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Senior Zanu PF officials and securocrats who were given concessions in the famed Save Valley Conservancy, in a move that has divided the party and invited fresh threats of sanctions against the country, have been exposed.
Air Force Commander Air Marshal Perrence Shiri has admitted that the political and economic crisis a few years ago could have led to a coup in some countries, but the armed forces in Zimbabwe remained professional and loyal.
Tens of millions of dollars in diamond profits perhaps more are being secretly extracted from state-owned mines in eastern Zimbabwe, bypassing the nation’s treasury writes Maureen Gombakomba
Human rights group Global Witness has recommended an investigation into the activities of mysterious Chinese business tycoon Sam Pa, diamond firm Anjin Investments and Sino Zimbabwe.
A few days after Finance Minister Tendai Biti complained that Treasury had not received any money from diamond mining company Anjin Investments, a new report by pressure group Global Witness exposes its murky ownership structure.
HARARE- The controversial promotion of Douglas Nyikayaramba by President Robert Mugabe last year from Brigadier-General to Major-General has come to haunt the military amid claims of divisions within the army as some quarters complain that better qualified officers were overlooked for promotion.
Over the years Mugabe’s regime has deployed serving and retired soldiers into non-military structures, to ensure Mugabe remains in power. In Part 2 of this series SW Radio Africa looks at some of the individuals in both the army and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) who have helped keep Mugabe in power.
Mugabe’s regime has over the years deployed serving and retired soldiers into non-military structures, to ensure Mugabe remains in power. Today SW Radio Africa looks at some of these individuals in both the army and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) who have helped keep Mugabe in power.
HARARE – The conspiracy to bleed state power firm Zesa by not paying bills running into millions ran through the President’s Office and state institutions to ministers, the military, MPs and Zanu PF district offices.
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya joins SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma Behind the Headlines to explain why the country should be worried by the recent promotion of 3 Infantry Brigade Commander, Brigadier-General Douglas Nyikayaramba.