By Farai D Hove| President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not appointing his deputies anytime soon as previously thought.

The latest indications are that Zanu-PF is going into its Extraordinary Congress later this month without presidential deputies.

The development follows a ZimEye article which probed why the president has left the matter hanging to date.

The Zanu-PF spokesperson Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has since been quoted in the state media saying the appointments are Mnangagwa’s sole prerogative.

The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda also added saying the Vice Presidents will be appointed after congress.

“His Excellency, the President, has appointed the following as Special Advisors to him and his Office pending outcomes of the December Congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party,” said Sibanda.

He continued saying, “Professor Clever Nyathi as Special Advisor in the Office of the President on National Peace and Reconciliation, which is expected to be headed by a Vice-Pesident to be appointed after Congress.”

Zanu-PF’s constitution stipulates that the President and First Secretary of the party is entitled to appoint his/her two deputies. This is according to Section 40, a piece that was appended to the whole after the 2013 elections.