Walter Mzembi, the Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism was left with no option

but to publicly register his anger through Twitter after Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa left out the Tourism sector during his state of the economy presentation at the Zanu PF congress on Friday.
Chinamasa, who presented his state of the economy report to more than 12 000 delegates at the Robert Mugabe Square, touched on mining, manufacturing and other industries, but deliberately ignored tourism.
“State of the economy: Not a single mention of tourism by Chinamasa. Tragic to ignore a sector – 10 percent of GDP, $1 billion turn over, twelfth employer, eish,” read Mzembi’s tweet on Twitter after Chinamasa’s presentation.
Though it could not be established whether Chinamasa skipped Mzembi’s tourism sector deliberately or not, observers said the move could be a reflection of factionalism in Zanu PF and the side-lining of those ministers reportedly aligned to under-fire Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
This also emerged as ministers and loyalists of the Mujuru camp were left out in the cold and subjected to humiliation at the Congress where they have been isolated. Friday reports were that Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo had to run to save himself from youths who were baying for his blood for his perceived allegiance to Mujuru.
Matambanadzo had reportedly tried to sneak into the venue without proper accreditation. Although he was not immediately available for comment, Midlands Zanu PF spokesperson Cornelius Mpereri confirmed the incident. “Security had to follow him inside. He had to run for dear life after he had come with two people he claimed were his bodyguards(sic),” Mpereri said.