Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (Ngwena 'crocodile')

That her supporters prevailed in Midlands – Emmerson Mnangagwa's home base – was a surprise and has spurred a rethink in the Justice Minister's strategy as well as accusations of vote-rigging...

This is because Mushayavanhu and now Ketan Joshi are highly influential members of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front who have for decades been managers of ZANU-PF's finances and are considered part of Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction according to insiders in Harare...

Zimbabwe's former Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa helped to establish the First National Bank in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi as a joint venture between the two countries...

ZANU-PF figures linked to the trade include the new Water Affairs Minister Saviour Kasukuwere the former Defence and now Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Joice Mujuru...

Conscious of growing pressure over the succession Mugabe has tried to balance ministerial patronage between the factions led by former Defence Minister and now Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and that led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru...

Until then the 'Big Five' will kick their heels in their reshuffled portfolios: Sydney Sekeramayi (Minister of Defence) Emmerson Mnangagwa (Justice) Obert Mpofu (Transport)...

The internet blogger ‘Baba Jukwa' has claimed that the EFF receives funds from Zimbabwe via its Minister of Youth Indigenisation and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere; Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa; the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Force General Constantine Chiwenga; and State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi...

First Mines Minister Obert Mpofu was called a thief and a liar over diamond revenue then Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction was blamed for some controversial primaries and the crude role played by security officers in their rigging...

ZANU-PF's campaign supremo and Mugabe's heir-apparent Emmerson Mnangagwa has long been the securocrats' candidate...

A week ago the old ruling party had looked set to descend into factional chaos; now there seems to be a self-interested truce between reformers backing Vice-President Joice Mujuru and hardliners backing Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa...

Such suspicions increased in December 2012 when Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke at its launch ceremony...