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Zimbabwe: G40, Lacoste Take Fight to the Wire
Financial Gazette, 25 February 2016
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's passionate pleas meant to unite ZANU-PF factions fighting a messy war to succeed him apparently failed to appease rebellious spirits raging among his… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Savaged VP Ponders Future
Zimbabwe Standard, 14 February 2016
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly pondering his future in government after Friday's vicious attack by First Lady Grace Mugabe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: First Lady Angers Army Chiefs
Zimbabwe Independent, 19 February 2016
First Lady Grace Mugabe has ruffled the feathers of senior Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commanders by her stinging direct attacks on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangangwa and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: You Wanted to Kill My Boy, Grace Mugabe Tells Zanu-PF Plotters
News24Wire, 13 February 2016
Grace Mugabe claims soldiers and top Zanu-PF officials angling for power wanted to kill her youngest child, but not everyone believes her. Read more »
Zimbabwean VP's Future in Doubt
Grace Mugabe has reportedly resumed her attacks on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies - saying he wanted to kill her son.
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Called Grace Mugabe a Prostitute? First Lady Savages Vice President
New Zimbabwe, 12 February 2016
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe was back to her shrill and acerbic best on Friday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Factionalism - Ministers Seek Recourse At National Level
Zimbabwe Independent, 12 February 2016
THE three ministers from Midlands province, who have taken Zanu PF's succession war to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's door step have appealed to the party's national… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Jonathan Moyo Says He First Used the the Phrase Generation 40 in 2011
New Zimbabwe, 14 February 2016
FORMER information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says he coined the moniker 'generation 40' that is now wrongly used by some sections of the media to refer to a Zanu PF faction. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: VP Mphoko Scoffs At Karanga Presidency
The Herald, 13 February 2016
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said it is not a given that a Karanga person will succeed President Mugabe, saying people should not lose sleep over statements by some… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Factionalism and the War Inside Mugabe
Zimbabwe Standard, 14 February 2016
Something big that we don't readily see is happening in Zanu PF and to Zanu PF. When the politburo met on February 10, amidst a strong crowd outside the Zanu PF headquarters, the… Read more »
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The Herald, 13 February 2016
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe says she will soon name and shame senior Zanu-PF officials fanning factionalism, saying such people were behind youths who were paraded donning… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Grace Says Not Fooled By Mnangagwa's Games, Mphoko, Kasukuwere Throw Weight Behind Her
New Zimbabwe, 12 February 2016
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has given the clearest hint yet that she is out to get Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Demands Apology From Mahoka
Zimbabwe Independent, 12 February 2016
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has demanded an apology from Zanu PF Women's League secretary for finance Sarah Mahoka who on Wednesday taunted him, in the presence of President… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Mulls Cabinet Reshuffle
Zimbabwe Independent, 12 February 2016
President Robert Mugabe is considering a cabinet reshuffle which government and party insiders say is informed by the need to calm stormy relations within the party as well as… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Juggles Succession Wars
Zimbabwe Independent, 12 February 2016
President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday attempted a balancing act to pacify feuding factions in Zanu PF who are locked in a cut-throat succession battle after he skirted around the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Politburo Washout - Mugabe Playing Feuding Party Factions Against Each Other?
New Zimbabwe, 11 February 2016
Days before Zanu PF's high adrenalin politburo meeting Wednesday, the party soap opera all pointed to a Jonathan Moyo humiliation - and ouster, at worst. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: The UK Needs to Stay Out of Nation's Succession Politics
African Arguments, 11 February 2016
Whether the UK favours Mnangagwa over Mugabe and Chamisa over Tsvangirai is immaterial. What matters is that it remains a disinterested bystander. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF On Slippery Slope
Financial Gazette, 11 February 2016
THE much-hyped ZANU-PF Politburo meeting built up to an anti-climax as President Robert Mugabe, who had been expected to wield the axe, deftly avoided delving into specific issues… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Backs Neither of Rival Factions, but Mnangagwa Mauled By Grace Ally
New Zimbabwe, 10 February 2016
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe met with his bickering lieutenants for a marathon 10 hours on Wednesday and, going by the statement issued at the end of the gathering, the veteran leader… Read more »
InFocus
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Battle lines have been drawn within the ruling Zanu-PF party with war veterans threatening to block education minister Jonathan Moyo from the politiburo. Read more »
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With the succession race at its peak - it seems that the Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has no capacity to challenge Robert Mugabe's presidency, writes Simukai Tinhu for the ... Read more »
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The veteran Zimbabwean leader has reportedly chosen not to back either of the rival Zanu-PF factions. Read more »
