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‘Zanu PF Bigwigs Want Senate President Edna Madzongwe As Zimbabwe’s VP Not Mnangagwa’

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Post-congress Zanu PF bigwigs opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe are reported to be campaigning for Senate president Edna Madzongwe to be vice president. Madzongwe is reportedly linked to the former liberation movement’s ambitious Young Turks known as the Generation 40 (G40), who are said to be working closely with the women’s league to derail Mnangagwa and push for her assuming authority instead of the First Lady Grace Mugabe who…

Grace, Vetoes July Moyo Appointment & Engineers Clifford Sibanda Appointment ‘Minister For Mnangagwa’s’

Posted on September 6, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

As Zanu-PF’s ugly factional and succession wars continue unabated, President Robert Mugabe’s increasingly influential wife, Grace, apparently vetoed efforts by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to get the ruling party’s deputy secretary for administration, July Moyo, appointed as a minister of State in the VP’s office. Well-placed sources told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that Grace, in line with what has been happening in Zanu-PF and in government since late last year, flexed her considerable…

‘Frustrated VP Mphoko Twice Offered To Resign Over Tense Relation With VP Mnangagwa’

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A frustrated Phelekezela Mphoko twice approached President Robert Mugabe offering to resign from his post as co-vice president due to a tense relationship with his counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwean reported. Both were made vice presidents at last year’s Zanu-PF congress where the former deputy, Joice Mujuru, was kicked out for reportedly working to topple Mugabe. Trusted sources told The Zimbabwean this week that animosity between the two had reached boiling point and Mugabe was…