By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zimeye
Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is acting head of state while President Emmerson Mnangagwa travels to Moscow for the Russia-Africa summit. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana announced the temporary transition, amid tensions within ZANU-PF over the presidential succession, Zimeye reports.
Zimbabwean Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe called on ZANU-PF members to remain loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in remarks apparently aimed at Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga. At the party’s annual conference in Chinhoyi on 17 October, Garwe warned against ambitions that could challenge the leadership hierarchy, Zimeye reports.
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ZANU-PF has postponed its elective congress from 2027 to 2029 and backed Emmerson Mnangagwa remaining at the head of the party until 2030, thereby removing a deadline for a possible succession by Constantino Chiwenga. The resolutions were announced at the party’s 23rd national conference in Chinhoyi, according to Zimeye.
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Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga warned against the concentration of power within ZANU-PF at the party’s 23rd national conference in Chinhoyi. He referred to the events of November 2017, which led to Robert Mugabe’s resignation, according to the Zambian Observer.
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has removed Obert Mpofu as secretary for science and technology on the ZANU-PF politburo and transferred him to the Council of Elders. The reshuffle, which takes effect immediately, also appoints Senator Kudakwashe Tagwirei to economic affairs and investment promotion, according to party spokesman Christopher Mutsvangwa.
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Zimbabwe advocates denounce evictions in MasvingoHuman rights advocates are calling for urgent measures to protect communities threatened with eviction from their ancestral lands in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. A report by the Masvingo Centre for Research and Advocacy, published after an online discussion, calls for land rights to be defended and transparent, inclusive governance to be guaranteed.
South Africa: Katiso Molefe trial postponed to 19 July 2027The murder trial of South African businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe has been postponed to 19 July 2027 because of a separate case involving two co-accused. The four defendants face 35 charges, including murder and conspiracy, in a case linked to the killings of DJ Sumbody, DJ Vintos and Armand Swart, Mg reports.The week in Africa
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