The bill would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure from 2028 to 2030 and replace the popular vote with a parliamentary ballot for the presidency...
The company is owned by Billy Rautenbach a business tycoon and close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa who first made his fortune as Chief Executive of Congo-Kinshasa's Gécamines during the (1999-2002) Congo War and has since profited from transport and energy deals in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa...
Kambamura a 48-year-old mining engineer took over the Mines portfolio after President Emmerson Mnangagwa sacked his predecessor Winston Chitando last December...
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On 25 February the US announced that it was scrapping a planned five year $367 million funding deal after Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that he would seek to re-negotiate the terms...
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The long-planned and indefinite extension of Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency is taking shape in the form of a Constitutional Amendment Bill pushed by the uber-loyalist Minister of Justice Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi...
OPPOSITION UNITES AGAINST MNANGAGWA'S CONSTITUTIONAL FIX After years of being bludgeoned and outmanoeuvred by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) a critical mass of opposition activists say that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to change the constitution and extend his presidency offers a rare chance to unite outraged public opinion against the ruling clique...
Within hours of US President Donald Trump's re-election on 6 November 2024 his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa ladled on the sycophancy in a social media posting: ‘Congratulations to President-elect @realdonaldtrump on your election victory...
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A new split has emerged within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabal as his Presidential Investment Advisor Paul Tungwarara has openly clashed with ‘Queen Bee' Kudakwashe Tagwirei...
With substantial interests in the fuel energy mining banking and agricultural sectors Tagwirei has accumulated extraordinary wealth and political influence since before the coup that brought President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power in 2017 (AC Vol 54 No 19 Sakunda fuels rumours)...
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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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President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government will introduce a new royalty structure for gold mining companies from 1 January in a bid to cash in on prices exceeding US$4 000 per ounce...
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