Zanu-PF insiders said that those aligned to Mr. Mnangagwa are moving in to suspend provincial chairpersons said to be aligned to the Mujuru faction.
The 28-member block has maintained targeted sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle.
Tsvangirai says it is not helpful to blame the opposition for failing to take advantage of the Zanu-PF crisis.
The junior and middle level doctors in government hospitals are demanding a review of their salaries and better working conditions.
The constitution bars Scott from becoming the substantive president as his parents were not born in Zambia.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change formation led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is meeting this Friday for its crucial elective congress in the capital Harare.
The strike of about 400 doctors is putting the country at high risk of the 2014 Ebola epidemic, the largest in history, affecting several countries in West Africa.
Zanu-PF insiders say formulating government policy has become almost impossible as cabinet ministers are snubbing key committee meetings owing to factionalism.
Zanu-PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo could not shed light on the agenda of the meeting referring all questions to party secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa.
Health Minister Dr. David Parirenyatwa says negotiations are underway as doctors are threatening to go on strike Monday.
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association says it will embark on industrial action beginning October 27 after talks with government over salaries collapse
The Mnangagwa camp is now pushing for First Lady Grace Mugabe or outgoing Women’s League boss, Oppah Muchinguri, to challenge Mrs. Mujuru for the vice president’s post at the party’s December elective congress.
The youth groups are said to belong to the factions backing Vice President Joyce Mujuru and Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has the support of Mrs, Mugabe.
'Soon we are going to baby dump your faction leader, come congress in December'
She has been touted by some in the party as the only one who can heal growing rifts in Zanu-PF.
Zimbabwean author Chenjerai Hove, who knew Mazrui personally, says Africa has lost a great intellectual.
Mrs. Mugabe also expressed serious concern with factionalism in the party and criticized some leaders for failing to address the deepening crisis.
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti says industries need capital injection or more will close shop.
All patients at Wilkins have been evacuated and transferred to Parirenyatwa and Beatrice hospitals.
The conference this year has a regional focus, with prominent speakers and stakeholders from Southern African Development Community and the rest of Africa.
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