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Mujuru hits out at Mnangagwa ‘lack of respect’

Mujuru hits out at Mnangagwa ‘lack of respect’

HARARE- Vice President Joice Mujuru has slammed senior Zanu PF officials fuelling infighting through succession battles driven by their presidential ambitions, saying they should respect the party hierarchy — remarks seen as directed at her bitter rival.

Butcher of Matabeleland says ‘I’m ready to rule’

Butcher of Matabeleland says ‘I’m ready to rule’

Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time openly declared his interest in taking over from President Robert Mugabe as the leader of Zanu PF and the country, in remarks showing the succession battle in the party is intensifying.

Zanu PF splits into five factions

Zanu PF splits into five factions

HARARE – Zanu PF’s never ending succession saga has taken a new twist with the emergence of three more factions joining the long-drawn battle to replace President Robert Mugabe when he finally leaves office. Mugabe, fighting old age and reports of ill-health, has fuelled the problem by failing to appoint or groom a successor.

Soldiers take over Zanu PF commissariat

Soldiers take over Zanu PF commissariat

HARARE- There were fireworks at a decision-making Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare on Thursday, as senior party officials engaged in heated exchanges over the raging Select Committee of parliament on the new constitution disputes ahead of elections which President Robert Mugabe wants this year at all costs.

Ugly scenes of intra-party Zanu PF fights

Ugly scenes of intra-party Zanu PF fights

MASVINGO – Zanu PF pillars continue falling apart after ugly scenes of intra-party violence characterised DCC elections in Nyajena, Masvingo South at the weekend. Armed police had to be called in to quell clashes and had to fire shots to disperse the warring parties.

Zanu PF stuffed with ‘riffraff’: Moyo

Zanu PF stuffed with ‘riffraff’: Moyo

HARARE – Zanu PF politburo member and serial political flip-flopper Jonathan Moyo has virtually branded factional leaders in his party “riff-raff and shallow-minded schemers”, in a move likely to cause further divisions in the 49-year-old movement.

Jailed ‘coup plotter’ assaulted in prison

Jailed ‘coup plotter’ assaulted in prison

The family of an alleged coup plotter jailed in 2007 has claimed that an attempt was made on his life inside Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison last week. Retired army Captain Albert Matapo and six others had been accused of leading a plot to topple Robert Mugabe and replace him with Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Race to succeed Mugabe hots up

Race to succeed Mugabe hots up

HARARE – Zanu PF’s main factions, one led by Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and another by Vice-President Joice Mujuru have intensified their fierce battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe as the party leader and possibly president.