{"id":2896,"date":"2019-02-01T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T13:32:40","slug":"zimbabwean-president-mnangagwa-denies-rift-with-deputy-chiwenga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwean-president-mnangagwa-denies-rift-with-deputy-chiwenga","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwean president Mnangagwa denies rift with deputy Chiwenga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa dismissed reports of a rift with his deputy, which have circulated since he promised action in response to a brutal security service crackdown that began last month while he was abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa, in comments published on Friday by weekly Zimbabwe Independent and daily NewsDay, said \u201cnot a single person\u201d had provided evidence of divisions between him and Constantino Chiwenga.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwenga led the coup that toppled long-time leader Robert Mugabe in November 2017.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-1940195408\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent\">\n<p>\u201cI have known Chiwenga and his colleagues (in the military) since the struggle years. We are comrades and understand each other better than you think,\u201d Mnangagwa was quoted as saying on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Two allies of Mnangagwa \u2013 a lawmaker of his\u00a0ZANU-PF party, Mayor Wadyajena, and former deputy finance minister Terence Mukupe \u2013 said last month that some members of the government were trying to impeach the president.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown began in mid-January in response to violent protests that were triggered by Mnangagwa\u2019s decision to increase the price of fuel by 150 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers and rights groups say that, despite a promise from the president to clamp down on abuse by security services and investigate their actions against protesters, hundreds of people remain in detention, with many having been denied access to legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Harare say scores suspected of involvement in the protests have been dragged from their homes while some opposition lawmakers have gone into hiding.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-1674813942\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent-250\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa dismissed reports of a rift with his deputy, which have circulated since he promised action in response to a brutal security service crackdown that began last month while he was abroad. 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