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The year Mnangagwa reined in his rival Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this year emerged triumphant at the Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce five-year power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisonin...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 2491 | by Staff reporter
'Generals will not salute Chamisa' said Chombo. How carelessly he speaks treason, name them
"Chamisa himself knows he is too small to be saluted by these men of war. These generals are waiting for their turn on the presidency and this can only happen when Zanu PF is in power, so even if Zanu...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:02hrs | 1775 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's big warning to Chiwenga comes to pass
WITH the Zanu-PF congress set to confirm that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outsmarted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, the late former president Robert Mugabe's warning to the ex-military gene...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | 25309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | 19058 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes to congress amid power struggles, widening rifts
Zanu-PF is going to its 7th elective congress which will, among other expected outcomes, choose the party's first secretary and president, at a time the coup coalition which catapulted President Emmer...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:27hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's path to power
6 November 2017 - President Robert Mugabe dismisses his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, from government;8 November 2017 - Zanu-PF expels Mnangagwa from the party. Mnangagwa goes into self-imposed ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:26hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wades into church battles
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday walked into a church storm at the Johane Masowe Vadzidzi VaJeso apostolic church, amid disgruntlements the current leader, who took over from the late Aaron Mh...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | 2586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals confront Mnangagwa
TOP army commanders confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend demanding the conferment of national hero status on the late former Zimbabwe National Army Major General Godfrey Chanakira, f...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:55hrs | 10021 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga divided by Cham]nakira's death
THE death of Retired Major General Godfrey Chanakira has further exposed the rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.After initially denying Chanakira nat...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:54hrs | 3353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses trust in lieutenants
FAILURE by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fill key vacant posts of vice-president and state security minister signals that he has lost trust in his lieutenants as he seeks to maintain a delicate ethn...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 4314 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses key allies as Kasukuwere plots comeback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost the support of some of his key allies including Local Government minister July Moyo who have stood with him throughout his political rise but are now being sideli...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | 11269 | by Staff reporter
March 26 by-elections: Safe and swing national assembly seats
Battles between different political parties and independent candidates will play out in one of the most important by-elections in decades this March 26 as these by-elections will not only deliver a re...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:48hrs | 821 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zanu-PF factions sharpen knives as December congress beckons
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have contained his ambitious deputy Constantino Chiwenga, there is growing concern in Zanu-PF that the former military general may challenge for the part...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:36hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions sharpen knives as December congress beckons
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have contained his ambitious deputy Constantino Chiwenga, there is growing concern in Zanu-PF that the former military general may challenge for the part...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:47hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Zec won't stop hiring ex-State security agents
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it will not stop hiring members of the security services, amid public concerns that the electoral management body was heavily militarised, thus undermi...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:47hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 178 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe's 2017 coup coalition collapses
THE fact that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zanu-PF presidency at the party's elective congress next year, while factions loyal ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Some Zimbabwe coup troopers die without enjoying benefits of their sweat
SEVERAL key players in the 2017 coup that toppled the late former President Robert Mugabe and elevated President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the helm have died in the past four years without fully realising...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Criminals hijack Zimbabwe land reform
Investigations EditorCriminal gangs are taking advantage of those who still believe corruption is rife in Government circles, despite the evidence that it is not tolerated, to sell fake offer letters ...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to empower Zimbabwe military with hi-tech hardware
THE Second Republic will continue equipping the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) with the latest technological equipment that responds to emerging threats threatening existing peace and stability in the ...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Who is the next ZNA commander?
Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chi...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
'West must desist from lecturing Zimbabwe on democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has again warned Western countries to desist from lecturing Zimbabwe on the need to uphold human rights as the same states were involved in worse abuses against their citi...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New COVID-19 variants more deadly'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned that the Delta and Beta variants of the COVID-19 virus were running riot in the country, and urged Zimbabweans to heed lockdown regulations imposed by his...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Army bars Mnangagwa's appointment of Clansman as Zanu-PF Commissar'
EXILED former government minister Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa was going through a tough period after senior military officials blocked him from making key new ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:11hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa appointed Zanu-PF acting commissar
PATRICK Chinamasa, the Zanu-PF secretary for finance, has been appointed Zanu-PF's acting political commissar as the governing party prepares for the 2023 national elections.The outspoken poli...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 34 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Matemadanda deployed to Mozambique
President Mnangagwa has appointed former deputy minister to defense and ZANU PF secretary for Commissariat, Victor Matemadanda as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Mozambique.This was revealed by Zan...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:57hrs | 3 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zanu-PF big wheels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again read the riot act to Zanu-PF's district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), saying they must desist from fomenting divisions and advancing personal agendas in ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba Zvechokwadi
The Editor, To the youth of Zimbabwe, please read carefully:SB Moyo, Nyikayaramba, Mnangagwa, Muchinguri, Chiwenga; all the so-called comrades joined the war between the ages of 15 and...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 12:53hrs | 12 | by Sam Wezhira
What kind of beast is devouring Chiwenga's generals?
"Covid -19 complications", is the cause of the death of army generals. At least that is what we are told by the government of Zimbabwe and the state media.Zimbabwe must be having a new covid- ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 15 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa warns Zimbabwe that coronavirus war is far from over
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zimbabweans against coronavirus complacency, in the mistaken belief that vaccines will be a panacea to the local spread of the deadly respiratory disease....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:17hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
'We are united and peace loving people' said Mnangagwa - tyrant boot on our throat 'Shaisano!'
Zanu PF's ethos is that the party would rather destroy Zimbabwe, burn it down into ruins, than allow anyone else ruling the country! "Shaisano!" as one would say in Shona. 40 years of Zanu PF ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:25hrs | 7 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa to officially receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today officially receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines which include a donation of 200 000 jabs from the Chinse government. The President will also address the nation o...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says heinous sanctions will not hold Zimbabwe back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has described as "heinous" sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West, the UK and the US, but vowed the restrictive measures would not hold Zimbabwe back.Zimbabwe h...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 13:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Why is Covid-19 playing at the doorsteps of Army Generals?
With the latest demise of His excellency Ambassador Retired Major General, Douglas Nyikayaramba who succumbed to Covid-19, even the neutrals are starting to believe that there is more than what meets ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:04hrs | 5 | by Shelton Muchena
Mnangagwa speaks on lockdown review
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his impending review of the tough lockdown to slow down Covid-19 infections will be influenced by the situation on the ground. Mnangagwa is expected...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:49hrs | 29 | by Nompilo Simanje
Nyikayaramba's widow protests to God over hubby's death
THE widow of the late Douglas Nyikayaramba Saturday sobbed uncontrollably as her husband's casket was being lowered into the grave at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Nyikayaramba, Zimbabwe'...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expects food surplus this year
ZIMBABWE is on course to achieving food surplus this year, resulting from the Command Agriculture and-PFumvudza/Intwasa programmes which are part of the legacy of the late national hero, Ambassador Do...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Minister of Defence Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri
Dear Mom,I know you are still in grief after losing Manicaland Resident Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and other close comrades like Nyikayaramba, Shiri, Zimhondi, Sibusiso Moyo among others to...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 17:19hrs | 24 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
The weaponisation of Covid-19 in Zanu-PF factional wars
A new deadly political threatTHERE is a new and dangerous security threat in Zimbabwe's politically dysfunctional post-November 2017 military state, under an increasingly factionalised Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:50hrs | 15 | by Jonathan Moyo
Covid-19 fears force politburo postponement
ZANU-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba burial Saturday
National hero and Zimbabwe Ambassador to Mozambique Lieutenant General Douglas Nyikayaramba who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday will be buried on Saturday at the National Heroes' Acre....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Nyikayaramba
VICE President Chiwenga has described the late National Hero, Cde Douglas Nyikayaramba, who was Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Mozambique as a "gallant son of the soil" who contributed immensely to the libe...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba declared a national hero
ZIMBABWE Ambassador to Mozambique and former army general Douglas Nyikayaramba, who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday has been declared a national hero. Ambassador Nyikayaramba, w...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba dies
Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba, the former chief of staff administration in the Zimbabwe national army has died from Covid-19, multiple sources have said.Nyikayaramb...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 07:50hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moving to tighten his dead man's grip on power
AFTER his initial daring purges of military commanders who propelled him to power through a military coup in November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now capitalising on political contingency an...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Who will replace SB Moyo?
ZIMBABWE is a landlocked nation which relies heavily on its sisters in the SADC region.To the East Zim has Mozambique. A troubled neighbour who happens to be dealing with a growing insurgency ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 17:26hrs | 20 | by John Mbizvo
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