The security elites listed under GloMag are: Chiwenga; Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri; Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga; Deputy Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba; Deputy Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation Walter Tapfumaneyi and former Minister of State for Security Owen Ncube...
Owen Ncube is back this time as Minister of State for Midlands Province...
The dismissal this month of security minister Owen Ncube who earned notoriety for his ties to a militia as well as for a bloody crackdown on protestors has prompted speculation about a realignment of power within the innermost circles of the state and the ruling party...
The provincial elections are also proving to be contentious as Minister of State Security Owen Ncube and Provincial Chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube have been vying to be chairperson...
Owen Ncube has now withdrawn from the election ostensibly at the request of Mnangagwa and is believed to be backing former Youth League leader Edison Chakanyuka...
Earlier this year former colonial power Britain imposed sanctions on Minister of State Security Owen Ncube along with the chiefs of police and intelligence for human rights abuses including the killing of 17 people at 2019 protests against fuel price rises (AC Vol 61 No 8 Rule by rivalry)...
The state security portfolio is managed by the President's henchman Owen Ncube (AC Vol 61 No 2 Box Militias on the rampage)...
A particularly notorious example was Owen Ncube's 'Al Shabaab' group which operated in the Midlands province and provided such a strong political platform for Mnangagwa's 'Lacoste' faction that Ncube was appointed Minister of State Security...
