Own Correspondent|The ZANU PF Politburo met at the party headquarters in Harare on Wednesday purportedly to discuss issues of national concern and price increases on basic commodities according to party Spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo before the meeting.

Results from the meeting, however, indicate that, as speculated, the main reason why the party’s biggest decision making body between congresses met was to deal with truant youth league leaders who held an unsanctioned press conference on Tuesday.

Youth League Deputy Secretary Lewis Matutu and National Youth Commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu held their Press conference at the Media Centre in the city centre, with party insiders saying they had been ordered not to use the Zanu PF HQ by top party officials who described their conduct as an attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The youth leaders labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Kuda Tagwirei “the most corrupt person in the country” at an extraordinary Press conference that also exposed growing factionalism in the party after they were barred from using the ruling party’s headquarters for their address.

Matutu and Tsenengamu also named Green Fuels boss Billy Rautenbach and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara, who they said with the help of the central bank, they had monopolised the economy, fiddled with foreign currency exchange rates, while allegedly corruptly grabbing all government

The two were later supported by Secretary for Youth in the Politburo, Pupurai Togarepi.

We support everyone who speaks against corruption, against dirty business ethics. Whether that person speaks from the church or in their individual capacity, we support them.”

As a punishment for their actions, the politburo stripped Togarepi of his position as well as Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu.

Matutu and Tsenengamu were suspended for a year and ordered to undergo a compulsory ideological course for three months