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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

Simon Mann dies

Former British Army officer and mercenary Simon Mann, who was part of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died of a heart attack while exercising, friends confirmed.The 72-year-old made millions of pounds from protecting busin…

Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:58hrs | 1991 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa accused of plotting 'coup against the Constitution'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is once again at the centre of controversy amid reports of a clandestine bid to extend his stay in office by manipulating the constitution - a move legal experts are calling a "coup against the constitution."Le…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:52hrs | 3651 | 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

New book on Zimbabwe coup highlights gender factor

A new book by Professor Blessing-Miles Tendi, a leading academic in Politics at the University of Oxford, sheds light on a crucial but often overlooked aspect of Zimbabwe's 2017 military coup - the role of gender in shaping the political u…

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 12:03hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa recreates coup scenario

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering Zimbabwe into a political storm reminiscent of the volatile November 2017 period that led to former president Robert Mugabe's ousting, a senior war veterans leader has warned.Speaking at a press con…

Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 10:43hrs | 4684 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga in calculated pushback, slams Mnangagwa regime?

As promised, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has used his stint as Acting President in January 2025 to launch a scathing offensive against corruption, tenderpreneurship, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies, escalating the growing…

Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 21:58hrs | 2326 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko kept a low profile

The opposition Zapu party has paid tribute to the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who passed away last week at the age of 84, describing him as a humble individual who maintained a low profile despite his significant contrib…

Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter

'Mnangagwa 2017 coup was to avoid prosecution for Gukurahundi massacres'

A former deputy director general in Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Lovemore Mukandi, has made explosive allegations regarding the 2017 coup that brought President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power. Mukandi claims that Mnanga…

Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:07hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa plotted coup against Mugabe for years, claims ex-CIO

In a startling revelation, former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Deputy Director General Lovemore Itai Mukandi has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been plotting the 2017 coup against former President Robert Mugabe fo…

Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 3970 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe succession caused Zimbabwe coup

In his newly launched autobiography, One Among Many: My Contribution to the Zimbabwean Story, Happyton Bonyongwe, the former Director-General of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has attributed the November 2017 coup that…

Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 12:07hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter

American coup plotters sentenced to death in DRC

Thirty-seven alleged coup plotters, including three Americans, were convicted and sentenced to death Friday by a Kinshasa military court in a trial against the failed coup of May 19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).A total of …

Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1102 | 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 plots divisive constitutional coup

ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military regrouped soon after last year's general e…

Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Charamba to expose Mzembi?

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba has given former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi 24 hours to tell the truth about how he skipped the country following the military intervention that led to President Robert M…

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

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

Mqondisi Moyo survives Mthwakazi Republic Party coup

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has criticized certain members who recently declared the dissolution of the committee, characterizing them as power-hungry individuals aligned with Zanu-PF.Accord…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 20:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mobile telecom firms expand LTE network

Zimbabwe's telecommunication firms are drifting away from older-generation mobile technology in favour of faster fourth-generation wireless technology, which offers high capacity, faster download and upload speeds, according to the Postal …

Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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

Kasukuwere details how he survived 15 minutes of intense gunfire during Zimbabwe 2017 coup

FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and 2023 presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere has narrated, in a yet-to-be-published book, how he survived 15 minutes of massive gunfire during the 2017 coup that toppled late President Robert Mugabe.…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 08:07hrs | 1 | 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

November 2017 military coup promises shattered

PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's  2017 coup as well as by President Emmerson Mnangagwa have vir…

Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy

"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare. O…

Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 14 | 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

Nigerian coup leader blames Zimbabwe for wave of coups in Africa

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed Zimbabwe for allegedly setting a wrong precedent of coups in Africa after late President Robert Mugabe's November 2017 ouster was sanitised and packaged as a bona fide means of replaci…

Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

No violence since 2017, claims Zanu-PF

LEGISLATORS in the National Assembly have demanded that Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe must issue a ministerial statement explaining how his ministry will curb growing political violence in the country ahead of the 2023 polls.But on…

Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai's role in Mnangagwa coup exposed

THE ruling Zanu-PF has disclosed that the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai played a crucial role in "sanitising" the ouster of late President Robert Mugabe in a military coup in November 2017.Just before Mugabe resigned, Tsvan…

Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Africa's acceptance of oppressive regimes fueling coups and terrorism

So, yet another African country has fallen to military rule! This time around - in apparent quick succession of one African government after another, particularly in the Western region - it was Burkina Faso, whereby the military detained p…

Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

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

'Armed robberies linked to 2017 coup'

EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has sensationally claimed that soldiers and police officers implicated in recent armed robbers could have stolen the firearms from the State armoury or at roadbloc…

Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Chief begs for another coup

In a daring move alien to Zimbabwean traditional leaders, Chief Murinye born Ephias Munodawafa who recently castigated the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration for failing to deal with corruption, has said he is not afraid and is pr…

Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Letter to my people: You're paying heavy price for coup

My Dear People, THIS week is a painful one for me, I almost didn't write to you because I feel so much pain.I know what you are thinking. You think it was painful because it marks four years since the military tanks forced Baba out.To the …

Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:16hrs | 20 | by Dr Amai Stop it

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's new law will lead to another coup in Zimbabwe'

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the now-defunct inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has predicted the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2, recently endorsed by lawmakers, will lead to another coup in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe had a military-led …

Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere was ready to die

Former Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has spoken in detail about how his family and that of former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo survived an assault on his Harare home by soldiers during the 2017 military coup.…

Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Who were the targeted criminals surrounding Mugabe?

I HAVE been checking on those detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, but I failed to locate one criminal who is among those that were "surrounding" the late former President Robert Mugabe before he was ousted in a coup in 2017. Thi…

Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni

Mnangagwa ally in coup plot storm

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Belarusian business broker Alexander Zingman has said his arrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month was triggered by "false security reports" that he had flown to the central African country…

Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?

THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and saw the second plane fly into the twin towers on …

Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - Report

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Guard (PG) Brigade several months after his wife Auxillia clashed with one of the most senior officers in the unit.According to The News Hawks, The chan…

Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Criminals around President: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked (II)

THE first part of this series, which was published last week articulated the unconstitutionality of the military intervention in November 2017, which was a coup d'etat.This week, Part II of the series will interrogate:-The removal of the l…

Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Chando

Major diplomatic coup for Zimbabwe

IN a major diplomatic coup for Zimbabwe, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame took the country's anti-sanctions lobby to leaders of the world's most powerful nations that convened for the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France last week.The G7 is …

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa presents new coup-proofing measures

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent - is coup-proofing his regime by giving the security forces preferential treatment ahead of other public ser…

Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

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

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

MDC youth secretary general released on bail after incitement charge

The secretary general of the MDC youth assembly was freed on ZW$1,000 bail on Thursday after he was formally charged with incitement to commit public violence.Gift Ostallos Siziba must report three times every week to a police station as p…

Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by ZimLive

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