Two conclusions emerge from the results of the by-elections for 28 parliamentary seats and 122 council seats on 26 March: that the ruling party's strategy of dividing the opposition has run aground and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority over the party will diminish further because its poor electoral showing...
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The US also said that Tagwirei had benefitted from his relationship with President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
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Particularly worrying for President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the CCC's strong performance in Midlands his political base...
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On 24 January President Emmerson Mnangagwa's main opponent in the last general elections Nelson Chamisa launched a new political party hoping to close the chapter of rivalries and splits that marked the demise of the country's dominant opposition party for over 20 years the late Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)...
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed him Minister of State for Security in 2018 the news was released quietly after the announcement of the official post-election cabinet which had been padded with 'reformist' candidates like finance minister Mthuli Ncube and sports minister Kirsty Coventry intended to demonstrate goodwill to the West...
Behind these ructions are party dissidents set on removing President Emmerson Mnangagwa from leadership of the party and government ahead of the national elections in 2023...
For the UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration travelled to Scotland – the first time a Zimbabwean president has visited Britain for over two decades...
The presence of Biti and Chamisa from Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change must have been particularly galling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who studied law in Zambia and was close to Edgar Lungu...
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Tagwirei under US sanctions for grand corruption is still an economic advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa...
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Tagwirei has had access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and influenced cabinet appointments and government policy in the fuel industry (AC Vol 61 No 17 Inside the state capture project)...
Last year President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government pledged to pay up to $3...