Published: 21 February 2014

Newly elected Zanu-PF provincial executives are reportedly on a witch-hunt targeting party employees aligned to their rivals and dismissing them on spurious allegations of incompetence and insubordination.

The issue has become more pronounced in Mashonaland West province where provincial chairman Temba Mliswa has sought permission from the party's secretariat department to fire 20 party employees on charges ranging from incompetence, insubordination to stifling party programmes.

Party insiders said they feared the purge was likely to spread to other provinces where provincial elections were marred by faction fights.
- newsday

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