Tinashe Sambiri|Zanu PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in an article published by The Herald on September 6 2019, revealed he made some decisions without telling his boss Robert Mugabe.

In the article written by Mr Mnangagwa himself under the title “The Robert Mugabe I know”- the Zanu PF leader confirmed he made some decisions without informing Mugabe.

Analysts argue Mnangagwa plotted the Gukurahundi atrocities in Matabeleland – in which thousands of Ndebele speaking people were killed.

See part of the article below:

“President Mugabe is very tolerant. He takes counsel, but not stupid counsel! If you report to him, he will interrogate you. And don’t go to him with half-baked decisions because he can prick holes into your argument. He enjoys somebody who argues. When he says “yes”, he knows that you also understand what you are talking about.

He will also have understood what you were talking about. But if you go there with a stupid thing, of course, he will say “no”. But he is very tolerant. For instance, this is Mugabe, I mean, this is at his best: Immediately after the 1980 elections; he was still Prime Minister-designate, he says: “Emmerson, I want to see Smith.” I didn’t tell him, but I wondered:

“What has gone wrong with my boss? We were denouncing Smith throughout the revolution. What’s happening?”(Ian Smith opted to come with his deputy, David Smith.) We prepared the house in Mt Pleasant and they came in the evening.

David was driving, with Ian Smith in the passenger seat. But, of course, me being me – the President didn’t know and I don’t think he knows even up to now – I put some (agents) in the hedge, vane maAK (laughs).

The President had not told me why he wanted to meet them, and I don’t think he had told VaMuzenda…