Ousted Zanu-PF Member Godfrey Tsenengamu Locked Up for Insulting First Family
Ousted Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central youth chairman Godfrey Tsenengamu was yesterday arrested for what unconfirmed sources said was allegedly subverting the authority of President Mugabe. Police national chief spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday confirmed Tsenengamu’s arrest. As of last night, it was not clear what charges he was facing as he was still assisting […]
Zimbabwe spends $2.5m on birthday party for world’s oldest leader, while opposition slams events as waste of money
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 93 on Tuesday amid growing concerns over his frailty and failing health. The ruling ZANU-PF party is to spend about $2.5 million on the birthday celebration, local media reports said. Opposition parties condemned the events as a waste of money while “93 percent of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty caused by […]
First Lady Grace Mugabe ditches Moyo and Kasukuwere
First Lady Grace Mugabe is quietly withdrawing her support for a Zanu PF faction known as G40 as the battle to succeed her 92-year-old husband takes a new twist. According to Zanu PF insiders, Grace —who early this year launched a vicious attack on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of plotting against her husband — […]
Ageing President Robert Mugabe Called to Cut Foreign Trips
GLOBE-trotting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has embarked on yet another overseas trip amid criticism his travels were straining state coffers. Critics say he is no longer making useful contributions at the summits, age and ill-health having slowed him down. Mugabe, who has endured massive street protests to vacate office he has occupied for 36 years, […]
Zimbabweans Still Love Me: Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says that he has no plans to retire because his countrymen don’t want him to. The 92-year-old, currently Africa’s oldest serving head of state, traveled to Japan this week in a trip aimed at strengthening bilateral relations. The topic of Mugabe’s potential successor is much debated in Zimbabwe, with the president’s […]
Gloves Now Off in Zanu-PF – Emmerson Mnangagwa
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but confirmed that gloves are off in Zanu PF internal wars when he said on Friday that it was now time to “look straight in each other’s eyes”. Addressing guests at the Zanu PF annual national people’s conference fundraising dinner in Harare on Friday night, Mnangagwa warned “painful decisions” would […]
Women Affairs Minister Caught Distributing Viagra At A Rally In Zimbabwe: Nyasha Chikwinya
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told Parliament that government had no policy allowing ministers to distribute s*x enhancing pills at rallies. This was after opposition MPs had quizzed him over an incident at the weekend, where Women Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya doled out “Viagra” to Zanu PF supporters at a rally in Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency. “I do […]
President Mugabe Uses VP Mnangagwa to Withdraw ‘Wrong Speech’
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe stayed away from Parliament Wednesday despite having convened the legislature to “conduct special business” in the wake of a gaffe that saw him read an old speech early this week. Mugabe instead sent Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the right speech but legislators demanded an investigation as well as an apology over the […]
The Late Zimbabwe Vice-President Joshua Nkomo A Sell-Out: Emmerson Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo lost the 1980 general elections to Zanu PF leader, then Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe because he represented interests of the white minority. Mnangagwa, in a recent interview with the New African magazine, claimed the former late Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith confided to him […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe has lost 20 years
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has conceded that Zimbabwe has fallen far behind other countries in terms of development, saying the government needs to swallow its pride and review some controversial economic policies to attract foreign investment. Speaking in an interview with CCTV, the Chinese national television broadcaster, last week during his week-long visit to the Asian […]
