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HARARE – One of the country’s decorated liberation war icons, retired Air Vice Marshal Henry Muchena, is entangled in an acrimonious divorce with his wife of 31 years, who is claiming in court papers that the ex-Zanla fighter has abandoned his family and moved in with a “mistress” who used to be his subordinate while he was still in service, the Daily News can exclusively reveal.
President Robert Mugabe’s trusted Joint Operations Command (JOC) took a vice like grip on proceedings of the July 31st elections, which allowed them to snuff the remaining life out of the opposition through rigging.
SECURITY chiefs, under the banner of the Joint Operations Command (Joc), which brings together army, police and intelligence chiefs, are making preparations to dispatch senior officers to the country’s 10 provinces to spearhead Zanu PF election campaigns.
HARARE – Hundreds of motorbikes have been purchased and delivered for use by a group of about 300 soldiers nicknamed the ‘Boys on Leave’ who have been assigned to campaign on behalf of president Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party.
A STAMPEDE by mostly retired military personnel to represent ZANU-PF in primary polls ahead of make-or-break elections later this year has caused ructions in the party after stepping on the toes of long-serving civilian party cadres.
A suspected member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), who also holds a position in ZANU PF, is allegedly recruiting youths in the Midlands Province and using them to threaten anyone supporting the MDC with death.
President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party wants the army to campaign for it in the forthcoming elections, in a situation that has sent serious jitters among Zimbabwe’s political players. Defence spokesperson Overson Mugwisi yesterday declined to comment.
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.
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.
A coalition of civic organisations has claimed that more than 80 000 youth militia, war veterans and army commanders will be deployed across the country to ensure victory for President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF in the elections expected after the constitution-making process.