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Zimbabwe

Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga

Date of Birth: 25 August 1956
Place of Birth: Wedza (Hwedza)


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Rule by rivalry

Against the supremacy of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) is pitted the armed forces loyal to the former army general Constantino Chiwenga now the Vice-President...


Oil, guns and politics

An intriguing puzzle is how Tagwirei managed to stay on equally good terms with both Mnangagwa and his deputy General Constantino Chiwenga...


Power struggles and inflation

The tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga will continue to generate speculation and anxiety about a possible coup...


Cash at the generals' command

Until now Tagwirei was thought to be at odds with the President over widely-reported suspicions that Tagwirei's close ally former Army Commander and now Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga had ambitions to take over the presidency...


Readying for protest

President Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga have never been popular in Matabeleland because of their roles in the Gukurahundi massacres in the 1980s (AC Vol 51 No 18 Ghostly presences)...


Back to the future dollar

Others say the regime's fissures over the crackdown are being presented – falsely – as a confrontation between Mnangagwa's reform plans and the hard-line military stance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who led the coup against President Robert Mugabe in November 2017 (AC Vol 58 no 23 The crocodile snaps back)...

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Turbulent beginnings

In particular Mnangagwa is going to face challenges from former war veterans leader Chris Mutsvangwa who feels his role in the President's elevation went unrecognised (AC Vol 59 No 22 Trafigura in a tug-of-war) and from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and other senior military figures who are angry with Mnangagwa's plan to run for office in 2023...


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