Tag Archives: Emmerson Mnangagwa

As elections loom, Zimbabwe crumbles

“It’s another year. Just another year.” That was the reaction of academic, publisher and raconteur Ibbo Mandaza answering a question about how he felt about Zimbabwe’s 33rd anniversary of independence on Thursday. “People are despondent, and there is no engagement … read more »

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Zimbabwe: Army entry into politics a step towards a coup

By Farai Mamina, zimeye.org Commanders enter poll race. This was Zimbabwe’s first shocking headline of 2013. Over the ten-year period from 2000, the nation started experiencing the Nazi style installation of former military generals as chief executive officers and board chairmen … read more »

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Mugabe vows to fight like a wounded beast

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has called on his Zanu-PF party to begin mobilising and fight like a “wounded beast” to reclaim votes it lost in the election four years ago. For the very first time since independence in 1980, Zanu-PF … read more »

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Why Zanu PF will not survive beyond Mugabe

By Jacob Nkiwane Zimbabwe is bleeding. Its citizens are scattered across the globe. At home, unemployment has reached unprecedented levels. Majority of people are living in abject poverty. Streets are flowing with raw sewage and homes are constantly without electricity … read more »

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No more cash for Zimbabwe army, says MDC

Harare – The Zimbabwe prime minister’s party said on Wednesday it can’t pay the military until revenues from the nation’s eastern diamond fields, largely sealed off by troops, reach state coffers. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party said the finance ministry … read more »

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Mugabe ‘fighting for his life’ in Singapore hospital

Cape Town – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is said to be ‘fighting for his life’ in a Singapore hospital, The Australian reports. This comes amid reports that he had agreed to hand over power to his defence minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa. … read more »

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Mugabe to quit after elections

Cape Town – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is reliably understood to be planning to retire after the next election to pave way for his hand-picked successor who will protect his interests and shield him from punishment for human rights violations, … read more »

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Mnangagwa wanted to beat up Mugabe over Home Affairs Ministry in 2008 – Wikileaks

  According to leaked United States embassy communications, The Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa “grabbed President Robert Mugabe by the lapels” during a heated argument in 2008. According to McGee, Mnangagwa and Mugabe squared off over the latter’s plans to give … read more »

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Mugabe aims to live to 100

Speculation about his health is greater than ever and new names are emerging as supposed front-runners in the race to succeed him, but Robert Mugabe is in no hurry to leave. The latest politician to be touted as Zimbabwe’s heir … read more »

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China in Zimbabwe: what does it mean for Robert Mugabe?

As China’s Foreign Minister arrives in Zimbabwe on Thursday, all eyes will be on how the country’s fragile coalition government deals with overtures from the historic ally of President Robert Mugabe. Amid talk of a deal on the table of … read more »

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