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Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Date of Birth: 21 February 1924
Place of Birth: Zvimba
Died: 6 September 2019


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Ministers back Mnangagwa’s forever presidency

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)...

Older Zimbabweans recall the 2000 campaign led by Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) against President Robert Mugabe's constitutional reforms which galvanised opposition activism...


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Ghosts of Mugabe are haunting Whitehall

At the height of Prime Minister Tony Blair's ‘War on Terror' in 2004 British officials mulled whether a military operation could depose the ‘depressingly fit' Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe according to documents released by Whitehall's National Archives over the Christmas period...

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ZANU-PF backs Mnangagwa’s 2030 power bid amid rising tensions

This resolution directly contradicts Zimbabwe's constitution which in 2013 introduced a two-term limit (of a maximum five years each) to attempt to contain President Mnangagwa's long-serving predecessor Robert Mugabe...

It was Chiwenga's authority in the military that enabled him to persuade other senior officers to overthrow Robert Gabriel Mugabe in October 2017...


Auxillia courts the London crowd

Her brilliant career Auxillia Mnangagwa née Kutyauripo is an ambitious politician in her own right who married President Emmerson Mnangagwa in November 2017 the year he seized power from President Robert Mugabe...

Since residing at State House she has worked hard to project an image of philanthropy and benevolence in contrast to the luxury lifestyle of her predecessor President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace...


Blocking Chiwenga, Mnangagwa pushes Tagwirei into ZANU-PF policy role

That plays into conviction of some senior officers that they risked their lives to launch the coup against Robert Mugabe in 2017 which brought Mnangagwa to power only for him and his business friends to reap the financial benefits...

Most people stayed home on 31 March fearing violence but a small group gathered at Robert Mugabe Square in Harare...

She sided emphatically with Mnangagwa during the coup against Robert Mugabe in 2017 and benefited substantially from land redistribution...


War vets lead charge against Mnangagwa

Earlier in the morning a small group of protesters gathered at Robert Mugabe Square in Harare but were swiftly dispersed by police...

The directive to override the better offers reportedly came from President Robert Mugabe's office (AC Vol 58 No 4 ZANU-PF digs for votes)...


Tanks roll as Mnangagwa tries to extend his rule

Initially brought back from his post as Ambassador to South Africa in 2018 to ‘clean up' the CIO after the coup Moyo effectively restructured the organisation and eliminated its deep loyalty to former president Robert Mugabe...


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