on record announcing and declaring that “this country is now to be ruled by women.”
A shocked party official told ZimEye.com:”the provincial minister’s words were cynical -she made very controversial remarks which call for a lot of explanation .”
When contacted for a comment Thursday night (830pm), Mrs Mahofa’s aide falsely claimed the Minister had long before left her handset with her and was in a meeting far away, when in actual fact Mahofa herself had just a few seconds before answered from the same handset loudly responding several times before the phone was suddenly cut-off in her active hands. [Check the ZimEye.com archives for both the audio recordings, as well as the webcast due at 5pm Friday].
“Handisikuziva kuti vanodzoka nguvai – I don’t know when she is coming back…”her aide whose name could not be immediately acertained, reiterated when put to task on her claim.
The latest incident in the Zanu PF post congress warring could be political suicide for Mahofa, who is also being fingered in the demotion of Grace’s ally Paradzai Chakona who was the provincial chairman.The Grace camp is also reportedly unhappy with Minister Mahofa’s remarks.
Masvingo is now a hot furnace for Grace Mugabe as the entire region backs Emmerson Mnangagwa in preparation for the crunch congress set to elect Mugabe’s successor in two weeks’ time.