Harare – Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday sacked his state security minister Owen Ncube for “inappropriate” behaviour, his office announced.
In a terse statement Mnangagwa’s office said the president “removed (Ncube) with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a minister of government”.
No further details were given.
ALSO READ | Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa ‘is our sole candidate for 2023 polls and beyond’, Zanu-PF youth league says
Appointed minister in 2018, Ncube was widely seen as a close ally of the president.
In 2019 he was placed under US sanctions over the government’s crackdown on protests and the opposition.
Last year Britain slapped sanctions on him and three other Zimbabwean officials following the deaths of more than a dozen people protesting against Mnangagwa’s regime.
Follow African Insider on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Source: AFP
Picture: Getty Images
For more African news, visit Africaninsider.com
