THE spectre of factionalism that ultimately resulted in the fall of former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017 has returned to hound his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabolivenews has learnt. Sources within Zanu PF the ethnic tensions between largely Zezuru and Karanga leaders with the party could explode into the public domain with the possibility Mnangagwa might be impeached. The latest round of factionalism in the ruling party reportedly pit Mnangagwa against his supposedly ailing second in command Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who is currently in China where he is receiving treatment. Chiwenga is according to sources now out of danger although his doctors have advised him to quit politics. “There is a vicious fight going on. Confidence in Mnang
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is increasingly set to finish off beleaguered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential term, through a vicious military coup said to likely involve foreign hands and players, Spotlight Zimbabwe reported. According to diplomatic sources and a Zimbabwean banker now based abroad, hardline securocrats in Chiwenga's camp, now want him to be the country's president, and that he steps in to finish off Mnangagwa's term between 2020-2023, before handing over power to a successor of his choice, who will contest the next presidential plebiscite on a Zanu-PF ticket as a civilian leader, with the alleged blessing and orchestration of China. Chiwenga who is in Beijing seeking medical treatment for the past months, is
Fuel prices went up over the weekend, triggering price hikes of basic commodities and further worsening an economic calamity whose roots lie in a legitimacy crisis arising out of the stolen election of July 2018. Mr Mnangagwa must disembark from his high horse of arrogance and engage for dialogue with the people’s President, Advocate Nelson Chamisa. Morale is at a low ebb in all private and public institutions especially schools and hospitals. Villagers, urban dwellers, the old, school children and the vulnerable can barely make ends meet in the current crisis where prices and transport fares are going up several times in a single week. Meanwhile, the ED regime continues to bury its head in the sand even as fuel prices increase every week, further straining the lives of ordi
20 REASONS WHY MUGABE’S LEGACY IS UNCONTESTED. I have been listening to many misguided Zimbabweans trying to tarnish the legacy of Robert Mugabe, in an attempt to cover up for their own dereliction and failures at playing their role in building Zimbabwe with the tools Mugabe equipped us with. Much of this indoctrination is driven by white propaganda [particularly South African and British media] that seeks to convince Africans that their only means of advancement is directly dependent on surrendering their sovereignty, culture, wealth and resources to western paternalism. Clearly, the white world hated Mugabe for refusing to submit to this western paternalism and him successfully piercing the veil of white superiority to emancipate black minds. Which led them to demand
AILING Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has reportedly banned his wife Mary from visiting and has shut out government security, zimbolivenews.com has learnt. Chiwenga is currently in China where he has been receiving treatment for an ailment believed to be linked to his esophagus that has since been replaced with a plastic one all the way to the stomach. High placed sources told Zimbolivenews.com that Chiwenga has since been admitted to a Chinese military hospital where only that country’s security is allowed. “If you hear government saying they have an idea of how he is, it would be a lie. When he left Zimbabwe after South Africa, the Vice President had security details from both the army and the police protection unit. “Chiwenga is in a military hos
Doctors treating Vice President Constantino Chiwenga have advised the retired army general to call time on his political career as his health problems continue. Chinese doctors watching Chiwenga the former Commander Defence Forces who masterminded the coup that toppled former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 and thrust President Emmerson Mnangagwa into the hot seat want him to focus mending. Sources within government said the VP who is now able to walk, take light food as well as talk even though still critics has been advised to take less strain. “The VP is coming back but the doctors have advised him to take a rest. The pressure that comes with his office might affect him badly. “As already reported he has a problem with his esophagus replaced the whole way to the
MDC Alliance legislators will not receive their sitting allowances for the past five months after they walked out of the National Assembly chamber when President Mnangagwa was about to present his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Harare yesterday. The MPs had also refused to stand when the President walked into the chamber as required by Parliament’s decorum. The ruling was made by Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda in his capacity as Head of Parliament after the presentation of the SONA which also coincided with the opening of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament. “The behaviour which has been demonstrated by the honourables who walked out when His Excellency the President started to speak shall not be allowed to come back during this sit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will be in Uganda one week from now Tuesday at the greeting of Yoweri Museveni as Uganda holds its 57th Independence Day and festivities, Esther Mbayo, the Ugandan priest for administration, has said. Mbayo said Mnangagwa will go to the 57th Independence Day festivities as an extraordinary visitor of the nation. "President Yoweri Museveni will be the main visitor who has additionally welcomed another uncommon visitor Emmerson Mnangagwa, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe," Mbayo told columnists on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Center. Museveni was in Zimbabwe in April this year where he joined the chorale of African pioneers approaching the west to lift authorizations forced on a portion of Zimbabwe's legislature and politic
Vice President, Gen. (Rtd) C.G.D.N. Chiwenga; Vice President Col. (Rtd) K.C.D. Mohadi; Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate J. Mudenda; Madam President of the Senate, Mai M.Chinomona; Honourable Members of Parliament; Fellow Zimbabweans; Comrades and friends; Before I begin my address, I kindly request the August House to observe a minute of silence in honour of the late Founding Father of our country and Former President, His Excellency, Cde R. G. Mugabe who passed on, on the 6th of September 2019. As we remember him, let us stand emboldened by the fact that we cannot change the past, but the future is in our hands. Mr Speaker Sir; My Government continues to take bold and decisive steps to open up and grow the economy for the benefit of all our people. The road map articulated in o
President Mnangagwa arrived back home last night from the 74th Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America, where he joined other Heads of State and Government to discuss global issues. He met World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Mr David Beasley and several other dignitaries. The President also addressed several business meetings to lure investors. The Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) was welcomed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport by Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, Minister of State Security Owen Ncube, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, Service Chiefs and other high-ranking Government officia
