MDC mayors in Masvingo and Victoria Falls are under pressure to quit their new positions after they beat the party's chosen candidates into the seats of power.
Mayors Collins Maboke, of Masvingo, and Somvelo Dlamini, of Victoria Falls, were elected last week ahead of the candidates picked by party leaders - Godfrey Kurauone and Margaret Valley, respectively.
Maboke was nominated and supported by Zanu-PF and beat Kurauone by seven votes to three. He confirmed he had been summoned to a meeting with party leader Nelson Chamisa and ordered to relinquish the mayoral seat.
"We were all called to Harare, where I was told to step down as mayor and remain just a councillor," he said.
The MDC leader in Masvingo, James Gumbi, said: "The president [Chamisa] called Maboke and ordered him to resign. He also ordered all other councillors voted into different committees to resign. But up to now, I have not seen any resignation letter."
Dlamini was also summoned to Harare for an urgent meeting with party leaders, but did not attend. "I didn't go to Harare, I sent a report. I was told to write a report about what happened on an allegation that we defied a party directive," he said.
"How could I have personally changed the status quo? People nominated me - in fact more than five people nominated me and voted. How could I vote for myself eight times? I sent the report and we will hear what will happen."..