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THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and opportunities triggered by recent deaths of top government officials including Sibusiso Moyo who was instrumental in his ascendency to power, analysts say.
Shava, a diplomat with a tainted past from the late 1980s through his involvement in the Willowgate scandal and his robust defence of the Gukurahundi genocide, replaces the late Foreign minister Moyo who succumbed to Covid-19 a fortnight ago.
Moyo, an ally of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, was a key figure in the 2017 military coup that toppled Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe. Besides being the face of the coup, he played a central role in mobilising resources and planning the coup.
The Zimbabwe Independent
February 12, 2021
THEORISTS specialising in social identity cite three main categories â primordialism, constructivism and instrumentalism ethnic cleavages upon which human nature adopts distinctiveness.
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Without going into the merits and demerits of the aforesaid philosophies, primordialists believe that ethnic ties are assigned at birth, fixed and passed down genealogically across generations whilst constructivists say ethnicities are a result of social construct and can be altered over time.
The instrumentalist school of thought views ethnic identities as polarised and manipulated by a specific ruling ethnic group for political and socio-economic expediency. As President Emmerson Mnangagwa made cabinet appointments this week, sharp criticisms emerged with questions arising over the growing dominance of Karanga people from Masvingo and Midlands in key government positions. Critics accused Mnangagwa of c
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(African Examiner) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made four appointments to his Cabinet to replace ministers who succumbed to Covid-19 last month.
This was made known by the Chief Press Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda
One of the appointments is the country’s ambassador to United Nations Dr Frederick Shava who replaces the late Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Sibusiso “SB” Moyo.
Zimbabwe lost ministers and high ranking government officials in a row as the country was hit by a new Covid-19 variant believed to have spread from South Africa.
“In terms of Section 104(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe the President Mnangagwa has
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