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News / NationalChiwenga’s wife catching straysby Staff reporter4 mins ago |11ViewsDeputy President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Colonel Minyothabo Baloyi, has been drawn into the ruling Zanu-PF’s widening succession rift, with former legislator Temba Mliswa accusing her of abusing her military role to advance her husband’s political ambitions.Mliswa, who has recently intensified his criticism of Chiwenga, alleged that Baloyi, a senior officer in the Military Intelligence Department (MID), was “running a parallel structure” within the security establishment and undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa.”We have the wife of the Vice President, who is part of the army’s intelligence unit, MID.
That being the case, she certainly has the interests of her husband, who is eager to become the president,” Mliswa claimed.His comments follow a power outage during President Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the new Parliament Building, which forced the Head of State to complete his speech under torchlight. Mliswa alleged that the incident was an act of sabotage orchestrated by Chiwenga’s camp.”She is running a parallel structure, and it’s important that the President knows,” Mliswa said. “The commander of MID does not tolerate her, yet she still operates independently.
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