He had a list. There was that time when we were kept glued to the screen as VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, punched and clawed in public. [7], Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s father Phineas Tagwirei passed away in 2018. Opposition parties alleged the programme to be an illegal parallel programme of the State, specifically designed to pursue a narrow electoral agenda to securing a Zanu PF victory at the 2018 harmonised elections. Queen B, it has since been widely reported, is Tagwirei who, earlier that day, had joined Chiwenga at his homestead in Wedza for a “thanksgiving mass”. Ncube told the room that these were powerful people who were protected by equally powerful politicians. As far as we are concerned, the majority of Zimbabwe’s problems are because of Kuda Tagwirei,” said Matutu. Henry McMaster headlined a 9/11 memorial service that included the unveiling of a tribute to the state's first responders and military CAMEROON MAGAZINE - CAMEROUN INFO - CAMEROUN ACTU PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba has accused the US government of racism after the superpower Tuesday slapped targeted sanctions on fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei … Why is this important? The Taskforce died a stillbirth,” an associate of the minister said, asking not to be named. He... […] KUDA TAGWIREI STATE CAPTURE : How ‘Communications Taskforce’ exploded in Mthuli Ncube’s face […], Zimbabwe Gays Unveil University Scholarships Targeting Youths, Video : How Acie Lumumba is connected to Military Intelligence, BREAKING : Former Studio 263 actress Anne Nhira dies. That night, he took the war to the Reserve Bank, accusing its directors of running a foreign currency cartel. HARARE – On Friday, October 19, in a boardroom at the Finance Ministry, Mthuli Ncube and his permanent secretary George Guvamatanga sat huddled with a small group of “communication experts”. The Information Minister had personally spoken to some of its members – and most of them had been chosen because they were perceived to have an unfavourable view of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. They serve their own personal interests and advance the interests of outsiders such as Kuda Tagwirei at the expense of the sons and Daughters of Mashonaland Central. Ncube told friends Mutumanje, whose hiring he conceded had been “inappropriate”, had moved too fast in a way that drew attention to himself. Where just about everything is going nowhere very fast — as is the case in Zimbabwe — even a badly scripted drama series is not a bad idea. Tagwirei’s Landela Mining Venture has taken over several gold mines, some owned by the state and some by South African businessman Mzi Khumalo. Tagwirei’s Landela Mining Venture has taken over several gold mines, some owned by the state and some by South African businessman Mzi Khumalo. These are the same people who were getting US$ at 1 to 1 at the RBZ & were running Command Agriculture where US$3b can’t be accounted for!” [3], Tagwirei was credited for mobilising finance for government’s Command Agriculture. The other members of the Taskforce, having watched the fallout, ran to the mountains. On September 18, days after her appointment, she called a meeting with the Zimpapers board chairman Delma Lupepe and CEO Pikirayi Deketeke. He recently acquired Trek petroleum assets and he … Tagwirei is now under US sanctions and accused of grand corruption. Tagwirei is now under US sanctions and accused of grand corruption. There were others, not all of them in the room. Jan 20, 2021 | Zim Latest. Mutsvangwa has displayed anti-Chiwenga bias in the recent past. Tagwirei was designated pursuant to E.O. President Emmerson Mnangagwa flanked by his two deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi. Tagwirei was added on the US official sanctions list on 5 August 2020 for his involvement in government activities that are leading to lack of respect for human rights by the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration. By Monday, Ncube had been forced to cut his man loose – even as the Reserve Bank suspended four directors he had named as corrupt. He wanted Mutumanje, who also goes by the name Acie Lumumba, to chair this new outfit to be called the “Communications Taskforce.”. He worried that they were fuelling the currency parallel market, and he wanted them exposed. Interestingly, Kuda Tagwirei and Billy are believed to be close to Mnangagwa and his allies and an equivalent of South Africa’s Gupta family, which was accused of state capture. The US has since added Sakunda Holdings and its CEO, Mr Kuda Tagwirei, to the sanctions list in the vain hope of causing fuel supply disruptions, and potentially stoke violent protests. Sakunda boss Kuda Tagwirei. Ncube, just two months into his job, has drawn quite an impressive cast of enemies. On 9/11 anniversary, USC president reflects on rescuing the injured at the Pentagon - University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen and Gov. He was frustrated in particular with the Information Ministry, not necessarily the Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, who had introduced Mutumanje to him. In July 2019, it was reported that Tagwirei possibly held about 30% shares of one of Zimbabwe's largest banks, CBZ Holdings. “Ncube’s idea was this. “Corruption should never be tolerated at all levels of government and society in general and it is every Zimbabwean’s responsibility to fight the cancer. However, the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube through his ‘spokesman’ Acie Lumumba has decided to directly criticise government programmes particularly Command Agriculture under the guise of exposing corruption at the RBZ. Ncube showed those present evidence of what he said was the movement of large sums of money through the banking system, which he was sure were going to the black market. History will not be that kind with him for supping with the devil. Mutsvangwa said that Tagwirei’s business takes away money from the people who earn the actual foreign currency such as tobacco farmers and gold panners. A new prosecution unit established by Mnangagwa had tried to move on the central bank executives, but it appeared Chiwenga had used his contacts in Military Intelligence to stop any arrests. Tsengengamu also said that the leaders of Zimbabwe have allowed Tagwirei to do this and they must now act to stop all forms of corruption by the business leader. “Tonight, I will talk about the alarming levels of corruption sadly within my own Ministry. “Ncube desperately wants the public on his side, and he thought public shaming of those he saw as impeding his attempts to reform the economy would trigger sufficient public anger, leading to investigations.”. Afromet JSC is 100% owned b… He suc­cumbed to prostate can­cer at Trauma Cen­tre in Bor­row­dale. In 2021, he is mentioned, and many details given in Cartel Power Dynamics in Zimbabwe. Ncube told Mnangagwa that since 2016, Tagwirei had been importing fuel duty free. Musasiwa also told ZimLive he had no idea he had been drafted. 2. “I don’t work for crooks, thieves and murderers. A well-known co-conspirator in the matter has been calling the Supreme Court daily, asking for the judgment! Government has launched a blitz on money changers and claimed a lot of businesspeople have been caught in the dragnet since the operation started two weeks ago. Trafigura, registered in Singapore, entered the Zimbabwe fuel market after buying a 48,7 percent stake in Sakunda Supplies, owned by Tagwirei. Presidential spokesman George Charamba has accused the US government of racism after the superpower Tuesday slapped targeted sanctions on fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei … The Youth League advised Ncube to “be sober and responsible in difficult economic circumstances like these, to be mature and to remain focused on the revival of the economy.”. He is also an adviser to the president as he sits on the Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC). That’s where @MinisterSBMoyo, who has a private office there, has literally been hiding his PA from his wife, under the false pretext that he fired her in Feb; yet she’s still with him on the Ministry’s payroll! The so-called Tsholotsho Declaration was in November 2004. Afromet JSC is 100% owned by Russia’s investment and industrial group Vi Holding, which had spearheaded the Darwendale project since its inception in 2013.[2]. He would pass information to the Taskforce, and the communications team had to find a way to get it out into the media through strategic leaks,” a source briefed on the meeting said. Another allegation levelled was that Tagwirei also used the same opportunity to import his three luxury cars duty-free.[6]. I have no idea how we allowed it to get this far. The other player in the debacle, who may as yet find herself the target of reprisals, is Monica Mutsvangwa, whose husband, Christopher, has previously made clear his desire to break Trafigura and Sakunda’s dominance of the fuel market. He was educated at Milton High School in Bulawayo, and later attended the University of Natal in South Africa, where he completed his English master's degree in 'A Study of Keatsian Dialectics'. It’s unclear how the latest court may impact on the sale. Tagwirei is the owner of Sakunda Holdings, which is in a 50:50 partnership with Trafigura, an international company with vast interests in fuel. 5. Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has made a covid-19 death message suggesting fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei is on oxygen, fighting for his life in intensive care unity (ICU). Take Kuda Tagwireyi, for instance. In October 2019, a statement issued by Great Dyke Investments (GDI), the company developing the mine, announced that Landela and Afromet JSC now have equal 50% stakes in the project. 13469 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, the Government of Zimbabwe, any senior official thereof, or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. They call him Queen Bee. (iii) Mercedes Benz E350 (Silver) was given to the Respondent as an escort vehicle for the children by Mr Kuda Tagwireyi. A 50-50 partnership between Afromet JSC – which is 100%-owned by Russia’s Vi Holdings – and Kuda Tagwirei’s Landela Mining Ventures, GDI is a project to develop a platinum project at Darwendale. 2 years ago. Parirenyatwa said she had never been approached. ‘Tagwirei Plotting To Buy Court Judgement For Khupe Against Chamisa’ Former Cabinet Minister and ZANU PF Politburo member Jonathan Moyo has claimed that ZANU PF-linked controversial fuel mogul, Kuda Tagwirei has been plotting to use US$2.4 million to buy Justice Garwe, who is said to be drafting the judgment in the Khupe vs Chamisa case so that he gives MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe control of … Kuda Tagwirei has been scandalously pledging to use cartel money “to compromise” Justice Garwe, whom they say is allegedly drafting the judgment in the Kupe case. These guys were given information, but Mutumanje became quite reckless about it. They call him Queen Bee. Delish Nguway one of the Zimbabweans who are at the centre of the COVID gate scandal involving a company called Drax Consult SAGL that had a $60 Million deal with NatPham to supply medical supplies before it emerged it was inflating the prices of the material it was supplying the government is in court today. The black history. Prosecutors say brother shot and killed sibling in January, and mother helped him cover up crime. The company is a joint venture partner in the Russian-led Darwendale platinum mine project. John Eppel was born in Lydenburg, South Africa.He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in the south of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), at the age of four. Report: Drax International Zim representative Delish Nguwaya in court. 4/21 Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence was in Nov 1965. KUDA TAGWIREI STATE CAPTURE : How ‘Communications Taskforce’ exploded in Mthuli Ncube’s face. She complained that Zimpapers was giving too much coverage to Chiwenga. [4], In October 2018, NewsDay alleged that Sakunda Holdings owner Kuda Tagwirei was under investigation by the police and the Central Intelligence Organisation. Emmerson Mnangagwa and Constantino Chiwenga also attended the funeral.[4]. A mystery figure, one he was only brave enough to give the name of ‘Queen B’, had captured both Zanu PF and the government with proceeds from his “fuel cartel”. They serve their own personal interests and advance the interests of outsiders such as Kuda Tagwirei … This is unacceptable,” Lewis Matutu, the Zanu PF Youth League secretary exploded on Twitter. [1] in unclear circumstances. Billionaire Kuda Tagwirei Flown To Middle East After Contracting Covid-19 Ailing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei has reportedly landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport accompanied by five medical doctors after the petroleum tycoon contracted the deadly coronavirus. 2 years ago. Tagwirei was in Russia with Mnangagwa when the deals were negotiated. Perence Shiri who is known as "Black Jesus" Shiri went on to command the Zimbabwe Airforce. Secretary for youth affairs Pupurai Togarepi, his deputy Lewis Matutu and the wing’s firebrand national political commissar […] Later that Friday, Ncube began signing letters of appointment, starting with Mutumanje’s – and the proverbial hell broke loose. Harare, News Borrowdale man murder: Brother, mum charged over backyard grave body. The cycle would be repeated with Trafigura paying the RBZ in bonds at a rate of 1:1 to the United States dollar. Newsday reported that the police and CIO also wanted to raid Tagwirei’s home but were unable to do so after the businessman left Harare and accompanied Constantino Chiwenga to Wedza aboard a military helicopter.[5]. This was important, because their activities would target associates of the powerful former army commander. Ncube told Mnangagwa that since 2016, Tagwirei had been importing fuel duty free. Mutumanje was described as a “Senior Partner Stonesmith Advisory” and “Strategy Consultant”. Now, her interests had converged with Ncube’s. He is a businessman with vast interests in the energy sector, transport and mining. He was getting United States dollars from the central bank which he used to pay for fuel imports, before selling the fuel at market prices in bond notes.