Former Bulawayo South legislator Mr Eddie Cross has alleged
that members of the G40 cabal that was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2017 are buying
arms to instigate a war in the country. Mr Cross alleged this on Thursday while
speaking at the Cape Town Press Club in South Africa.
He lauded President Mnangagwa for various reform
initiatives which the Government has embarked on since assuming office.
“(President) Mnangagwa is committed to reform; he has not
received sufficient recognition for what he has done. But he has to deal with
recalcitrant elements in his party; intelligence sources suggest G40 buying
weapons,” said Mr Cross.
The G40 cabal was a faction within Zanu-PF that had
coalesced around former First Lady Grace Mugabe in an attempt to use her
proximity to former President Mugabe to grab State power.
Their attempts were however, thwarted when the Zimbabwe
Defence Forces, with the support of the majority of Zimbabweans, launched
Operation Restore Legacy that resulted in the resignation of former President
Mugabe.
Leaders of the G40 cabal that include Professor Jonathan
Moyo, Mrs Grace Mugabe, and Messrs Saviour Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwawo were
subsequently expelled from Zanu PF.
President Mnangagwa survived poisoning while attending one
of the infamous “Meet the People” rallies in Gwanda.
The rallies fronted by Mrs Mugabe were used by G40 to
denigrate the senior party leadership, most of who hail from the liberation
war era.
Following his dismissal from Government in November 2017,
President Mnangagwa had to flee the country through Mozambique after receiving
intelligence that his life was in danger.
The President survived a bomb attack in Bulawayo last year,
which was strongly believed to be the handiwork of G40 remnants.
Efforts to get a comment from Mr Cross were fruitless
yesterday as his mobile phone was not reachable.
National Security Minister Owen Ncube and his counterpart
in the Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri
were also unavailable for comment. Chronicle
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