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Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (Ngwena 'crocodile')

Date of Birth: 15 September 1942
Place of Birth: Zvishavane


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Military minders

The closest to a military candidate is parliamentary Speaker and former intelligence chief Emmerson Mnangagwa who was the prime mover behind the military intervention to support President Laurent-Désiré Kabila in Congo-Kinshasa...


Dropping Kabila

ZIMABABWE: Harare's economic crisis is forcing a rethink of Congo policy and Emmerson Mnangagwa the key diplomatic and financial strategist on Congo has told Africa Confidential that he has nothing to do with Congo any more...


Multi-party Mugabe

Real multi-party politics started raucously in Harare's parliament on 18 July with both sides breaking into song after the election of former Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa as Speaker of the House...


ZANU-PF's Pyrrhic victory

He will have to appoint at least three from Matebeleland to make the ZANU-PF caucus look more representative; he will have to bring in at least three or four women as all but one of ZANU-PF 's female candidates lost; and then he will have to reinstate some of his key ministers who also lost their seats such as former Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa Employment Creation Minister Thenjiwe Lesabe and Deputy Education Minister Sikhanyiso Ndolovu...


From the other side

Most of the ZANU-PF old guard are staying on - ministers who lost their seats such as Emmerson Mnangagwa and Dumiso Dabengwa are likely to come back as nominated MPs...


Bye bye Billy

It's bad news for Rautenbach who left Congo for Harare on 28 March and his backers in the Zimbabwe government such as Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa (AC Vol 41 No 6)...


Who's next?

ZANU-PF is now factionalised along regional-ethnic lines (between the Shona sub-groups the Karanga and the Ndebele) and along ideological lines between hardliners close to the military (such as Mugabe Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa Lieutenant General Vitalis Zvinavashe) and reformers (Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi Local Government Minister John Nkomo Home Affairs Minister Dabengwa)...


Saying no to the yes-men

The more likely candidates to succeed Mugabe - Local Government Minister John Nkomo Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi - maintained a discreet distance as the referendum campaign degenerated into farce...


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