The Zimbabwe National Army commander General Constantine Chiwenga and Air Force Commander Shiri are also reported to have returned some of their allocated farms to the state...
Constantine Chiwenga and Air Force Commander Air Marshal Perence Shiri are consolidating their power bases...
Constantine Chiwenga and 4 000 in the AFZ under Shiri...
The executive apex At the apex of power in Zimbabwe is a civilian-military alliance: President Mugabe who consults with his military commanders on most critical national and regional issues; Mnanagagwa who maintains a key security role (he has kept his intelligence network from his time as Security Minister in the 1980s) despite being appointed speaker of parliament; commander of the defence forces Vitalis Zvinavashe; Army Commander Lieutenant General Constantine Chiwenga; and Air Force Commander Air Marshal Perence Shiri (AC Vol 41 No 22)...
Constantine Chiwenga about gem looting in Mbuji-Mayi last October...
Constantine Chiwenga (Zezuru) is a respected former liberation fighter but is said to lack Shiri's ruthlessness and so is not regarded as a contender for ZDF Commander...
Constantine Chiwenga report directly to Mugabe while Mahachi shoulders the blame for mistakes such as Zimbabwe's strategy in Congo-Kinshasa (AC Vol 41 No 12)...
The Chief of Staff Vitalis Zvinavashe is Karanga but directly controls no soldiers; army commander Constantine Chiwenga and air force commander Perrence Shiri are Mugabe men...
Others from Chikomba include Charles Utete Chief Secretary to the President; Lieutenant General Constantine Chiwenga army commander; and his predecessor Solomon Mujuru now MP for Chikomba...