Grace Mugabe
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Robert Mugabe’s children navigate life without first family privilege
The fall of the Zimbabwean veteran leader in November 2017 and his death two years later had a negative impact on his then relatively young children
Court orders that Mugabe’s body be exhumed and reburied in Harare
Zimbabwean court dismisses appeal by former president Mugabe’s three children
Before re-engagement, Zimbabwe needs to regain lost trust
Initial enthusiasm for President Mnangagwa’s ‘new dispensation’ is waning – and Zimbabwe has lots of work to do to win back the trust of its citizens
End of a tyranny
Geoffrey Nyarota takes us from Mugabe’s beginnings to his fall from grace, while Ray Ndlovu has the inside story of how Mnangagwa rose to power
Decision to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity set aside by high court
Rights group AfriForum and the Democratic Alliance challenged the decision by the department of international relations
Zimbabwe police make two arrests over election rally blast
About 50 people were injured in the blast, which exploded as Mnangagwa left the podium after addressing supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party
Mnangagwa tells the BBC he suspects Grace Mugabe faction behind Saturday’s blast
The president narrowly escaped the explosion, which occurred as he left the podium after addressing a crowd in Bulawayo
Zanu-PF: Military versus civilians
New factions are emerging in the ruling party as it prepares for national elections in either July or August
AfriForum in court to challenge Dirco’s ‘DisGrace’ immunity decision
Zimbabwe’s former first lady is alleged to have assaulted Gabriella Engels at a Johannesburg hotel where her sons were staying
‘Grace Mugabe’s thesis does not meet minimum academic requirements’
The discussion in the thesis around theory is shallow and is likely at a level somewhere between an honours dissertation and a half Masters’ thesis
The three barriers blocking Zimbabwe’s progress: Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa and the military
True democratisation – as opposed to merely maintaining the procedural forms of democratic government – is anathema to Zimbabwe’s ruling party
War veterans remain a potent political force in Zimbabwe and SA
As deliverers of Zimbabwe’s Independence from Britain in 1980, war veterans wield symbolic political and moral power in the country
The toxic masculinity that fuelled Mugabe’s reign in Zimbabwe – and ended it
Grace Mugabe’s failings as a ‘mother of the nation’ contaminated President Mugabe’s image as a ‘real man’, allowing him to be challenged by rivals
Mnangagwa: the ruthless ‘Crocodile’ now ruling Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over Friday as Zimbabwe’s president, is a hardliner with ties to the military.
Mugabe’s final offer: ‘I’ll trade Grace for power’
Even as pressure increased and right until the last hour, Robert Mugabe fought to stay in power