Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono says President Emmerson removed foreign affairs minister Fredrick Shava from his position so that he succeeds him in an event he fails to secure a third term.
This comes after Mnangagwa, swapped Frederick Shava with Amon Murwira, moving Shava from Foreign Affairs to the ministry of education.
Chin’ono said:
I didn’t know either, but after some investigation, the common thread emerging is that Mnangagwa is preparing for the possibility that, if he doesn’t secure a third term, he would prefer someone other than his Vice President to take over, just as Robert Mugabe was prepared to have someone other than his deputy, Mnangagwa, succeed him.
The idea behind moving Shava from Foreign Affairs, which requires extensive travel, is so that he can focus on domestic issues in preparation for that potential bid, should Mnangagwa’s third term bid fail.
Mnangagwa and Shava are the only cabinet ministers from the 1980s still active in politics today and in cabinet.Â
Shava carries the baggage of the Willowvale scandal, but that pales in comparison to the deep corruption in Zimbabwe today.
The Willowvale scandal, also known as the Willowgate scandal, was a significant event in Zimbabwe’s political history that occurred in the late 1980s.Â
It involved high ranking government officials, including Frederick Shava who was a minister, who were implicated in corrupt activities related to the illegal resale of vehicles.
The scandal resulted in the resignations of five members of President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet, one of them, Maurice Nyagumbo, committee suicide.
I wonder what he would have thought of today’s industrial looting under Mnangagwa, the poor guy died because of just a car.
Let us see how things pan out as we are not far from the moment of truth.
