{"id":90700,"date":"2024-02-07T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:38:10","slug":"mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report","title":{"rendered":"Mutsvangwa Fired For &#8220;Insubordination&#8221; And Asking To Be Appointed State Security Minister | Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>Christopher Mutsvangwa\u2019s<\/b> removal as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs on 03 February came after he reportedly demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoint him State Security minister.<\/p>\n<p><b>ZimLive<\/b> reported sources as saying Mnangagwa fired Mutsvangwa, who doubles as the chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) \u201cfor insubordination\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When appointing Mutsvangwa in September 2023, Mnangagwa reportedly told him to resign from the ZNLWVA \u201cbut for whatever reason he would not give up that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa is said to have been growingly annoyed with Mutsvangwa\u2019s refusal to step aside from the post of ZNLWVA chairman and things came to a head when the minister reportedly turned up to see him without an appointment on Saturday. ZimLive was told:<\/p>\n<p>Mutsvangwa had a proposal. He said to avoid the small inconvenience of him having to leave the war vets, Mnangagwa should appoint him as state security minister instead.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa was reportedly \u201cfurious\u201d as he felt that Mutsvangwa was \u201cappointing himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president also didn\u2019t like the crude way he came across and there was a fallout.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa consulted his deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi and they agreed with him that Mutsvangwa should be removed immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Since Mutsvangwa was removed from cabinet on Saturday, various theories about Mnangagwa\u2019s decision have abounded.<\/p>\n<p>Some have claimed Mutsvangwa was sacked for attacking information minister Jenfan Muswere over board appointments at Zimpapers and the ZBC led to his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Others have speculated that Mutsvangwa was fired over his role in opaque deals with Chinese investors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Christopher Mutsvangwa\u2019s removal as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs on 03 February came after he reportedly demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoint him State Security minister. ZimLive reported sources as saying Mnangagwa fired Mutsvangwa, who doubles as the chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) \u201cfor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,3056,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-90700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-chris-mutsvangwa","12":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mutsvangwa Fired For &quot;Insubordination&quot; And Asking To Be Appointed State Security Minister | Report - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christopher Mutsvangwa\u2019s removal as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs on 03 February came a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mutsvangwa Fired For &quot;Insubordination&quot; And Asking To Be Appointed State Security Minister | Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher Mutsvangwa\u2019s removal as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs on 03 February came a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-07T08:17:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-07T11:38:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/sm_1707289349.720255.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutsvangwa-fired-for-insubordination-and-asking-to-be-appointed-state-security-minister-report\",\"name\":\"Mutsvangwa Fired For \\\"Insubordination\\\" And Asking To Be Appointed State Security Minister | Report - 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