MDC-T chair’s resignation throws party into disarray

THE MDC-T has been thrown into disarray after its provincial chair Mr James Gumbi unceremoniously resigned from his post, forcing the national party leadership to reject his resignation, fearing the move will further rock the boat ahead of next month’s harmonised elections.

Mr Gumbi, who was battling to avert an implosion in the MDC-T here caused by widening rifts along factional faulty lines and deeply divisive party internal polls, early this week threw in the towel in a letter to the national leadership led by Mr Nelson Chamisa.

In his letter, Mr Gumbi said he was quitting his post as chair and as the MDC Alliance candidate for Zaka East Constituency, citing high demands for the responsibilities which he said was affecting his other personal commitments.

The resignation was seen as a culmination of simmering tension in the MDC-T ahead of harmonised elections, THE Ferret team has arrested two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials at Beitbridge Border Post after they facilitated the smuggling of building material worth $20 200 that was in transit from South Africa to Bulawayo.

Wisdom Matsekedza (35) and Muchineripi Hokonya (32), who are both revenue officers, were still in custody by yesterday, assisting police with investigations.

The Ferret team is made up of the police, other security agencies and the Zimra Anti-Smuggling Unit.

Matsekedza and Hokonya are accused of facilitating the smuggling of 500 chromatic IBR roofing sheets from the neighbouring country after