There was drama at the closing ceremony to the Zanu PF Extraordinary Congress at the City Sports Centre in Harare when members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association clashed with the presidium.

Zimbabwe War Veterans

Although it was not immediately clear what Sibanda's pending case was, sources close to the development say most of the party officials to not approve of his position as chairman and there are various attempts to topple him.

However, after delivering his speech, Chinotimba called Jabulani to the podium and that triggered the exciting drama that lasted for about ten minutes bringing the congress to a standstill.

"In closing remarks, I just want to introduce the ZNLWA leadership to the party and to everyone here. Our chairman and the man I second is Cde Jabulani Sibanda..." said Chinotimba.

The development did not go well with the leadership who did not want him to speak and there was chaos as they tried to restrain him.

John Nkomo and Elliot Manyika literally rose from their seat to go and block Sibanda from making it to the podium and a number of many other party officials from conflicting sides on Sibanda's case consequently clashed.

They began shouting at each other while Nkomo and Manyika tried to calm the situation.

It was even worse because the congress was being beamed live on ZTV and every viewer saw the shameful incident.

 Even the producers at ZTV were caught unawares and they did not know what to do. The TV station is known for supporting the government at all costs and could have stopped the lice transmission but it happened so unexpectedly that the incident rolled in the eyes of millions of viewers.

The incident was probably the only juncture of the congress that attracted public attention since the TV station had become boring as it excessively hammered the live congress transmission.

The dictatorial tone he used to force everyone to their seats and the swift response by everyone who was involved in the commotion just showed the dictator that Mugabe is.

Everyone sat down and there was shuttering silence in the auditorium before the Master of Ceremonies regained his breath and ordered the proceedings to continue.

It was such an exciting but shameful incident for the ruling party that is likely to see heads rolling at the war veterans association soon.

The Zanu PF congress closed last night.

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