Zimbabwe's VP Leading Race to Succeed Mugabe

Although Zimbabwe's two vice presidents are said to be equals, President Robert Mugabe has always left Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as acting president, reportedly at the expense of co-VP, Phekelezela Mphoko.

  • Zimbabwe:   Acting Mnangagwa Has Presidency Sealed?

    New Zimbabwe, 14 March 2015

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe left the country last Thursday on yet another of his numerous trips abroad. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mugabe On His Way to Singapore Again?

    New Zimbabwe, 10 March 2015

    Never one to ignore an opportunity to travel abroad, President Robert Mugabe flew out of Harare on Tuesday to attend some conference in Japan. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   VP Mnangagwa Blasts Madhuku

    The Herald, 10 March 2015

    Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the constitutional application by the National Constitutional Assembly leader Professor Lovemore Madhuku to nullify the appointment of… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mnangagwa Says Govt Concerned About Missing Activist

    New Zimbabwe, 11 March 2015

    ACTING President Emmerson Mnangagwa says government is concerned with the disappearance and alleged abduction of journalist and pro-democracy activist, Itai Dzamara earlier this… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Madhuku Is No Professor - Mnangagwa

    New Zimbabwe, 9 March 2015

    VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has mocked NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku saying he doubts the University of Zimbabwe lecturer is really a law professor. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   VP Mnangagwa On Electoral Amendments

    The Herald, 6 March 2015

    Government has completed drafting amendments to the Electoral Act and at least 11 other laws related to voter registration and elections as part of alignment of laws to the new… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   'Mugabe, VPs in Office Illegally'

    Zimbabwe Independent, 4 March 2015

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his two vice-presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, are holding their Zanu PF positions illegally as they were unprocedurally put in… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   New Twist to Mugabe Succession

    Zimbabwe Independent, 6 March 2015

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's unexpected remarks that none of his two deputies, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, are guaranteed to succeed him have fuelled tensions in the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   VP Mnangagwa Commends First Lady

    The Herald, 6 March 2015

    Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, has saluted the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe for assisting Government in taking… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Current VPs Do No Inspire Confidence - Analysts

    Zimbabwe Standard, 1 March 2015

    ZIMBABWE's political and economic woes will likely continue even after President Robert Mugabe leaves office as the two Vice-Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Succession Race Still Wide Open - Mugabe

    Zimbabwe Standard, 1 March 2015

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has said the race to succeed him is wide open despite his recent appointment of two Vice-Presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, who were… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   VP Mnangagwa Slams Red Tape

    The Herald, 27 February 2015

    The country has a low foreign investment uptake because of serious bureaucratic bungling and red tape that is scaring away potential investors, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa… Read more »

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Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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