Other Mnangagwa loyalists include ex-finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (who endorsed the expulsion of Chiwenga allies from ZANU-PF)  Fredrick Shava (Foreign Minister)  Tino Machakaire  Daniel Garwe  and Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The shares were meant to be held in trust by Mnangagwa  Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and the then Secretary for Legal Affairs  Patrick Chinamasa (Minister of Finance under Mugabe)  but Chiwenga accuses Tagwirei of keeping the money...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Senior ZANU-PF figures including Mpofu  party spokesman Christopher Mutsvangwa  and legal secretary Patrick Chinamasa are uneasy about Tagwirei's co-option into party structures and are likely to resist further promotions...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Following discussions on these resolutions  Mnangagwa and the Secretary for Legal Affairs  Patrick Chinamasa  announced that  as the president is a ‘constitutionalist'  he cannot alter the constitution and extend his term beyond 2028...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     However  Mnangagwa has said repeatedly that he does not intend to extend his presidency beyond two terms and 2028 – when he will be 86 years old – and this message was reported to party members by Legal Affairs Secretary Patrick Chinamasa at ZANU-PF's Annual People's Conference in Bulawayo...
	 
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	     Chiwenga also used his clout within the regime to pressure the then finance minister  Patrick Chinamasa  into issuing the company a US$29m Treasury Bill – in effect a grant...
	 
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	     Former Finance Minister and Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa is back in the Central Committee  as is former Mines Minister Obert Mpofu...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     They will be assisted by former Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa  and ex-Botswanan Foreign Affairs Minister Charles Tibone...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In August  Acting Political Commissar Patrick Chinamasa banned all co-options of unelected officials and the passing of votes of no confidence  and has nullified any that were passed after April 2021...
 Patrick Chinamasa admitted that the opposition had been attacked by ZANU-PF but claims Chamisa provoked the violence with his campaign...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Senior Zanu-PF official Patrick Chinamasa is on record saying that the Zimbabwean government cannot work with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa because he is a traitor who has called for sanctions...