Senior officials from other political parties including those from Zanu PF’s arch-rival, the MDC-T, hailed Chindori-Chininga as someone who was candid in the handling of his work, including the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee that he was chairing at the time of his death.

Chindori-Chininga was not new to political storms as in 2011, he was reportedly involved in a near fist fight with the Zanu PF co-chairperson of the then Copac, Paul Mangwana.

Zanu PF accused Chindori-Chininga of abusing his two roles, one as a member of Zanu PF’s select committee and the other as chairman of the Copac stakeholders committee.

Zanu PF Secretary for Administration, Didymus Mutasa was not apologetic and claimed Chindori-Chininga’s sacking was ‘a lesson’ to other ‘undisciplined’ Zanu PF officials.

The Zimbabwe Independent reported that a petition crafted by youth leaders from Guruve, including Zanu PF national youth treasurer Obert Mutasa, started circulating ‘soon after Chindori-Chininga was fired from the Copac.