Zanu-PF will convene a Politburo meeting today at the party headquarters in Harare, the party’s secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed in a statement yesterday.

“The Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Cde Obert Mpofu wishes to advise all Politburo members that there shall be an ordinary session of the Politburo to be convened at the party headquarters today at 1000hrs,” he said.

“All members are advised to be seated by 0945 hours sharp.”

High on the Politburo agenda is Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu’s fate after the party received recommendations to expel him from Masvingo Province.

Masvingo Province wants Zivhu expelled from the party for taking to social media to push for a meeting between First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s wife Sithokozile.

Zivhu is also accused of initiating a process of collecting signatures from people to support his initiative for dialogue between President Mnangagwa and Chamisa.

Zivhu was suspended by the Provincial Coordinating Committee in August and recommended for dismissal to the Politburo.

Below is the letter to Zivhu highlighting charges against him.

The Zanu PF Masvingo disciplinary committee met on August 8, 2019, and resolved to issue you with a prohibition order, in terms of article 10, section 79, subsection 1 of the Zanu PF constitution, generally and more specifically those contained under article 10, section 75 of the same constitution.

Charge 1: Disloyalty and treachery by purporting that in your social media chats and your Twitter account that you are organising a meeting between the President … Mnangagwa whom you referred to as ED and …Chamisa the opposition leader, whom you affectionately call CCC (an acronym for Chamisa Chete Chete), which is the opposition slogan.

You are therefore denigrating the president and the party Zanu PF.

Charge 2: Gross misconduct by disregarding party principles of communication, which must be done through party structures and the long-standing principles of collective decision making.

The prohibition order suspends you from acting in any capacity on behalf of the party until the provincial disciplinary committee has made its determination. You are, therefore, directed to remain on prohibition until your case has been finalised.