Ailing VP Constantino Chiwenga was in fact airlifted to China Sunday, as health woes continue to dog the powerful former military commander. This comes after Chiwenga was reported to not feeling well, and that he had been ordered by his doctors to take a rest. Lingering health concerns forced Chiwenga to abandon his State duties last week, compelling his doctors to order him to rest at home. This comes as speculation and conspiracy theories swelled last week after the powerful VP failed to attend a field day that was hosted at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's farm in Kwekwe. It also comes as Chiwenga is embroiled in an acrimonious divorce with his ex-model wife Marry - whom he has stunningly accused of attempting to kill him last year, during the time he was hospitalise
President Mnangagwa today said pandemics like coronavirus (Covid-19) cannot be blamed on anyone since they have a scientific explanation, and called on Zimbabweans to empathise with those affected. In a statement, the President sent his condolences and solidarity to all those who were already suffering due to the effects of the deadly virus. “Pandemics of this kind have a scientific explanation and knows no boundary, and like any other natural phenomenon cannot be blamed on anyone,” he said. “We have all witnessed the tragic scenes in China, Iran, Italy and other countries around the world. We stand with our friends in the international community. My Government empathises with the affected people around the globe and stands ready to assist in whatever ways within
Defense Minister and Zanu PF Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri has made headlines for the wrong reasons. She was quoted in a video celebrating the demise of Western States by Corona Virus. Muchinguri was speaking on Saturday, at an event organised by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association (ZILWACO) in Chinhoyi. She is qouted saying, ” Corona Virus yauya iyi, maSanctions aya auya kune dzimwe nyika dzinotiisira maSanctions. Vaakuswera vari mudzimba hakuna kwekuenda. Economy yavo yavakuchema. Trump ngaazive kuti haasi Mwari. Vanotisvina kuti tiendepi, chimbosvinwaiwo munzwe kurwadza kwazvinoita.” The English translation from Shona: “This corona virus that has come to other countries. These are sanctions that have been imposed by God on them
There is a question that is being discussed among President Mnangagwa’s legion of ardent supporters and loyalists; should the President abandon humour as a device for engaging his audience? Not everyone agrees with this sentiment. The opposite group feels those that subscribe to this thinking are yielding to the whims of an uptight and tense clique of critics who will attack the President regardless of what he does or says. Even if he were to declare that God is good, this pack of detractors will find fault in it. Therefore, this group of supporters doesn’t feel that it is right for President Mnangagwa to change his style of engaging just because some deliberately miss the essence of his jokes. President Mnangagwa has been criticised for making a joke about v
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden this week reaffirmed his desire to have former first lady Michelle Obama be his running mate. “I sure would like Michelle [Obama] to be the vice president,” Biden said Tuesday At A Campaign stop in Muscatine ,IowaThe comment came after the former vice president was asked if he would consider nominating former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court. “Yeah, I would, but I don’t think he’d do it. He’d be a great Supreme Court justice,” Biden responded. The questioner followed up with the question, “Which Obama?” Biden responded: “They’re both incredibly qualified people and they’re such decent, honorable people.”The pairing would be a first in American
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts with the United States and European countries has hit a brick wall with the diplomats engaged by his emissaries in the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) insisting that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should be involved in the negotiations. Polad is a dialogue series initiated by Mnangagwa and leaders of fringe parties who participated in the 2018 presidential elections. Chamisa, who refused to endorse Mnangagwa’s July 2018 electoral victory, has refused to be part of Polad. Mnangagwa’s grouping has been trying to engage the international community to end the country’s years of isolation through its sub-committee on international relations and re-engagement led by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe.It has, ho
A father can not explain hunger in his house by saying his neighbor failed to loan him some food, said Apostle Chiwenga. Apostle Chiwenga was explaining the issue of sanctions and their impact on Zimbabwe.In his Friday sermon yesterda, he shared with his congregants the saga surrounding the prosperity and turn around if Zimbabwe as a nation. Apostle Chiwenga, who is popular for his direct speech, said it’s not about sanctions anymore but the government has failed to manage it’s portfolios and Zimbabwe is not allowed to borrow in order to sustain its economy.Chiwenga cited that Zimbabwe is not investor friendly.In the name of indeginisation, Zimbabwe has scared investors away, investors have declared Zimbabwe a hostile country with no future of certainity. The gover
The exchange of words between Tendai Biti vs Chris Mutsvanga is a must- see encounter . Clearly, it systematically demarcates civilization from barbarism, respectively. In a twinkling of an eye, the intellectual exchange degenerated into a WWIII of words . Firstly, in a civilized , progressive society, citizens owe a debt of gratitude to their war veterans. Effortlessly,citizenry exhibits unconditional thankfulness , thoughtfulness and acknowledgement to their war veterans by consistently flashing unadulterated gestures of appreciation. War veterans selflessness by putting their precious lives in harm’s way in liberating the country should always be at the epicenter of a society’s national treasure . Be that as it may , the gangsterism and barbarism exhi
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is on the verge of baby-dumping party colleagues Morgen Komichi and Douglas Mwonzora ahead of the anticipated Supreme Court ruling which has raised the temperatures inside the cockpit of the opposition party, a top Zimbabwe daily paper has revealed.Former MDC Vice President Komichi and former Secretary-General Douglas Mwonzora were relegated to less influential positions in the party after the controversial congress of May last year, but are seen by Chamisa’s loyalists as the biggest threatens to him retaining his party leadership post should the Supreme Court order an extraordinary congress, the Daily News has reported. An MDC national executive committee member who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said at the heart of the party’s ructions was the
Zimbabwe may be gearing up for its second army-driven removal of a sitting president in the past two-and-a-half years. The economic meltdown in the country constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted. The country is going through one of the worst economic crises since 2013 characterised by severe currency shortages, scarce fuel supplies and galloping inflation. Jonathan Moyo - a former cabinet minister for Zanu PF - has claimed that the wheels are in motion to remove Emmerson Mnangagwa from office through a military coup. Will there be another army coup in Zimbabwe? The one-time Higher and Tertiary Education leader has predicted that a "bloodless transition" - similar to what we saw in 2017 when Robert
