Former Zanu PF
central committee member and war veteran Blessed “Bombshell” Geza called for
the mass protests to demand accountability for alleged graft within government
ranks and to condemn worsening living conditions.
In a perceived
pre-emptive strike, last week Mnangagwa replaced army commander Lieutenant
General (Rtd) Anselem Sanyatwe with Lieutenant General Emmanuel Matatu.
Sanyatwe was appointed Sports minister to replace International Olympic
Committee president-elect Kirtsy Coventry. Before Sanyatwe's retirement,
Mnangagwa had changed chiefs of the President's Department, commonly known as
the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), and the police.
The shake-up,
according to Mutsvangwa, ensured the State security apparatus was “in safe
hands.”
“I would like
to congratulate President Mnangagwa, who made sure that the State apparatus was
in safe hands by making dramatic changes to the security leadership ahead of
March 31,” Mutsvangwa said at a Harare Press conference yesterday.
“The new
security leadership proved its loyalty to the President and its respect for the
Constitution.”
In three
months, Mnangagwa has appointed bosses for the police, army and the CIO. In
January, Stephen Mutamba was appointed police commissioner-general replacing
Godwin Matanga, who was retired. Former Parks boss Fulton Mangwanya was, in the
same month, appointed CIO chief, in replacement of Isaac Moyo.
Mutsvangwa's
remarks included a thinly-veiled rebuke of internal party dissenters.
“There are
people who think they are anointed to lead Zimbabwe and believe they own the
national army,” he said. Newsday
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