Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) Commander General Constantine Chiwenga Air Force Commander Air Vice Marshal Perence Shiri and the Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri had publicly pledged allegiance to Mugabe as the sole leader of Zimbabwe insisting they (and by implication the entire armed forces and security services) would not take orders from either of the opposition candidates in the presidential elections Morgan Tsvangirai or Simba Makoni should either be announced a winner of the presidential elections...
Despite his public posturing and close personal relationship with Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Force Lieutenant General Constantine Chiwenga President Mugabe no longer trusts the military and is ever more reliant on his network of CIO officers who have a licence to kill...
ZDF Commander General Constantine Chiwenga is said to favour a Mujuru sucession as does his predecessor Vitalis Zvinavashe...
The President still controls a powerful loyalist bloc of among others stalwart State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa Secretary for the Commissariat Elliot Manyika Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) Commander Constantine Chiwenga and CIO Director Happyton Bonyongwe...
Vol 47 No 17 |
- ZIMBABWE
- ECONOMY
General Constantine Chiwenga Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Force is a frequent guest at the Reserve Bank...
General Constantine Chiwenga Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Force heads Operation Taguta in which the army identifies idle land moves in and utilises it on behalf of the state...
General Constantine Chiwenga leads the Zimbabwe Defence Force Lieutenant Gen...
The Mujurus share a home with Defence Forces chief Constantine Chiwenga and Air Force chief Perence Shiri...
Other top security officials on the line are Perence Shiri at the air force Constantine Chiwenga in the army Paradzai Zimondi at Prisons and Brigadier Gen...
Her husband Solomon used to be Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army whose present Commander General Constantine Chiwenga backs her as does the air force...