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Appointment of new Zimbabwe military Chief divided ruling party govt
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Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
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Shava lands Foreign Affairs portfolio…as President announces new appointments
Herald Reporters
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed Zimbabwe’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Frederick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
He takes over from the late Dr Sibusiso Moyo.
The President also appointed Chikomba Central legislator Cde Felix Mhona as the new Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to replace the late Dr Joel Biggie Matiza .
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda confirmed the appointments in a statement last night.
Dr Sibanda said Dr Shava will assume his new post once his nomination as a senator for Midlands has been gazetted.
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo is in India for medical treatment,
The NewsHawks report.
Lt. Gen. Chimonyo is said to be suffering from lung complications and was airlifted to the Asian country recently.
The NewsHawks said they tried in vain to get a comment from Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and the army.
This comes after former Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander Constantino Chiwenga, who is the Vice President and Health Minister, was flown to China also for medical care.
In September, after being appointed Health Minister, Chiwenga said the government had banned medical trips abroad by Zimbabweans which he said were draining the country of scarce foreign currency. He said:
Jonathan Moyo
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.
This is not new.
Being stuck between making news headlines and making reform headways, has been the bane of opposition politics in Zimbabwe as far back as one cares to remember.
By “making news headlines”, I mean engaging in fleeting issues to politick and pander to the gallery of popular sentiments and political slogans of the day, which are bereft of constitutional or political reforms.
And by “making reform headways”, I mean taking concrete steps to exploit historic moments that, fortuitous circumstance, throw up opportunities that have the potential for major constitutional and political reforms.
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