Mnangagwa Cabinet: technocrats without reforms will fail
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new cabinet, in which over a dozen ministerial level officials were reshuffled or removed, is a mixture of new faces, technocrats and some experience, as well as political loyalists. At least the deadwood is gone, well most of it. Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube symbolises meritocracy – the embrace of technocrats and […]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says now accepts President Mnangagwa as legitimate president
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has said he now accepts President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country’s legitimate leader after initially accusing him of leading a “disgraceful” de facto coup that ended his near four-decades rule last year. On the eve of the July 30 vote, Mugabe said he would vote for the opposition to remove Mnangagwa’s “military […]
Is Zimbabwe new Health Minister Obadiah Moyo a fraud?
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy. Moyo, who lost to the MDC Alliance after standing on a Zanu PF ticket in Zengeza East on July 30, was named in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet […]
President Mnangagwa returns from China… Set to announce new “powerful” Cabinet
HARARE: President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from Beijing, China, where he attended the Forum on China-Africa Relations (FOCAC) summit and is now expected to announce his new cabinet anytime soon. The President met Chinese and international investors and he is on record encouraging investors to visit Zimbabwe to get first-hand experience of the limitless […]
Grace Mugabe, ED Mnangagwa jump into bed…Former first lady says Post Coup Govt was God’s Plan
HARARE: Controversial former First Lady Grace Mugabe has denied any bad blood with President Emmerson Mnangagwa adding she now prayed for the country’s new elected leader whose election she said was “God’s Plan”. She was speaking Thursday evening during her late mother, Idah Marufu’s funeral wake at the former First Family’s Blue Roof home in […]
May and Merkel backing Mnangagwa is bad news for Zimbabwe
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed to strengthen Britain’s trade ties with African nations. During the course of her visit, May made a brief appearance on South […]
President ED and VP Chiwenga Clash Over Cabinet – Chiwenga Wants Deadwood Out
The military side of the current marriage of convenience in Zimbabwe has been pushing for Mnangagwa to ditch all the deadwood that is currently in cabinet. Sources say Chiwenga has told Mnangagwa that all he was concerned about was delivery and therefore would not tolerate the appointment of ministers that have been proven to be […]
Return of dead wood as ED Mnangagwa appoints newn Cabinet
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) has just sworn in his two and trusted lieutenants, Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi to help him discharge his executive duties, amid fears of recycling of dead wood. The President who is expected to announce his new cabinet in the near future exhibited his trust in his two comrades during […]
Burundian Experience Offers Insights for the Zimbabwe Opposition
The important lesson for Zimbabwe’s opposition from what happened in Burundi in 2010 is that participation is key. Despite what may look like injustice, it is good for the Zimbabwean opposition to stay within decision-making institutions such as the national assembly in order to counter any move that would otherwise lead to devastating consequences such […]
‘Mnangagwa’s Commission of Inquiry is a joke’..full list of 7 member team
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 killing of unarmed protestors. But the inclusion of Zanu PF apologist Professor Charity Manyeruke raises serious questions about Mnangagwa’s commitment to truth, many think this could be another big cover up unfolding. “There is only one name which reeks of oddity […]
