By Paul Nyathi|President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to appoint his two deputies this morning before swearing them in and immediately leaving for a visit to China.

Contrary to speculations that Mnangagwa might drop the sickly Kembo Mohadi and replace him with Simon Khaya Moyo, the President is expected to retain the two current Vice Presidents as they are.

ZimEye.com sources close to the office of the President indicated that Mnangagwa has however not yet finalised his cabinet as there are serious tensions within the ruling party top leadership on who to include in the list.

The sources indicated that the party is yet again returning to factionalism with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga beginning to lead a group of anti Mnangagwa members.

The delays in appointing the cabinet means that the country is functioning without substantive ministers as all the current ministers stopped functioning when Mnangagwa was sworn in as the new President last Sunday.