Mujuru throws down gauntlet
VICE-President Joice Mujuru threw down the gauntlet at President Robert Mugabe in the heat of the moment at the tension-filled politburo meeting last week The post Mujuru throws down gauntlet appeared...
View ArticleMugabe in a fix over succession
AGAINST a backdrop of unprecedented infighting around President Robert Mugabe’s succession conflict, senior Zanu PF leaders feel the time has come The post Mugabe in a fix over succession appeared...
View ArticleThe First Family brawl
THE Mugabe family loves a good punch-up. The old man, Robert, Zimbabwe’s president, has always been a brawler, though a sly and eloquent one. The post The First Family brawl appeared first on The...
View ArticleMujuru: A new battle for survival
VICE-President Joice Mujuru finds herself in an invidious position as she has literally been squeezed into a tight corner The post Mujuru: A new battle for survival appeared first on The Zimbabwe...
View ArticleGrace Mugabe: Rise of the Phoenix
HATE her or like her, Grace Mugabe stormed the political scene like a bat from the blue, triggering a wave of events The post Grace Mugabe: Rise of the Phoenix appeared first on The Zimbabwe Independent.
View ArticleMugabe purges Mujuru allies
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday furiously came out guns blazing to purge senior party officials aligned to Vice-President Joice Mujuru as he led from the front to crush what he claims […] The post...
View ArticleGumbo’s career over
ZANU PF party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo’s lengthy suspension from the ruling party by the politburo last night, along with other allies The post Gumbo’s career over appeared first on The Zimbabwe...
View ArticleTekere book precipitated Mugabe, Mujuru fallout
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s bid to ditch Vice-President Joice Mujuru started way back in 2007, barely three years after he had catapulted her into the presidium at the expense of Justice […] The post...
View ArticleMujuru crushed through hi-tech
VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru’s political career was wrecked through a well-coordinated and systematic operation of communication surveillance and recordings, including voice cloning and video morphing...
View ArticleSecurity chiefs face purging
ZIMBABWE’S security service chiefs, particularly Central Intelligence Organisation Director General Happyton Bonyongwe, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, Air Marshal Perence Shiri and...
View ArticleMnangagwa to become Vice-President
WITH the Zanu PF elective congress slated for December 2-7 just around the corner, confusion reigns in the faction led by Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is working with First Lady Grace...
View ArticlePolitburo to amend Zanu PF constitution
FIREWORKS are expected at a Zanu PF politburo meeting tomorrow which is set to amend the party constitution to allow President Robert Mugabe to handpick his deputies and national chairperson just over...
View ArticleTreason season upon us
THE treason season is upon Zimbabwe once again. As usual, it comes when President Robert Mugabe (90) feels his grip on power is under threat from rivals as the party […] The post Treason season upon us...
View ArticleGrace all but now running the show
FIRST lady Grace Mugabe this week gave strong signals that she is now running the show in Zanu PF and government behind the scenes when she virtually gave her husband, […] The post Grace all but now...
View ArticlePurges reign supreme in Zim politics
PURGES reign supreme as Zimbabwe’s main political parties’ internal processes are characterised by factionalism and power struggles which have triggered a wave of dismissals and removals. The post...
View ArticleLessons from the 2002 rigged election
THE protracted six-year legal battle between the Mail & Guardian and successive South African governments over the release of the Khampepe report on the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential elections...
View ArticleMugabe ‘mutilates’ Zanu PF constitution
ZANU PF leader President Robert Mugabe and his political hirelings have been mutilating the party’s constitution to oust Vice-President Joice Mujuru and decimate her allies ahead of next week’s...
View ArticleGumbo savages faltering Mugabe
SUSPENDED former Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo says his party is facing a grave leadership crisis, The post Gumbo savages faltering Mugabe appeared first on The Zimbabwe Independent.
View ArticleZanu PF congress a charade: Gumbo
SUSPENDED Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo (RG), who unwaveringly stood behind under-fire Vice-President Joice Mujuru as he demanded Zanu PF must resolve The post Zanu PF congress a charade: Gumbo...
View ArticleComplexities on Mujuru’s removal
UNCERTAINTY shrouds how beleaguered vice-president Joice Mujuru, whose allies have been purged from Zanu PF structures, can be removed from office The post Complexities on Mujuru’s removal appeared...
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