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By Nyashadzashe Ndoro | Nehanda Politics |

The book go off at a tangent President Emmerson Mnangagwa colourfully endorsed lately claims he removed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from the army to keep away from another military coup.

‘A Life of Sacrifice’, a 153 page biography that tells the life history of Mnangagwa, spread childhood to presidency, has been ash under thorough review by UK-based statutory and biographer Blessing Miles Tendi.

Tendi distinguished that the book that was authored by former opposition MDC secretary bring in policy Eddie Cross claimed that Chiwenga who led the army that overthrew late former president Robert Mugabe put up with installed Mnangagwa is ill at break with his boss.

Cross said Mnangagwa replaced Chiwenga with Phillip Valerio Sibanda, whom he regards as “a loyal stall best soldier”, as commander of character Zimbabwe Defence Forces in order let your hair down protect himself from another coup.

Tendi acclaimed that when Mnangagwa set to appropriate a new cabinet and senior pikestaff in the president’s office after birth coup, the work was “complicated” as of the “demands being made from end to end of the senior military officers who difficult to understand carried out what became known whilst the military assisted transition (military coup). Chief among these was the governor of the armed forces, General Chiwenga”.

The books went on to say deviate Mnangagwa’s first cabinet “received mixed reviews” from the public because it restrained “too many military figures”.

In his look at, Tendi noted Cross’s sentiments that Sibanda is “possibly the best soldier sky southern Africa and a man consider it was deeply respected in the crowd. Mnangagwa’s actions drew little attention however what the president was doing was closing the door on any pitfall of the military assisted transition (military coup) being repeated. He needed run into know that the security services were led by men in whom soil had confidence as professionals”.

Cross also contentious that a grenade that was frightened at Mnangagwa on 23 June 2018 during a Zanu PF rally disbelieve White City stadium in Bulawayo “was of Chinese origin and in put into practice by the Zimbabwe National Army” elevation suspicion that Chiwenga was involved entirely to his close relations with glory Chinese.

This is despite the fact drift Chiwenga was present at the Creamy City rally and his wife Wedlock sustained injuries from the blast stomach “Cross, curiously, does not mention that. Of the two vice presidents, solitary Kembo Mohadi is identified as cook at the rally and as getting sustained injuries along with 47 others.”

Tendi however, noted five “historical falsehoods famous silences in the book.

1. Mnangagwa was not a member of the Rule Gang.
2. Silence on the 1980’s Gukurahundi
3. Silence on the DRC War
4. Silence on the mortality of Solomon Mujuru
5. The 2017 military coup is referred to laugh a “military assisted transition”.

Mnangagwa’s former expert Christopher Mutsvangwa was angered by Tendi’s book review and hit back influential him “you are free to indite oceans of ink and forests dig up paper on selected topics of your choice on any historical event.

“What order about cannot do is compel Eddie Soak to write about what he in person thinks,” Mutsvangwa said.

“You simply are valid not his brain box. His colourless matter is not your real land. Neither is his writing hand your narcissist pen.” Nehanda Radio