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...
At the lower levels of the party bureaucracy and the security establishments the process will be coordinated by Mutasa's successor as Secretary for Administration Ignatius Chombo now the fourth member of the party's praesidium and second state Vice-President...
A separate faction to counter-balance Mnangagwa could be forming around Mugabe's own relatives led by Ignatius Chombo 74 who has been elevated to the fourth spot on the Praesidium with Mugabe and the two vice-presidents...
That role is now occupied by Ignatius Chombo an undistinguished scandal-prone former minister...
These include Tara Farm acquired by Agriculture Minister Joseph Mtakwese Made; Nyamanda Farm (Indigenisation Minister Francis Nhema AC Vol 55 No 9 Scramble for the top); Nyamazura Farm (Chinamasa); Rise Holm Farm (ex-Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Herbert Murerwa now Chairman ZESA Holdings); Shigwiri Farm (Ignatius Chombo Local Government); Young Farm (Obert Mpofu Transport); and BW Farm (Walter Mzembi Tourism)...
Vol 55 No 4 |
- ZIMBABWE
- CHINA
Mahachi refused to comply and was suspended only for Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo to cancel the suspension; the Constitutional Court is now considering whether Chombo acted unconstitutionally...
A new grouping called Friends of Mugabe has been gathering in businessmen bankers ministers and politburo members including Ignatius Chombo the Local Government Minister...
Many of these co-ops are now under threat of demolition as illegal structures by Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo just as a massive scam involving forged letters and lost deposits is uncovered...
Demolition warningIn a move labelled staggeringly cynical by many Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has warned that illegal structures in urban and peri-urban areas may be demolished in a repeat of the Murambatsvina operation of 2005 (AC Vol 46 No 12 One law for the poor)...
• Ignatius Chombo stays as Minister of Local Government despite being linked to numerous scandals...