HARARE – It never rains but pours for Obert Mpofu, the Zanu PF secretary for administration who is being frustrated by a group of former
liberation war fighters who want him out.
The former Home Affairs minister is topping the list of under-fire Zanu PF functionaries that have received a hostile reception at the party
headquarters in Harare where they were deployed after being thrown out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet in September.
An affiliate of the ruling party, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has been at the forefront of pushing
for Mpofu’s ouster, along with his former Cabinet colleagues who were given full time jobs at the party’s head office.
Mnangagwa assigned 11 top officials to work full time at the party headquarters, among them Zanu
PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, finance secretary Patrick Chinamasa, legal secretary Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, foreign affairs secretary Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, youth league deputy chairperson Lewis Matutu, Chris Mushohwe and Mpofu.

A section of ZNLWVA has been holding meetings in Harare, Bulawayo and Mazowe to ratchet up
pressure on these party heavyweights to vacate their offices, alleging they were undermining
Mnangagwa and that they were corrupt.Daily News