Mnangagwa’s top ally suspended in factional infighting

By Tichaona Sibanda 11 February 2013 The decision by ZANU PF to suspend its Manicaland provincial chairman, Mike Madiro, is being viewed by some as a plot engineered to weaken Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidential ambitions. Madiro is a lifelong ally of Mnangagwa who worked under the ZANU PF...

Mnangagwa sues independent newspaper for defamation

Staff Writer 22 November 2012 ZANU PF strongman and faction leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Alpha Media Holdings for a story carried in the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper in May about him. The paper quoted the Defence Minister as saying he was ready to govern if given an...

Mnangagwa’s henchman behind KweKwe’s Alshabab group

By Tichaona Sibanda 20 September 2012 Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s henchman, Owen ‘Mudha’ Ncube, is reportedly behind a new militant group based in KweKwe that calls itself ‘AlShabab’. SW Radio Africa is reliably informed that members of the group usually wear ZANU PF regalia emblazoned...