Bigwigs Sikhanyiso Ndlovu Jacob Mudenda Sithokozile Mathuthu and Cain Mathema back Zenzo Ncube the incumbent against Mpofu's attempt to replace him with Jonathan Moyo...
Then followed Cain Mathema the Governor of Bulawayo...
Matebeleland North: Mpofu Cain Mathema Thokozile Mathuthu...
In the resulting purge Moyo lost his ministerial job and although he had just been voted on to the party's Central Committee was thrown off it and replaced by Cain Mathema...