CIO agents save Grace from Mnangagwa
By Tinoonga Mawere, Masvingo| First Lady Grace Mugabe was saved from humiliation and told not set foot in Masvingo where roudy war veterans were eagerly waiting to abash her.
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters forced the First Lady Grace Mugabe to bunk the Masvingo rally to the avoid embarrassment, it has emerged.
Mrs Mugabe’s eleventh hour U-turn plunged the Zanu PF leadership loyal to the women’s league boss into a quandary as officials could not explain the reason for her absence. However intelligence sources revealed to ZimEye.com yesterday Grace got wind of the plot by the pro-Mnangagwa war veterans and war collaborators to humiliate her by raising placards and singing in front of ZBC tv cameras. Grace’s rallies are beamed live on the national television.
It is understood Grace made a last-minute about turn after being told at least 500 Mnangagwa loyalists wanted to embarrass her during the live coverage of her scheduled address. The president’s wife has been accused of disrespecting liberation war veterans.
“There are some people who had been given beer and money to embarrass the First Lady in front of the ZBC cameras during the live broadcast. The plan was to raise placards and sing derogatory songs against Mrs Mugabe.
The plan was to take her by surprise but everything was discovered and she was advised not to come. That is the reason why nobody managed to explain her absence.
Her opponents had hatched a secret ploy to embarrass her live on television but everything was discovered. They wanted to tell her to concentrate on the Women’s League business,” said a Zanu PF intelligence source.
Although Zanu PF denies the beef between Grace and Mangagwa, it is understood the two are pumping out thousands of dollars in territorial battles at a time when the government is struggling to pay civil servants.
The battle is reportedly intensifying ahead of the party ‘s conference in December and Mrs Mugabe is allegedly being pushed by the secret G40 group to eventually succeed her husband.