Political Reporter
The infighting within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has turned uglier with reports pointing to a possible split before the 2023 plebiscite.
A source who spoke to this publication said that the majority of CCC members were now fed up with the manner in which that party was being administered by Nelson Chamisa and were contemplating forming a splinter political outfit.
According to the source, Chamisa has been sending his lapdogs to purge and bully certain CCC bigwigs in a bid to force them out of that party. The source added that Chamisa was feeling uncomfortable working with some CCC senior members and was determined to have them hounded out of the party.
“Things are not okay in CCC. Chamisa is running the party like his personal project without consulting anyone. He wants all the limelight to be on him and anyone who steals the limelight from him is considered a threat. Although Chamisa tries to keep his hands clean, he has been using his blue-eyed boys to purge senior members like Charlton Hwende, Tendai Biti and Murisi Zwizwai,” said the source.
The same source added that Biti was tired of being attacked by Chamisa’s acolytes and was no longer availing himself for CCC duties opting to focus on his Parliamentary duties in the Public Accounts Committee and was not engaging in any party business despite being the interim second vice president.
According to the source, Zwizwai once had a heated altercation with Chamisa and since then, he has been concentrating on his personal business interests which include the lucrative Garden Nursery at Kensington shopping complex in Harare.
The source further claimed that a number of CCC disgruntled members have coalesced together and were contemplating going separate ways with Chamisa. The source authoritatively forecasted that CCC is going to disintegrate before the next elections because of Chamisa’s dictatorial behaviour.
Meanwhile, a CCC insider who separately spoke to this publication said that the disgruntlement within that party had cascaded to provinces as interim provincial members have also expressed displeasure at the goings-on in that party.
