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Zanu PF edges closer to a Constitutional coup

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has resolved to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office beyond his constitutional limit, effectively launching what critics are calling a "constitutional coup." The resolution, made at the party…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga will need a coup, or it will be over

Zimbabwean tenderpreneur and sanctioned businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei is now a Central Committee member, according to ZANUPF.This places him in pole position to become Zimbabwe's president as Emmerson Mnangagwa's chosen successor, unless…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 14:43hrs | 1573 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Mutsvangwa's Mugabe coup remark opens can of worms

Observers have criticized Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa for speaking with a "forked tongue" following his recent remarks alleging that the late former President Robert Mugabe was removed from power because he sought to establ…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 15:19hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter

Another coup won't solve Zimbabwe woes

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently at odds with a faction of liberation war veterans from the 1970s struggle for independence. This group has publicly pledged support for Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and called for Mnangagwa'…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zimbabwe farmer reflects on lost legacy

For Rory Duncan, a former commercial farmer in Zimbabwe, memories of the Eastern Highlands are both vivid and painful - a haunting contrast between prosperity and the aftermath of a country's failed land reform programme.Now living in Klei…

Published: 12 May 2025 at 20:03hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter

Man in dock for killing friend

Geza pushes govt into panic modeThe government has warned outspoken war veteran Blessed Geza that his days are numbered after he called for a two-day national shutdown to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down. The controversial c…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:13hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter

Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?

This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps will burst each other any time; but let them do i…

Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni

Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation further slides into an authoritarian stat…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'Ã©tat dividend

Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraIn private discu…

Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 37 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara

Zimbabwe heading for political crisis, coup says foreign sponsored CiZC

AN umbrella body of pressure groups, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says Zimbabwe is potentially heading towards another coup which will emanate from disputed and resolved poll rancour.This comes as the country held general elections …

Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's lawyer denies giving Mnangagwa counsel as coup debate rages on

Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa's lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has refuted allegations that he was consulted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after his legitimacy was challenged by Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musenge…

Published: 03 May 2023 at 21:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Jonathan Moyo sings praises of Grace Mugabe

Former G40 kIngpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has showered praises on the former First Lady Grace Mugabe for assisting him and his colleagues to flee assassination in 2017 when they lost power to the General Constantino Nyikadzino Chiwenga le…

Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:16hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mnangagwa had a chance to be a Gorbachev, but he chose to be Milosevic!!!

Zimbabweans celebrating the fall of the late ex-President Robert Mugabe during the November 2017 military coup which brought President E.D Mnangagwa to power. Pic Credit; Google.Reader, Mnangagwa worked closely with the late ex-President R…

Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:36hrs | 12 | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo Sr

FLASHBACK: Mnangagwa's November letter to Zimbabweans (2017)

My family was banished to Zambia when I was still in primary school for resisting the oppressive rule of the white minority regime in 1955. This action hardened my resolve for justice and black empowerment.I joined the United National Inde…

Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 12:45hrs | 19 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa

Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups

FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in the affairs of nations that if power cannot be ne…

Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 11 | by William Jethro Mpofu

Honouring Mbuya Nehanda was a coup for Mnangagwa

We, from the Zipra side of the Zimbabwe nationalist movement, do not agree with President Ammerson Mnangagwa on many issues, but on the issue of honouring Mbuya Nehanda, reclaiming our history and rewriting it to suit ourselves, we are in …

Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Kenneth Mufuka

'Mnangagwa trying to coup-proof himself'

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "coup-based government" was not yet ready to surrender power to civilians."They committed treason in 2017, are they …

Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe now a Vampire State

A Vampire State is a country where anyone who gets to be the president ends up with much more wealth than before s/he became president. On the other hand the poor and working class are always left behind. The democratic requirement that a …

Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 5 | by Sam Wezhira

How the Khupe coup resonates with the import of Excelgate

Thi's time last year, Excelgate was about to be published, in the ex-pectation, inter alia, that the MDC Alliance, in particular, would capitalise on the revelations therein, to both fuel their legal challenge against the Constitutional Co…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Ibbo Mandaza

Mnangagwa unleashes CIOs on 'coup plotter'?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is accused of sending members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation to terrorise the family of Sitabile Dewa who is accused of plotting to illegally remove the constitutionally elected government of …

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mugabe ouster hatched in SA hotel

The toppling of an autocrat generally makes for enthralling reading. Two Weeks in November obliges in many respects.Keeping readers on tenterhooks and delivering on its promise to reveal, in thrilling fashion, "the astonishing untold story…

Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:36hrs | 3 | by David Gorin

Zimbabwe sanctions now outdated, says Mugabe coup announcer

Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe are outdated and should be removed as they benefit neither Zimbabwe nor the United States of America, the authors of the hostile policy, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo h…

Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull

MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It appears the motor-mouth MP has a way o…

Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Coup rumor against President ED Mnangagwa

There are allegations from the media that a coup against President ED Mnangagwa is imminent. This piece seeks to dispute such rumors. The rumors are created by President ED Mnangagwa and his team in order to diverge the focus of the citize…

Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | 5 | by Don Chigumba

Another Zimbabwe coup looms?

When former President Robert Mugabe was forced out of office by a military intervention in November 2017, the accusations were that he was surrounded by criminals.In the process of targeting those criminals, Mugabe was forced out of office…

Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

African Union hypocrisy

The African Union's condemnation of the military coup in Sudan exposes the hypocrisy of the organization. The chair of the AU Commission said it was not the appropriate response to the challenges facing Sudan and the aspirations of its peo…

Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by ZimVigil

Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup

PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schizophrenia and the growth of a leadership dev…

Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Brian T Kagoro

One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised

On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cor…

Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha

'Mugabe ignored coup warnings,' says Jonathan Moyo

FORMER President Robert Mugabe was forewarned about the coup that would topple him from power, but distrusted those who warned him and believed his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Defence Forces commander Constantino Chiwenga wou…

Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

One year after Zimbabwe soft coup

When Zimbabwe's army took power in a bloodless coup exactly one year ago, it promised to bring happiness back by ending social and economic suffering.The military said the coup was needed to "target criminals" around then president, Robert…

Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Tendai Kamhungira

Chiwenga poised to topple Mnangagwa, as another coup imminent in Zimbabwe

The 30 July 2018 harmonized elections were like no other ever held in the country for so many reasons, but the most outstanding was the huge difference between the two-thirds majority won by the ruling ZANU PF party, and the very slim 50.8…

Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda

Zimbabwe judges, generals and post-coup dynamics

Soon after the toppling of former president Robert Mugabe in November last year in a coup and the ascendancy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, High Court judge Charles Hungwe immediately ruled that the attendant military intervention was co…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura

Is Zimbabwe falling into the coup trap?

A coup d'Ã©tat, can be understood as the sudden and illegal removal of the incumbent using force or the threat of force.The "stroke of the State" as per the French translation is often a swift, surprise strike, emanating mainly from those …

Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 4 | by Munyaradzi Ziburawa

After a real assassination attempt the following happens

After a real assassination attempt, the following happens:1. The president goes to a safe house and his location is not made known. In this case, the president is said to have gone to state House and then goes to visit the injured in a pub…

Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 18:43hrs | | by Social media

'Only EDiots think Zanu-PF will win,' says Jonathan Moyo

Former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo says it is impossible for Zanu-PF to win Zimbabwe's 2018 elections.Moyo took it to microblogging Twitter saying, "It's impossible for #ZanuPF to win Zim's 2018 elections. #ZanuPF is no more. Wh…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul

Jonathan Moyo appeals to Kagame, Mbeki, Mkapa to save Mugabe from coup persecution

Former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has appealed to the Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki, Benjamin Mkapa and other veteran politicians in Africa to intervene to save former Zimbabwean Presi…

Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano

Call it what you want Bob, it was time up!

Fragility of the body ultimately translates to fragility of the mind, as such Mr Robert Mugabe can be excused for gushing out nonsense from his delusional mind on the events leading to his ouster last November.But to think that his wife, G…

Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Daphine Zulu

Why does Mugabe not just shut up?

Robert Mugabe must never have imagined himself outside the Zimbabwean presidency.He was so drunk with power that his own family at some point actually thought Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans belonged to them.His SABC interview, organised by polit…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff writer

It was a coup d'etat, no doubt

My People, Finally the truth is out. I have said it before and I will say it again. Muri makwara! You are cowards!Since November you have been coming up with foolish attempts to try and sanitise what we all knew was a coup.What military-as…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:56hrs | 8 | by Dr Stop It

Mugabe's appeal to sympathy only exposes his many evils

I wonder what part of the human emotion and body that Robert Mugabe and his handlers wanted to appeal to. It was certainly not the brain.(This article first appears on Hopewell Chin'ono Facebook Page and is published with his permission)If…

Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:21hrs | 5 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Was it correct for army to remove Mugabe

ALL those who doubted whether the Zimbabwe Defence Forces did the right thing, Robert Mugabe's rambling last Saturday is your answer. Countries are ruled via constitutions, but what if the ruler is breaking every aspect of that country's c…

Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Mugabe has NO right to talk about being removed unconstitutionally

All those who doubted whether the Zimbabwe Defence Forces did the right thing, Robert Mugabe's rambling on Saturday is your answer. Countries are ruled via constitutions, but what if the ruler is breaking every aspect of that country's con…

Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Mnangagwa can only be a disappointment

President Mnangagwa got a good hearing at the annual 'movers and shakers' jamboree at Davos in the Swiss Alps. People were curious to see whether he was another boring lunatic like his mentor Mugabe. They were quite reassured.Absent was th…

Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by ZimVigil

Peter Munetsi murdered on coup day

This Zhuwao Brief Reloaded (ZBR) is dedicated to the memory of the late Peter "Comrade Kasina" Munetsi.On this day, Saturday 27th January 2018, the family, relatives, friends and colleagues of the late Peter "Comrade Kasina" Munetsi are ga…

Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 15:07hrs | 4 | by Patrick Zhuwao

Jonathan Moyo says no better example of regime change than a #Coup

Former Higher, tertiary, science and Technology minister Jonathan Moyo who is on self imposed exile has insinuated that there is no any better example of regime change than the coup staged by the military last year which saw a new governme…

Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 11:32hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes

Chamisa is a Lacoste plant and mole in the MDC-T?

THIS second instalment of the ZBR comes in a week that has seen two notably interesting events that talk to the theme of the #2018Resistance. The first one was the statement issued by the MDC-T Youth Assembly wherein they said "Mnangagwa w…

Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Patrick Zhuwao

Money, Hospitals and the People under a CoolCoup Zimbabwean Regime

At this time last month, under the Dictatorship of former President Mugabe and his Crooked Finance Minister Chombo, at least I could sit on my computer and transfer my hard-earned cash to a needy relative in Zimbabwe from my Bank. Today, I…

Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 20:35hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri

Jonathan Moyo can pee all he wants - from outside

FORMER United States president Lyndon Johnson, who reportedly had a difficult relationship with the head of the Federal agency that preceded what is nowadays known as the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is widely credited as having found…

Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff write

Mnangagwa, 'Zimbabwe's richest man' and his 'illicit' mining exploitations

Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting Emmerson Mnangagwa was a few years ago describ…

Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by The Citizen

Mphoko: Here today, gone tomorrow!

History is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.Some lasted less than an hour, and others a few hours, days or months.istory is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.One of t…

Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff write

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