Mnangagwa and Zanu PF won’t win 2018 elections says Webster Shamu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister Webster Shamu after the former Zanu PF commissar was allegedly recorded declaring that the ruling party’s leader will lose the forthcoming elections, it has emerged. Shamu — infamous for bootlicking former president Robert Mugabe and likening him to the popular Cremora milk brand — was fired […]
President Mnangagwa feels heat over controversial Terence Mukupe
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, which have caused palpable anger among many Zimbabweans. It didn’t help matters that Mukupe issued an equally controversial apology yesterday, which only […]
Late Tsvangirai, Mujuru to receive freedom of the city honour
THE late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been shortlisted to posthumously receive Harare City Council’s freedom of the city status. Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni confirmed the development early this week, saying other prominent personalities shortlisted for the civic honour include music icons Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the late army general Solomon […]
Mnangagwa Is A Soldier, He Can Shoot Those Who Want To Run Away From Him: Josiah Hungwe
Minister of State for Masvingo Province Josiah Hungwe is reported to have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a soldier who can shoot all the people who do not want to listen to him and want to run away from him. The Masvingo Mirror reports that while speaking at the commissioning of a clinic on […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa targets high-profile graft cases
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to set up a special anti-corruption unit in his office came after realising that other State security agencies were reluctant to tackle high-profile graft cases. On Tuesday, the Office of the President and Cabinet announced the establishment of the unit whose mandate is to […]
Pressure mounts on President Mnangagwa for Mukupe’s ouster
OPPOSITION political parties and social commentators have upped the ante on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to expel Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe for “recklessly” claiming that the military would not recognise a victory by an opposition leader. MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, called on Mnangagwa to fire Mukupe from government and also withdraw his Zanu PF candidature […]
Business loses confidence in Mnangagwa’s new dispensation
THE business community appears to have lost confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new political dispensation, with the latest Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI)’s composite Business Confidence Index (BCI) indicating a negative trajectory, particularly in the first quarter of this year. Since he took over levers of power in November last year, Mnangagwa’s administration had been […]
I will retire after polls says long serving Zanu-Pf minister Josaya Hungwe
Long-serving Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister, Josaya Hungwe, who recently got a second bite of the cherry following the coming in of the new political dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has indicated he would retire after the forthcoming general elections. Hungwe, the Chivi-Mwenezi Zanu PF senatorial candidate, said after the polls, he will not seek […]
Chinese want more access to Chiadzwa diamond fields – Mnangwagwa bows to pressure
THE Zimbabwean government has bowed to Chinese pressure and will restore Anjin Investment’s operating licence after finalisation of the new diamond policy, nearly three years after the entity was stopped from mining in Chiadzwa, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. Last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa hinted that government would consider roping in new players in Chiadzwa […]
Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa has 18 children
HARARE – A publication based in the United Kingdom has added to the mystery around President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s offspring by claiming the 76-year-old former Zanla combatant has a total of 18 children. The crafty politician, who loyally served under former president Robert Mugabe for nearly six decades before a wedge was drawn between them at […]
