Break-In at Zimbabwe Defence Minister Sekeramayi's House

It's unclear how the intruders could have entered Minister of Defence Sydney Sekeramayi's heavily-guarded property and suspicion is rife in ruling party circles that it could be politically linked, especially after Sekeramayi's name has been mentioned in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe, writes Everson Mushava in The Standard.

  • Zimbabwe:   Break-in At Sekeramayi's House

    Zimbabwe Standard, 18 June 2017

    Intruders broke into the heavily-guarded Borrowdale residence of Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi in the early hours of Friday, The Standard can reveal. Read more »

From left, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi, President Robert Mugabe, and First Lady Grace Mugabe (file photo).

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