The president's favourite oligarch Kudakwashe Tagwirei is rapidly transitioning from shadowy financier to top public figure – usually wearing the signature striped scarf in national colours introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the 2017 coup (AC Vol 58 No 23 The crocodile snaps back & Vol 58 No 24 Hopes and fears for the new old guard)...
These include Mnangagwa Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei his wife Sandra Mpunga and business partner Obey Chimuka along with several senior security officials...
The Land Tenure Implementation Committee is chaired by Kudakwashe Tagwirei an oligarch known as ‘Queen Bee' for his influence across mining fuel and business sectors (AC Vol 66 No 7 War vets lead charge against Mnangagwa)...
Among the two most discussed contenders are Mnangagwa's business ally Kudakwashe Tagwirei and the Commander of the Defence Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda...
The contenders to succeed Mohadi as Second Vice-President include: Kudakwashe Tagwirei 56 Mnangagwa's billionaire business ally and owner of Sakunda Holdings has run fuel supply operations alongside companies such as Trafigura and now dominates the national market...
In the early hours of 28 March properties linked to oligarch and kingmaker Kudakwashe Tagwirei former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor and Mutapa Investment Fund chair John Mangudya and Chivayo were targeted by arsonists...
THE IRRESISTIBLE RISE OF KUDAKWASHE TAGWIREI A key beneficiary of the infighting in the ruling party is Kudakwashe Tagwirei a quintessential oligarch and close ally of the Mnangagwa family...
Financial power remains within the Mnangagwa camp through the business ventures of the president his sons and his acolytes and deals with mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei (AC Vol 65 No 15 Concerns multiply over Mnangagwa's secretive wealth fund)...
The contractors include Exodus and Company who were instructed to stop work on the Harare-Chirundu highway to prioritise the SADC rehabilitation as well as Fossil Contracting Oligarch Kuda Tagwirei's company which was placed under United States' sanctions in 2022...
It has emerged that Mnangagwa and his business partner Kudakwashe Tagwirei both under United States sanctions for grand corruption have been central to the design and construction of the MIF and its obsessively secretive operations (AC Vol 65 No 9 Washington targets Mnangagwa for rights abuses and corruption but sends mixed messages)...
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A leading financier and beneficiary of the ZANU-PF regime Kudakwashe Tagwirei his wife Sandra Mpunga and his business partner Obey Chimuka are all included...
This account is held at CBZ a bank with close links to ZANU-PF where the majority share is held by an oligarch close to Mnangagwa Kudakwashe Tagwirei...