-
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Faces Internal Party Rebellion Over Early Election
Zimbabwe Standard, 21 January 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over early elections after it emerged his calls for polls to go ahead as early as August could be resisted by his own Zanu PF… Read more »
Is Zimbabwe's President Facing Internal Party Rebellion?
Following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for an early election, amid suggestions that he hoped to capitalise on opposition disarray, reports have indicated that he could face internal revolt within his own Zanu-PF party, with many of the ruling party legislators reportedly calling for elections to be postponed by at least three years. This will be the first time since independence the southern African country will conduct a poll that does not involve former president Robert Mugabe.
Cabinet ministers take their oath of office before President Emmerson Mnangagwa (file photo).
-
Zimbabwe: Kasukuwere Begging ED for Forgiveness, Claims Zanu-PF Official
New Zimbabwe, 21 January 2018
Exiled former Zanu PF national commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, is begging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be allowed back into the country, a Zanu PF official has claimed. Read more »
-
Zimbabwe: Engagement Might Pay Off for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe Standard, 21 January 2018
MOST opposition parties in Zimbabwe appear to be torn by divisions raising fears that they may not perform well in the forthcoming general elections. Read more »
-
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Reveals How He Sold Mugabe a Dummy
New Zimbabwe, 21 January 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote to then President Robert Mugabe pledging his undying loyalty to him soon after his November dismissal as Vice President, when in fact seemed to… Read more »
InFocus
-
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that elections will take place in five months, amid reports from the opposition that Zimbabwe's leader deployed troops to the rural areas ... Read more »
-
Opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has for the first time hinted he might retire. In a statement, Tsvangirai said he was seriously thinking about his future and the ... Read more »
-
Zimbabwe's Constitution requires it to hold elections by July 2018. It seems unlikely that the country's political system will be reformed in time to ensure the election is free ... Read more »
