Mugabe Branded Him “Devil Incarnate” Last Year, Appoints Moyo Into Cabinet

Mugabe Branded Him “Devil Incarnate” Last Year, Appoints Moyo Into Cabinet

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Monday moved his information minister, who he branded a “devil incarnate” last year, to an education department role in his second cabinet reshuffle since December. Former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo, whom Mugabe says appointed opposition sympathisers as editors of state-owned newspapers, is now minister of higher and tertiary education, the secretary to the president and cabinet, told reporters. Mugabe last year complained bitterly about Moyo’s activities in the party and…

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‘Lengthy Suffering Under Ian Smith, Followed By Visionless Mugabe’ says Tendai Biti

‘Lengthy Suffering Under Ian Smith, Followed By Visionless  Mugabe’ says Tendai Biti

President Robert Mugabe has no vision beyond power retention and those angling to succeed him are worse off, MDC Renewal Team secretary-general Tendai Biti has said. Addressing a district structures meeting in Makoni West on Sunday, Biti said most Zimbabweans were suffering as a product of “visionless leadership.” “A long period of suffering under Ian Smith’s colonial rule followed by the visionless leadership of Mugabe has been the story of our people,” Biti said. He…

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‘Asylum Seekers, Will Be Deported From UK For Claiming Mugabe Is A Killer’ -Grace

‘Asylum Seekers,  Will Be Deported From UK For Claiming Mugabe Is A Killer’ -Grace

  The first lady Grace Mugabe has come under fire after she taunted diasporans who claimed that her husband wanted to kill them saying they now faced deportation from the United Kingdom where there are no longer needed. Social media users said “What’s there to jubilate about diasporans being deported home when they have been so instrumental in sustaining the ailing economy?” “How much has she contributed herself to the resuscitation of the economy herself?”…

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Zimbabwe’s Women MPs Are Sexually Harassed By Their Male Colleagues.

Zimbabwe’s Women MPs Are Sexually Harassed By Their Male Colleagues.

OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislator, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, has told Parliament that women MPs are being subjected to sexual harassment by their male colleagues. Sexual harassment is a punishable offence under Zimbabwe’s labour laws. Misihairabwi-Mushonga alleged Wednesday that there was “rampant” sexual harassment at Parliament. “There is rampant sexual harassment in this House. Women are being sexually harassed; whether it’s a comment about how you are dressed, whether it’s a comment about how you…

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Is First Lady, Grace, Now The Zimbabwean law or Authority Calling The shots?

Is First Lady, Grace, Now The Zimbabwean law or Authority Calling The shots?

Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has question if the first lady Grace Mugabe is now the Zimbabwean law or authority who call the shoots as to who should be fired and who should be promoted as it appears to be the trend. Grace’s mingling in the government has seen former Vice President Joice Mujuru and his allies losing their government and Zanu PF positions after the instigation of their firing by the first lady. Even the…

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Zimbabwe’s VPs take orders from ‘De Facto Zanu PF & Gvt Leader’, Grace Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s VPs  take orders  from ‘De Facto Zanu PF & Gvt Leader’, Grace Mugabe

First Lady Grace Mugabe has now taken charge of both Zanu-PF and government following disclosures that the two Vice Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phekezela Mphoko take instructions from her, observers have said. Opposition parties and analysts said Grace’s remarks in Kadoma all but confirmed that she was now the de facto leader of both Zanu-PF and government. They urged President Robert Mugabe to resign as he was no longer in control. Source: newsday

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Grace Loses As Mnangagwa Declares ‘Gvt Does Not Operate On Media Whims’, Tomana stays!’

Grace Loses As Mnangagwa Declares  ‘Gvt Does Not Operate On Media Whims’, Tomana stays!’

VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa who was present when First Lady Grace Mugabe attacked Johannes Tomana over comments he made on young girls, says people should not take things at “face value”, adding the prosecutor general was “going no-where”. Tomana is in the eye of a storm over comments he reportedly made on the legal position relating to age of sexual consent. President Robert Mugabe’s wife, after weeks away from the glare of the public, reportedly seeking…

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Grace Mugabe Attacks Prosecutor-General, Tomana’s ’12 year Old Girl Child Marriages’

Grace Mugabe Attacks Prosecutor-General, Tomana’s ’12 year Old Girl Child Marriages’

First Lady Grace Mugabe today condemned child marriages saying anyone advocating for 12 year old girls to get married are rapists and pedophiles. The First Lady was speaking during the ground breaking ceremony for the Macsheep Housing Scheme in Kadoma on Wednesday which was attended by vice presidents Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnangagwa. The attack is being viewed as directed at Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana who was quoted as saying 12-year-olds could consent to sex. Grace…

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Madhuku’s challenge on Mnangagwa, Mphoko appointment dismissed with costs

Madhuku’s challenge on Mnangagwa, Mphoko appointment dismissed with costs

Of late, the  Con Court had successfully carved an impressive portfolio of positive image building across Zimbabwe as many people who were sitting and and  waiting anxiously for rulings in their cases where they were charged with offences, ranging from posting caricatures of Mugabe to insulting the president, were all suddenly  relieved to be set free without charge by the Constitutional Court. However this uplifting turn of events is suddenly on the down, after  the National Constitutional…

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Grace Mugabe Back On The Warpath Again, With Her Contoversial Rallies

Grace Mugabe Back On The Warpath Again, With Her Contoversial Rallies

  First Lady Grace Mugabe has resumed her controversial rallies today as she is currently addressing beneficiaries of a housing scheme in Kadoma.Vice Presidents Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnangagwa  and Local Government minister  Ignatius Chombo are some of the noticeable top government officials in attendance. Last year, she embarked on countrywide rallies dubbed “meet-the-people tours” during which she unleashed acerbic attacks on Mujuru, accusing her of a host of offences chief among them being a…

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