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Kudakwashe Tagwirei, the US-sanctioned tycoon seen as President Mnangagwa's preferred successor, has been given a seat in Zanu-PF's politburo, the party's top decision-making body.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, the US-sanctioned fuel and mining tycoon seen as President Mnangagwa's favored successor, has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's investment minister.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named his close ally Kudakwashe Tagwirei minister of economic development and investment promotion, with Mthuli Ncube keeping the finance portfolio.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledged $1 million and 10 vehicles per province at a ZANU-PF event rallying war veterans' children behind Mnangagwa's Vision 2030, ZimEye reported.
Sakunda founder Kudakwashe Tagwirei took his oath on Tuesday, appointed by a president who sits alongside him on the same US sanctions list.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a tycoon under US and UK sanctions, to Zimbabwe's Senate under a constitutional amendment.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei gifted his son $17.5 million in cash and prime land at a $20 million wedding attended by Zimbabwe's president, exposing the architecture of elite wealth accumulation in one of Africa's most impoverished economies.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his wife Sandra have pledged $1 million through their Bridging Gaps Foundation to fund emergency repatriation of 20,000 Zimbabweans from South Africa.
Retired Zimbabwean generals have warned President Mnangagwa against a third term bid and named billionaire Kudakwashe Tagwirei as the alleged source of a $31 million fund to bribe MPs.
Leaked financial records partially support claims that Zanu PF held a hidden 45 percent stake in Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledged $350,000 to rehabilitate Zimbabwe's main psychiatric hospital at a Bulawayo fundraising drive that raised over $2 million.
Sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei paid $1.8 million for President Mnangagwa's old car at a Harare auction, then donated it back.
Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei adds a $100,000 donation for former players after committing $2.5 million to Dynamos FC.
Zimbabwean billionaire Kudakwashe Tagwirei invests $2.5 million in Dynamos FC, supporting player salaries, operations, and CAF Cup ambitions.
A leaked dossier naming Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei has ignited calls for a forensic audit into alleged $3.2 billion state looting.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a sanctioned Zimbabwean tycoon and ZANU-PF benefactor, reportedly spent US$2 million on President Mnangagwa’s birthday festivities.