First among the three named was Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa a leading contender in the succession race in whose Midlands provincial bailiwick the steelworks is situated...
Moyo and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa considered forming the New Patriotic Front in 2004...
’ The grassroots reaction is that if it was a ‘planned accident’ the perpetrators were from within ZANU probably from Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rival faction...
Perhaps stunned by the ferocity of the attack we hear that Biti’s MDC colleagues – Nelson Chamisa (Information) Theresa Makone (Home Affairs) and Tapiwa Mashakada (Economic Development) – sided with ZANU-PF heavyweights Vice-President Joice Mujuru Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi in rejecting plans for swingeing cutbacks this year...
Although he was parachuted on to the Politburo at December’s party congress as a partisan of Defence Minister Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s faction of ZANU-PF many think Moyo may be seeking new patrons...
In the Midlands Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s home province the naming of Air Vice-Marshal Henry Muchena in the succession stakes will create confusion (AC Vol 52 No 10)...
The two frontrunners are Vice- President Joice Mujuru and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa neither with overwhelming support in Parliament or the party...
For them and for Emmerson Mnangagwa’s faction the elevation of Jonathan Moyo to the Politburo seemed a crowning success...
Following the strategy advocated by Professor Jonathan Moyo Emmerson Mnangagwa (‘Ngwenya the Croc’) has been courting church groups saying he was trained to kill but has seen the light and is now as gentle as a lamb...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 9 |
- ZIMBABWE
- CHINA
This required parliamentary approval and was railroaded through by Finance Minister Tendai Biti and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa despite the objections of their respective backbenchers...