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President Mugabe meets General Chiwenga, SA envoysThe President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Cde Robert Mugabe has met the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Chiwenga and South African envoys at State Hou...OnlinePolitics17 November 2017
Opposition parties back military interventionSEVERAL local opposition parties yesterday defended the military’s decision to “step in” and restore normalcy in Zanu PF, saying had the situation been left like that, the chaos would have easily dege...NewsDayPolitics16 November 2017
Chipanga apologises to the Zimbabwe Army generalsZANU-PF National Youth League Secretary Cde Kudzanai Chipanga last night apologised profusely to Zimbabwe Defences Forces Commander General Constantino Guveya Chiwenga and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces....HeraldPolitics16 November 2017
LATEST & DEVELOPING: No Military Takeover in Zim10:26 – Action taken by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) today does not represent a military takeover of the Government but is meant to address the political, social and economic situation that could...HeraldPolitics15 November 2017
Zimbabwe army chief warns Zanu PFZimbabwe's army chief on Monday demanded a "stop" to the purge in the ruling Zanu-PF party after the sacking of vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, and warned the military could intervene. "The current...OnlinePolitics14 November 2017
President Mugabe in fresh predicamentTHE ruling Zanu PF is reportedly in a dilemma over how to proceed with its planned purge of all party and government officials linked to axed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, after it emerged that t...NewsDayPolitics14 November 2017
Mnangagwa's great escape: The detailsTHE episode reads like a scene from a James Bond movie. It has all the ingredients of a Hollywood blockbuster. There are aspects of stealthy manoeuvres, guns, money, confrontation and drama as well as...NewsDayPolitics11 November 2017
Mnangagwa faces treason chargePRESIDENT Robert Mugabe could lay treason charges against his former deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa , who slipped out of the country on Tuesday following his expulsion, on allegations of undermining the 9...NewsDayPolitics10 November 2017
Mnangagwa flees into exileFormer Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fled into self-imposed exile — vowing to come back and dislodge President Robert Mugabe from power, and also angrily accusing the long-ruling Zimbabwean le...DailyNewsPolitics9 November 2017
I'll help make Zim prosper: First LadyFirst Lady Dr Amai Grace Mugabe, who has been endorsed by all 10 provinces and wings to occupy the post of Vice President, yesterday assured the nation that she will help President Mugabe towards econ...HeraldPolitics9 November 2017
Stay away from 2018 elections: Mzembi tells diplomatsForeign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday warned heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Zimbabwe against getting involved in Zimbabwe’s forthcoming 2018 elections, urging them to remain as....NewsDayPolitics9 November 2017
Zanu PF politburo fires MnangagwaAXED Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been officially fired from the ruling Zanu PF party. Party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said the decision was endorsed during a politburo meeting held yeste...NewsDayPolitics9 November 2017
Mnangagwa blocked from leaving ZimFormer Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was subjected to a thorough security search yesterday before he was stopped from leaving Zimbabwe for the Mozambican port city of Beira by police manning the F...DailyNewsPolitics8 November 2017
Provinces endorse First Lady for VP postThe Zanu PF Harare province women’s league has thrown its weight in support of President Robert Mugabe’s decision to fire his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Zanu PF Harare province women’s league met....OnlinePolitics8 November 2017
9/10 provinces back ED sackingNINE of Zanu-PF’s 10 provinces have endorsed the sacking of former Vice President Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa as the axe hangs over his allies accused of fanning factionalism in aid of his ambition to succ...HeraldPolitics8 November 2017
Chimene claims exposed Tsholotsho Declaration planManicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene yesterday sensationally claimed credit for exposing fired Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Tsholotsho Declaration, a 2004 suspected “pala...NewsDayPolitics7 November 2017
Grace for VP: ChipangaTHE Zanu PF youth league has thrown its weight behind First Lady Grace Mugabe’s bid to succeed fired Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was relieved of his government duties yesterday by President...NewsDayPolitics7 November 2017
Zanu-PF Masvingo seeks to identify group which booed First LadyThe Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive has set up a committee to investigate the identity of a group of individuals from the province who are believed to have been part of a group of people who boo...ChroniclePolitics6 November 2017
Target on Mnangagwa. . . First Lady says VP must go before CongressVICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants accused of fanning divisions within Zanu-PF, must be expelled before the party’s extra ordinary congress to be held next month, Women’s League lea...ChroniclePolitics6 November 2017
High noon for MnangagwaVice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces what might turn into his most defining two days in the intriguing Zanu PF power struggles with his rivals, NewsDay Weekender has learnt. Mnangagwa is locked in....NewsDayPolitics4 November 2017
'I am not G40': VP Mphoko denies links to Zanu-PF faction, Says First Lady not involved in factionalismVICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has said he does not belong to the so-called G40 faction in Zanu-PF. The VP said this in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Cde Mphoko said he was not G40 following....ChroniclePolitics3 November 2017
Unruly MPs force Parly to abort sittingTHE National Assembly had to prematurely adjourn yesterday after some unruly Members of Parliament disrupted the smooth flow of business in the august House during debate on their welfare. Chaos reign...HeraldPolitics2 November 2017
Chiefs in political stormTRADITIONAL chiefs have landed themselves in soup with opposition parties and civil society groups, after they recently publicly pledged to whip their subjects to rally behind President Robert Mugabe....NewsDayPolitics31 October 2017
Chipanga can go hang: War vetsTHE Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans (ZNLWVA) yesterday scoffed at Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga’s threats to bar them from attending Pres...NewsDayPolitics30 October 2017