Twitter has blocked the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services twitter account that is being run from Munhumutapa Building in Harare.

The suspension of the government twitter handle was due to the violation of twitter rules.

Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi put up a brave face and said that the Minister of Information had no role in managing the Ministry Twitter account, thereby exonerating himself and Minister Mutsvangwa from the mess.

“That’s administrative work, Ministers don’t interfere with the Perm sec role & deputies are ceremonial. That twitter account cannot represent the Ministry as a whole”, said Mutodi.

Following his electoral victory in July 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed wife of Christopher Mutsvangwa his Special Advisor, Monica Mutsvangwa, as Information Minister, Nick Mangwana as Permanent Secretary and Energy Mutodi as Deputy Minister.

However, sharp differences immediately emerged between Nick Mangwana and Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi over how the Ministry should operate.

Nick Mangwana reportedly solely manages the government twitter account with the help of two junior assistants.