(ZNA), General Constantine Chiwenga Backs Mnangagwa Faction As Opposed To Grace’s Camp In President Mugabe Succession War

(ZNA), General Constantine Chiwenga Backs Mnangagwa Faction As Opposed To Grace’s Camp In President Mugabe Succession War

The succession wars in Zanu PF have gone up a notch, as it is now reported that the commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, (ZNA), General Constantine Chiwenga has now shown his hand by rallying behind  Vice President  Emmerson Mnangagwa, as the man to  succeed the despot, 92 year old President Robert Mugabe in office. Zanu PF has of late been constantly bedevilled by factional wars amongst  Zanu-PF officials over whether the VP Emmerson Mnangagwa camp or  the Grace…

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‘My Government Will Encourage Expanded Media Circulation To Ensure That All Forms Of Media Are Affordable To All Sections Of Society In Particular Rural Communities’ Access &Participation’-Welshman Ncube

‘My Government Will Encourage Expanded Media Circulation To Ensure That All Forms Of Media Are Affordable To All Sections Of Society In Particular Rural Communities’ Access &Participation’-Welshman Ncube

  In my more than two decades in academia and as a politician, I have heard again and again the often repeated assertion that the bond of any professional and ethical media practitioner is the maxim, “Facts are sacrosanct and opinion is free”, and with equal measure I have heard it repeated by rogue states and politicians that, “You are free to express yourself, but you cannot be guaranteed your freedom after expression”. In Zimbabwe…

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First lady Grace Mugabe, Vice Presidents, Mphoko & Mnangagwa & Numerous Zanu PF Legislators To Visit Prophet Magaya

First lady Grace Mugabe, Vice Presidents, Mphoko & Mnangagwa & Numerous Zanu PF Legislators To Visit Prophet Magaya

The First Lady Grace Mugabe, VPs Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, a number of Cabinet ministers and scores of ruling party legislators are due to attend PHD Ministries leader Walter Magaya’s “Night of Turnaround” crusade in Harare on Friday. Grace, who is expected to market herself to the tens of thousands of people set to attend the crusade, is currently on a “national crusade” of her own. There were also suggestions that the first lady…

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Grace Mugabe Faces Parly Probe Over Partisan Distribution Of State Property

Grace Mugabe Faces Parly Probe Over Partisan Distribution Of State Property

Opposition MPs want Parliament, through the portfolio committees of Finance and Agriculture, to probe First Lady Grace Mugabe on what they say is her abuse of public property – in the wake of her ongoing “donation” of government-sourced farming equipment to Zanu-PF supporters only. Speaking during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa disclosed that the agricultural equipment being distributed by Grace was part of a US$98 million loan facility extended to Zimbabwe…

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‘Reading Zimbabwe’s Newspapers Is Like being In A den Of Monkeys’-Deputy Attorney General

‘Reading Zimbabwe’s Newspapers Is Like being In A den Of Monkeys’-Deputy Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General Kumbirai Hodzi says local newspapers are at the forefront of destroying Zimbabwe’s potential to develop as they neglect community development issues preferring to delve on trivial matters. Hodzi was speaking at a Transparency International Zimbabwe function in Harare last week. He said the state media which should be championing development were abusing their responsibility by focusing on trivial issues which do not benefit the nation. “I have told everybody including the vice Presidents and even the…

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‘State Security & Gvt Officials, Loot Bulk Of Grace Mugabe Donations To Chimanimani Villagers’

ZANU-PF supporters and legislators in Manicaland yesterday claimed the bulk of goods donated by First Lady Grace Mugabe during her tour of Chimanimani in the province last Thursday, were looted by State security agents and other top government officials, leaving the intended beneficiaries – the villagers – with nothing to take home. According to NewsDay, Grace donated various goods – which included 25 000 litres of cooking oil, 3 000 bars of washing soap, 3…

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‘They Beheaded, ‘NeHanda, Kaguvi, Display The (War Trophies), Skulls In UK’ Yet Mourn The Lion (Cecil).

‘They Beheaded, ‘NeHanda, Kaguvi, Display The (War Trophies), Skulls In UK’ Yet Mourn The  Lion (Cecil).

AN angry Grace Mugabe on Thursday had no kind words for westerners, telling them that they have no right to tell Zimbabweans what to do with their animals. The First Lady expressed shock at people who spend most of their time mourning a lion rather than human life. The killing of Cecil did not go down well with animal rights activists world-wide, with thousands signing a petition entitled ‘Demand Justice for Cecil the Lion in…

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Gvt ‘To Suspend EU re-engagement & Cease Opposition Funding Over ‘MDC T /EU Block Alliance’

Gvt  ‘To Suspend EU re-engagement & Cease Opposition Funding Over ‘MDC T /EU Block Alliance’

A visit to Europe by top opposition MDC-T officials appears to have put some noses in the Zanu PF administration out of joint. Information ministry secretary George Charamba who also doubles as President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson told the state media that Harare could suspend re-engagement with the European Union (EU) over the bloc’s alliance with the MDC-T. In addition, Charamba also warned that the government would scrap State funding of political parties if the MDC-T continued…

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‘I Have Never, In Any Way,In Any Place, At Any Time , Said I Want To Be President’ -Grace

‘I Have Never, In Any Way,In Any Place, At Any Time , Said I Want To Be  President’ -Grace

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has revealed that Zanu PF bigwigs angling to succeed President Robert Mugabe had embarked on a smear campaign targeting her out of fear that she harboured ambitions to take over power from her 91-year-old husband. In a wide-ranging interview with the State media during her lavish 50th birthday celebrations at her expansive Borrowdale home in Harare on Saturday, Grace conceded that Zanu PF had been rocked by power struggles centred on…

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Mugabes, The ‘Source Of Zimbabwe’s Misery’, Seek Donations For Grace’s 50th Birthday

Mugabes, The ‘Source Of Zimbabwe’s Misery’, Seek Donations For Grace’s 50th Birthday

Festivities are being planned to mark First Lady Grace Mugabe’s 50th birthday next week, five months after a lavish birthday bash was held to celebrate her husband’s 91st. Organisers are asking sponsors to “celebrate this important milestone” in the First Lady’s life by making “generous cash donations” towards the Amai (Mother) Grace Mugabe Jubilee. “Well-wishers are invited to kindly donate in cash or kind towards any of [the] Charity organisations which Amai patronises,” said an advert…

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