On 17 July retired Lieutenant General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga posted a letter on social media warning that the state was planning mass arrests of senior generals and war veterans including Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga – the most senior critic of Mnangagwa's term extension...
On the day of the vote ZANU-PF Secretary for Information Chris Mutsvangwa criticised Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for attacking the zvigananda and accused him of harbouring political ambitions...
They also point out that Mnangagwa who kept a retinue of sponsored agents within the CIO – many of whom he deployed to parliament as Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) MPs – used them to prevail over General Constantino Chiwenga's supporters in the Zimbabwe Defence Force in the aftermath of the 2017 coup against Mugabe...
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is issuing veiled threats from the sidelines...
At the Politburo meeting on 25 March Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga argued that the changes must be put to a national referendum rather than passed through parliament...
These loyalists believe that some mining companies were channelling funds to the faction in ZANU PF resisting the 2030 extension and lobbying for the replacement of Mnangagwa with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga...
The bill abolishes the role of ‘First Vice-President' – clearly targeting the incumbent General Constantino Chiwenga the former Commander of the Defence Forces who overthrew President Robert Mugabe in 2017 (AC Vol 58 No 23 The crocodile snaps back)...
There is intense speculation about the implications of the feud for the regime's factions: is Tungwarara an agent of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who also hopes to succeed Mnangagwa or a new rival...
Mnangagwa's rival in rulership Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga opened the year with yet another speech reminding the nation that the liberation war was not fought to enrich the privileged few...
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The coup which eventually ousted Mugabe in November 2017 led by General Constantino Chiwenga installed Emmerson Mnangagwa who Mugabe had fired as vice-president just weeks earlier...
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He also sidelined Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga his most serious challenger in the senior party hierarchy...
The faction pushing for Mnangagwa to leave in 2028 if not earlier to make way for Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga has lost much of its institutional and grassroots support...
