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General Chiwenga staying put as ZDF Commander after Mugabe
COLOGNE/ VANCOUVER/ HARARE - Zimbabwe's most powerful military general and man, General Constantine Chiwenga, the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 06:52hrs | 14 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Nancy Mabaya/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa behind Grace Mugabe's Zanu-PF Politburo rise?
Ever-scheming Justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly the brains behind Grace Mugabe's shock rise to the powerful position of Zanu-PF Women's League leader designate, as he moves to final...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 07:32hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Mugabe seeks $1.4billion World Bank reprieve
COLOGNE - President Robert Mugabe's administration has ratchet up efforts, to seek a massive US$1.4billion World Bank reprieve, as the country's economy is sliding back into a tailspin, The Telescope ...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Tsvangirai seeks Emmerson Mnangagwa alliance
COLOGNE- Former Prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has reportedly sent an emissary from his MDC-T party to establish good relations and a fancied political alliance, with Zanu PF heavyweight and Justi...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 06:23hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mugabe moots tough land ownership and Indigenisation amendment laws against whites
Revised land law might give ultimatum to the remaining white farmers to cede their farms for good.COLOGNE/HARARE - President Robert Mugabe, is reportedly lining his political ducks in a row,...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 08:05hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe / Mary-Kate Kahari
Army detonates Gono's presidential ambition
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe's no nonsense hardline military generals, have allegedly paralysed former central bank governor, Gideon Gono's ambition to become president as a compromise Zanu PF candidate, after ...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
$1 billion China loan for Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe revival
China is reportedly ready to immediately advance a whopping US$1 billion loan for the economic resuscitation of Zimbabwe, to Justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, should he as now largely expected suc...Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 11:48hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
'Zanu-PF set to split' - Report
COLOGNE - President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party, is set to split, due to incompatible political damage among it's senior leadership, caused by Mugabe's explosive succession race, which has s...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 11:40hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
President Mugabe makes last kicks
President Robert Mugabe, is all but certain to relinquish power before Christmas time this year, bringing a final end to his over three decades of brute authoritarianism pervading Zimbabwe, The Teles...Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 09:20hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Nancy Mabaya/ Mary-Kate Kahari
'Chiwenga orders Mugabe to endorse Mnangagwa as Zim's next president' - Report
President Robert Mugabe's succession race over. -Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, Constantine Chiwenga, reportedly orders Mugabe to endorse Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 08:27hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mugabe to cancel Zanu-PF succession congress
President Robert Mugabe is likely to cancel, his party's elective congress slated for December, amid reports that the ailing leader has received directives, from hardline securocrats to abort the impo...Published: 29 May 2014 at 08:19hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
China makes final touches to Mnangagwa presidency
COLOGNE- China has become the first influential foreign power to openly back and reportedly sponsor, Justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa's candidacy to replace, President Robert Mugabe, as the next ...Published: 15 May 2014 at 09:07hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mugabe departure date out
Zimbabwe's strongman, and one of the world's oldest leaders, President Robert Mugabe is finally ready to call it a day in politics, amid reports that he has indicated his own willingness to vacate fr...Published: 06 May 2014 at 11:35hrs | 5 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Prof Jonathan Moyo a strong contender for VP post
Information minister, Jonathan Moyo, is emerging as a strong contender to become Zimbabwe's Vice President, under the mooted administration of Zanu-PF heavyweight Emmerson Mnangagwa, if his faction m...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 08:17hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mujuru not giving up the fight to be the next Zimbabwean president
Vice President, Joice Mujuru, is not giving up the fight to be the next republic president of Zimbabwe, despite efforts by her foes to potray her as a "sell-out" who has been compromised by American ...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mnangagwa turns mansion into Presidential campaign HQ
Combative Zanu-PF hardliner and justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has allegedly turned his rural mansion in Zvishavane, into a campaign hub, strategically managing his final assault of grabing p...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mugabe's daugther forced into marriage
President Robert Mugabe's only daugther, Bona, was allegedly rounded up to marry her new mysterious husband, Simba Chikore due to unperturbed pressure from her mother and the ZAOGA church, The ...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 16:23hrs | 10 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Mugabe, Gono helped themselves to Gaddafi's millions
President Robert Mugabe and his close personal banker, himself a former central bank governor, Gideon Gono, have allegedly helped themselves to millions of dollars invested in Zimbabwe by late Libya...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 13:55hrs | 1 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
North Korea's Kim Jong-un carve Mugabe $5 million statues
The despotic and secretive government of North Korea's Kim Jong-un has been allegedly commissioned by Zimbabwe, to sculpt two gigantic statues of President Robert Mugabe, to the tune of a staggering $...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 09:26hrs | 15 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-kate Kahari
Mengistu out of the woods
COLOGNE- Ethiopia's fallen military autocrat, Mengistu Haile Mariam, is now all but a free laughing man who is unlikely to be extradited back to his native land, nor be hauled before the Hague for his...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 14:25hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
China to set up military airbase in Zimbabwe?
China is reportedly scheming to set up a military airbase in Zimbabwe's controversial Marange diamond fields of Manicaland province, as Beijing and Harare ratchet up military cooperation and closer t...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 12:56hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-kate Kahari
De Beers deny looting Zim diamonds
COLOGNE- Diamond mining giant, De Beers, has vehemently denied alleged mass looting of diamonds, in Zimbabwe's Marange fields, believed to be containing the world's richest alluvial deposits. The ...Published: 05 Feb 2014 at 12:34hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Robert Mugabe's lost interview found
The Telescope News retrieves a full transcript of Mugabe's television interview, with Canadian broadcaster, OMNI Television. The interview took place in Harare, in December 2006 but was barred from ...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 07:51hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Prophet of doom warns Grace Mugabe about her own death
ZIMBABWE's First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has been warned of her own death, in a shock prophecy that has left the President's Office in limbo, ...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 10:51hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
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