By Eddie Cross I have made a habit of drawing up every day a list of the things I have to do in the immediate future. It helps me sort out the important as against the urgent and allows me to think through each item before I tackle them. When […]
Tag: Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF believes Ramaphosa is secretly funding Chamisa, SA paper claims
President Cyril Ramaphosa has found himself in another dilemma after Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF spokesperson, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, threatened to reveal “a bombshell” regarding a recent visit by an ANC delegation to Zimbabwe. According to sources within Zanu-PF, there is a growing belief inside the party that Ramaphosa has been secretly funding opposition […]
Ramaphosa calls Zanu-PF’s bluff
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has waded into a potentially explosive diplomatic tiff between Zanu PF and the ANC over threats by Zanu PF to “leak a bombshell” that would expose and embarrass South Africa’s ruling party. Ramaphosa has come out guns blazing, daring Zanu PF’s director of information Tafadzwa […]
Mwonzora dives into the arms of Zanu-PF, gets kiss of death from Mnangagwa
Newly elected MDC-T president, Douglas Mwonzora has received gushing endorsement from President Emmerson Mnangagwa, raising serious questions about the party’s standing as a genuine opposition committed to dismantling Zanu-PF’s four decades stranglehold on state power. In tweets posted on his @edmnangagwa handle, the Zanu-PF leader welcomed Mwonzora’s pledge to transform […]
Chamisa challenges Mnangagwa to end violence, arrests and abductions
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop violence in the country, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture of civilians under his watch as such atrocities have rendered Unity Day “irrelevant”. This came as Mnangagwa, in his Unity Day speech emphasised peace-building and conflict resolution […]
Knives out in Zanu-PF over corrupt land barons
Daggers are drawn in Zanu PF over ruling party officials that are amassing land in urban areas, which they sell to desperate home-seekers, with some disgruntled youths demanding action. A letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Zanu PF youths in Mashonaland West and messages on WhatsApp groups belonging to different […]
Mnangagwa underfunds ZEC, dealing blow to by-election hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dealt opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa another blow after allocating a paltry $2,3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), an amount inadequate to conduct by-elections next year. Chamisa lost 32 MPs and 165 councillors to recalls by rival MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe. […]
Mnangagwa and Chiwenga factions battle over G-40
Outbursts by a top ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa declaring that G40 elements remain firmly within Zanu PF’s top levels have heightened fears in the party that the president’s loyalists are targeting his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, insiders have revealed. Mabel Chinomona, the senate president, is said to have raised eyebrows […]
Mnangagwa’s capture of judiciary a red flag for state failure
By Michelle Chifamba Zimbabwe celebrated on 17 November the third year since former president Robert Mugabe was overthrown and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa. People assumed that the change in power – after being controlled by Mugabe for 38 years – would open a new positive chapter for Zimbabweans. But instead, […]
Chamisa: Africa must act on leaders using soldiers to kill citizens
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says institutions such as the African Union (AU) must take a tough stance against leaders on the continent that abuse human rights, including killing peaceful protesters. Chamisa told The Standard in an exclusive interview yesterday that the use of soldiers by African leaders to kill […]