President Robert Mugabe has assembled a cabal to ensure that his wife Grace succeeds him as head of state senior government and ruling party sources linked to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa have told Africa Confidential...
Egged on by Professor Jonathan Moyo Mphoko has been claiming to be the equal of the other Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and so a potential successor to Mugabe...
These developments pitted Ignatius Chombo the party's Secretary for Administration and the First Lady against Kasukuwere who was backed by Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Simon Khaya Moyo...
Clearly Mujuru's historic rival Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is driven by a different agenda in his Shona Karanga sub-group heartland of Masvingo and Midlands while in the three Matabeland provinces and Manicaland no trend is yet discernible...
Auxillia Mnangagwa who is married to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa inherited his seat with over 95% of the vote in their home district in the Midlands...
Mujuru enjoyed strong popular support but her victorious adversary now heir-apparent to President Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa does not...
With Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly assuming some of the duties of the head of state it looks as though the transition of power from President Robert Mugabe could at last be under way...
Armed with new powers from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) National Conference to appoint and dismiss the party's top officials at will Mugabe has now tipped the balance in favour of Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa Mujuru's historic rival by appointing him as one of two vice-presidents...
However a defeat for the Mujuru faction does not of itself guarantee victory for her rival Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa...
As the contest intensifies for the leadership of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to have put clear water between himself and his rival Vice-President Joice Mujuru...
Meanwhile Emmerson Mnangagwa was also trying to yoke his network of white businesses including several banking institutions to his faction...