He also sidelined Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga  his most serious challenger in the senior party hierarchy...
 The faction pushing for Mnangagwa to leave in 2028  if not earlier  to make way for Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga has lost much of its institutional and grassroots support...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     At a politburo meeting on 17 September  Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga  the party's Second Secretary  presented a dossier charging the closest allies of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa with grand corruption...
 Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga  as former Commander of the Defence Forces  was reckoned to have retained significant support in the security services...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     On 3 July  Tagwirei arrived at a Central Committee meeting  expecting a warm welcome – only to be ejected on the instructions of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     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 First Vice-President General (retired) Constantino Chiwenga  who is now openly challenging the ruling clique around Mnangagwa's family  is expected to remain in place for now...
 He had been closer to the First Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Chiwenga in positionThe anti-Mnangagwa group purports to support the candidacy of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for the top job...
  Lieutenant General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe  a Constantino Chiwenga ally  who took command of the Zimbabwe National Army in 2023  was transferred to the Minister of Sports  Arts and Culture  replacing Olympian Kirsty Coventry  now chair of the International Olympic Committee...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Vice-President General Constantino Chiwenga has lambasted the multi-millionaires close to the Mnangagwa family  such as Wicknell Chivayo...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     Similarly  Mnangagwa's relationship with his Vice-President  former General Constantino Chiwenga  who led the 2017 coup that ousted Mnangagwa's predecessor Robert Mugabe  is also in a precarious state...
	 
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	     Former police chief Godwin Matanga  an ally of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga  has been replaced by Stephen Mutamba...
 Bush in 2003 but then used the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction 11 political  business and security leaders  including President Emmerson Mnangagwa  his Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga  as well as three companies  for corruption and human rights abuses (AC Vol 65 No 9  Washington targets Mnangagwa for rights abuses and corruption but sends mixed messages)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     It coincides with renewed rumblings from the army and allies of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who sternly oppose attempts by Mnangagwa to extend his tenure as President...