There is a long list of deaths since Mnangagwa took over: Minister of Foreign Affairs Lieutenant-General (rtd) Sibusiso Moyo; Minister of Agriculture and Commander of the Air Force (rtd) Perence Shiri; Chief of Staff and Lieutenant-General Douglas Nyikayaramba; Commander of the Army Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo; former Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons Major-General (rtd) Paradzai Zimondi; Permanent Secretary to Vice-President Chiwenga and Major-General (rtd) Godfrey Chanakira as well at least 11 generals in 2024 alone...
Covid-19 also took the life of Retired Air Marshal Perrance Shiri who was promoted to Minister of Agriculture in 2017 for his role in the coup (AC Vol 63 No 23 Mnangagwa to lead ZANU-PF onslaught against opposition)...
Air Marshal Perence Shiri died from Covid-19 in July 2020 while the voice of the 2017 coup General Sibusiso Moyo also died after contracting the virus in early 2021...
Both Tagwirei and Mliswa are also critical of Mnangagwa's appointment of Anxious Masuka as agriculture minister to replace Air Marshal Perence Shiri who died from Covid-19 last month...
Moyo's cousin Elson Moyo replaced Shumbayawonda who had briefly replaced Perence Shiri as commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe...
He takes over from the retired air force commander Perence Shiri...
Regime stalwart former Air Marshal Perence Shiri has kept the key portfolio of Land Agriculture Water and Rural Resettlement (AC Vol 49 No 14 Keep an eye on Mnangagwa)...
She may also serve as a counterweight to the military interests in the cabinet represented by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga Sibusiso Moyo and Perence Shiri...
The Minister of Agriculture and former head of the Air Force Perence Shiri announced that Dinha has pulled out of the election after being threatened with campaign funds being withdrawn...
The Land Ministry itself is now run by Air Marshal Perence Shiri a long-time hardliner...
Air Marshal Perence Shiri was made Minister of Lands Agriculture and Rural Resettlement and Major General Sibusiso Moyo was named Minister of Foreign Affairs and curiously International Trade...
The President is particularly concerned about the possibility of the G40 campaign culling old stalwarts (also Mnangagwa allies) such as Zimbabwe Defence Force Commander Constantine Chiwenga Air Vice-Marshal Perence Shiri and Lieutenant General Phillip Valerio Sibanda Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army...