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Party insiders are quietly concerned about the prospect of having 82-year-old Robert Mugabe continue at the helm of the party. Vocal challenges to Mugabe’s reign have so far only marginalised the dissenters.
Several Zanu (PF) officials who spoke to The Zimbabwean on the sidelines of the Harare provincial conference held at the weekend acknowledged simmering discontent within the rank-and-file of Zanu (PF) over Mugabe’s seemingly interminable stay in power.
Not even the over-zealousness of officials from the Department of Information and Publicity in denying this reporter accreditation to the provincial conference could hide the fact that all was not rosy within the ruling party as it gears itself for its 9th National People’s Conference whose theme would be ‘Consolidating Independence through Land, Mining Reforms and Empowerment.’
In a rare admission of failure, Zanu (PF) Harare provincial chairman Amos Midzi admitted “poor service delivery, high unemployment, high prices of goods and services have made the people to develop a negative attitude towards the ruling party.”
Authoritative party sources said even amongst the old guard there was considerable discomfort at having Mugabe remain at the helm of the party indefinitely.
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Discontent smoulders in Zanu (PF) (07-12-06)
HARARE - The ruling Zanu (PF) party next week goes to its December annual people's conference, which has been described by political analysts as a "sublime mysticism of nonsense," without anything tangible on the plate - except the land issue and the restructuring of its administrative wing, the pol