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Jonathan Moyo says G40 was not outsmarted but outgunned by the 'Crocodile Gang'
Exiled former Zanu PF legislator and minister Jonathan Moyo says him and his G40 colleagues were not "outsmarted" by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his armed "Crocodile Gang" (Lacos...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's security establishment bigwig dies
One of Zimbabwe's security establishment bigwigs, who defined an era in his field from Rhodesia to post-colonial Zimbabwe amid a record of brutality and terror, David Daniel "Dan" Stannard, later clos...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo blasts ZANU PF over National Hero status
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the ruling party ZANU PF of engaging in political fraud when it comes to the conferment of the National Hero status to fallen former liberation war fighters. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Unpacking Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo Philosophy
During our War of Liberation, we had a huge rear base in Mozambique called Mudzingadzi.As with many of our rear bases, Mudzingadzi suffered repeated Rhodesian air raids.One such raid c...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:18hrs | 4 | by E.D. Mnangagwa
Chamisa upbeat about polls
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader is upbeat about victory in next year's elections, despite a crackdown that he compares to being in "the jaws of a crocodile."Nelson Chamisa told AFP that Pres...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Prison cell at Khami Prison should be a national heritage site
WHILE there is a clarion call to refurbish and transform liberation icon and founder of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Cde Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's house in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb ...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa removed Chiwenga from army to prevent another coup - Book
The book that President Emmerson Mnangagwa colourfully endorsed recently claims he removed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from the army to avoid another military coup.'A Life of Sacrifice...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's heroics myth explodes after 56 years
THE now hackneyed phrase that "the first casualty of war is truth" has been attributed to many prominent people – from the father of Greek tragedy Aeschylus to United States senator Hiram Warren Joh...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:28hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa savages Miles Tendi over Mnangagwa book criticism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa has launched a scathing attack on UK-based academic and biographer Blessing Miles Tendi over his criticism of the recently publishe...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hanging Tree evokes Mnangagwa death escape
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reflected on the brutality of the settler regime, which punished sons and daughters of the land seeking freedom with all forms of cruelty including hanging, a sentence he...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa marks 78th birthday
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa celebrated his 78th birthday today and his loyal are wished him well. This year's birthday wishes are different to 2017 when citizens from across the political divide wished him we...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
The man who will save Zimbabwe revealed
The country is experiencing probably one of the worst power shortages. Industry is losing money , city councils do not have power to pump water to residents , there is very little fuel available and i...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mnangagwa lied about his arrest by whites?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly misled the nation when he created a narrative that he was arrested by the white minority regime for derailing a goods train and sentenced to death but was spared...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa and Enock Sithole were not crocodile gang members'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has refuted claims by one Enock Muteveri Sithole on Sunday Mail that he was one of the founding members of the popular crocodile gang. I...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 12:31hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe to Mnangagwa: From frying pan into fire?
A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don't pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This despe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Omolola Lipede
Crocodile Gang: 'Last man standing'
This week we publish the first part of an account from Enock Sithole, the lone survivor and commander of the six-member Crocodile Gang that operated in Melsetter (Chimanimani) in the 1960s. The group ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chance of legitimacy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a military-backed veteran hardliner who outmanoeuvred Robert Mugabe and who now promises a fresh start for Zimbabwe.Monday's election offers Mnangagwa - nicknam...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:09hrs | | by AFP
Chiwenga salutes Crocodile Gang member Ndangana
Vice President Dr Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga, praised Chipinge for providing a huge chunk of freedom fighters as well as giving birth to the late war hero and member of the Crocodile Gang...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up on bomb scare
President Mnangagwa has for the first time opened up on circumstances surrounding his 1964 arrest after bombing the Rhodesian steam locomotive in Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), revealing how he was for...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 9 lives of a cat
THEY say there are many ways of killing a cat.But for President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), who has survived several attempts on his life in different formats, the old cliche does not ring ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Chitagu
Who is who on the Zimbabwe campaign trail?
A TOTAL of 23 candidates successfully filed their nomination papers last week enabling them to run in the presidential elections to be held on July 30, although it is self-evident the real race will b...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo chair assures Zanu-PF leadership of resounding victory
The Zanu-PF national leadership has been told not to lose sleep over the ruling party's electoral prospects in Masvingo with party provincial chair Ezra Chadzamira promising President Mnangagwa a crus...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges Masvingo to back Mnangagwa
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday called on Masvingo not to let President Emmerson Mnangagwa down but rally behind him in the July 30 elections so that Zanu-PF romps to a...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi foretold my rise to power, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa over the weekend revealed how founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), the late Bishop Samuel Mutendi, foretold his rise to power during the formative years of the Second Chimur...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF flexes mobilisation muscles
Zanu-PF on Saturday flexed its mobilisation muscle at Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera where President Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of more than 30 000 people, during which he laid out his vision for ...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Why the MDC Alliance will lose
The main opposition political party, the MDC Alliance, has committed a series of serious mistakes that have created conditions necessary and sufficient to ensure its own electoral defeat.Some ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Maliki Mpereki
Heritage tourism to create jobs: ZTA
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has initiated a programme to empower rural communities through the recently unveiled heritage tourism programme that is envisaged to create jobs and improve liveli...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo to honour Mnangagwa
Government and the ruling Zanu-PF have started preparatory work to build a shrine at Masvingo Railway Station in memory of the historic bombing of a Rhodesian locomotive by President Mnangagwa in 1964...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa is legally illiterate, says Biti
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backers always flatter him for his legal prowess and often refer to him as a "distinguished lawyer."Critics, however, opine that evidence available so far proves...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:27hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's legal acumen questioned
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backers always flatter him for his legal prowess and often refer to him as a "distinguished lawyer."Critics, however, opine that evidence available so far proves...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 14:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Visits his 'Homeland' Zambia
Zimbabwe leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Zambia as part of his mission to update regional heads of state about political developments in Zimbabwe.Zambia is President Mnangag...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 15:07hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Globetrotting' Mnangagwa in Zambia
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Zambia on the fifth leg of his tour of Sadc countries to apprise his regional counterparts on political developments in Zimbabwe.He will meet Pres...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's timeline
Emmerson Mnangagwa was born on September 15, 1942. He did his early primary education in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province, before his family relocated to Zambia in 1955, where he attended Mumbwa Bo...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The return of the Crocodile
Rabidly opposed to the Generation 40 in Zanu-PF factional politics, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - better known as "Ngwena (Crocodile)" - was born in Zvishavane on September 15, 1942 and is reportedly ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa - Mugabe's heir apparent
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, known in Zimbabwe as "ngwena" or "crocodile" because of his political cunning, is now President Robert Mugabe's heir apparent.The 68-year-old may be more than 20 y...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 16:41hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
'How I dumped Zapu for Zanu'
Chrispen Tapfuma Mataire (born February 24, 1945 in Chivhu), whose Chimurenga name was David Todhlana, continues his interview with the Sunday Mail comprising Munyaradzi Huni and Tendai Manzvanzvike. ...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's fate in Mugabe's hands?
Like one at the end of a bungee rope, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa always springs back while those who love the nerve-wrecking sport talk of their experiences.After falling sick in Gwanda...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks hangman's appointment
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked recruitment of the country's hangman although at least five people have applied for the post which fell vacant more than 10 years ago, Justice ministry pe...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa the ultimate survivor or is he living on borrowed time?
EVENTS of Wednesday last week proved that the 69-year old veteran politician is indeed a cunning survivor - that is if he is not living on borrowed time.GIVEN the rough and tumble of Zimbabwean politi...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Andrew Kunambura
Zipra / MK prisoners in Rhodesia
The Rhodesian government responded to the Wankie campaign by passing a legislation in September 1967, making it capital offence for anyone to be found in possession of 'arms of war'. Intended to stren...Published: 16 May 2016 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by facebook
Crocodile Gang: How the name came about
LAST week, Comrade Shadreck Musari Gatula, born 16 February 1940 narrated his early days as a youth in the National Democratic Party, moving to Zapu and eventually to Zanu in the early 1960s. He narra...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:59hrs | 9 | by SM
'Age' helped Mnangagwa escape the hangman's noose
HARARE - Post-congress Zanu PF bigwigs opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa say among the many things that allegedly "don't add up" about him are his age and liberation struggle hist...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 17:35hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
State media exposes 'lies' about Mnangagwa
The state media on Sunday reported that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was among the pioneers of the armed struggle for Zimbabwe's liberation, engaging in military activities well before the famous...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 09:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa challenged to come clean on his war record
With the warring post-congress Zanu-PF's ambitious Young Turks, the Generation 40 (G40) faction, cranking up the heat on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle h...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cements position as Mugabe heir
Zimbabwe Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cemented his status as heir apparent to 91-year-old Robert Mugabe after getting close allies appointed to important cabinet posts and securing the ta...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 15:58hrs | | by Reuters
I found myself thinking about Itai Dzamara
Today I found myself thinking about Itai Dzamara. We all have come to know him in the last few months as the journalist who went missing. He dared the system and sounded an alarm which was loud and c...Published: 05 May 2015 at 16:04hrs | 1 | by Samantha Rutendo Sanangurai
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