"SOFT-AS-WOOL" WANTED GODFREY MAJONGA DEAD!

Zimbabwe: Minister's past catches up with him

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:59:00

Theresa Nkala

 

http://www.zimdaily.com/news/117/ARTICLE/1578/2007-04-17.html

 

FEARED former security Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa's sordid past has caught up with him following revelations that his henchmen pushed Godfrey Majonga from the second floor of a Harare woman's flat to the concrete-paved ground, breaking his spine in the process.

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Former energetic radio and television personality and Lonrho Zimbabwe public relations executive Majonga, is now confined to a wheelchair at Danhiko Rehabilitation Centre in Msasa, Harare. Doctors say he will not be able to walk again.

Mnangagwa's former bodyguard, who did not want to be identified for obvious reasons, divulged the details to ZimDaily  over the weekend, solving one of Zimbabwe's puzzles since that 1986 incident.

Majonga was introduced to Febby Chikanga by the late Edgars director Edward Makovah. She worked at the Edgars Training School, then in Third Street, Harare, now Speciss Computers. The two started a relationship which later almost cost Majonga's life .

Unknown to Majonga, Febby Chikanga was also involved with Emmerson Mnangagwa and the two had a child, called Frank.

According to the source, Febby was in the process of dumping Mnangagwa because, apart from his busy schedule as a minister in charge of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), he had a harem of concubines, leaving him with very little time for Febby. Mnangagwa is said to have got wind of it and set his boys on Majonga.

"They made one fatal error," said the former bodyguard, ". . . Mnangagwa had gone to Bulawayo and was going to be there for some days. Mind you, it was during the dissident time in Matabeleland and he was there most of the time assessing the situation.

The two (Febby and Godfrey) decided to go to Febby's flat in Avondale." Mnangagwa's henchmen trailed them and waited until it was well in the middle of the night and pounced. They used spare keys to the flat provided by Mnangagwa to gain entry and found Majonga having a wonderful time with Chikanga.

He was given two choices: either to sit on a red-hot stove or jump from the second floor balcony of the flat to the ground. "He could not take any of the two, so we took him to the balcony and pushed him explained the former bodyguard to ZimDaily . . . and there he was on the ground wailing in agony . . ."

Upon realising they had badly injured him, they took Majonga to another block of flats where his best friend Chris Somo lived and dumped him there. He was found early in the morning by residents of the flats, among them, Somo.

When contacted by ZimDaily for comment, Mnangagwa hissed: "Who told you that? It's all lies. Be careful about what you write because I'll get you." When told this writer was using a public phone, he sneered: "Even then, I'll get you!" before hanging up. Chikanga, who now lives in Hatfield, admitted Frank was indeed Mnangagwa's son but denied Majonga was found by Mnangagwa's henchmen at her flat.

Quizzed further on circumstances surrounding Majonga's injury, she retorted, "Do I live with Godfrey? Am I his wife? Go and ask his wife or Somo. Efforts to contact Somo were in vain.

The matter almost came to light in 2001 when a grown up Frank Chikanga (Mnangagwa's son) was jailed for armed robbery. He reportedly boasted to a fellow inmate that he was going to be released as his father was a powerful cabinet minister.

He was indeed released under unclear circumstances prompting a parliamentary inquiry. Mnangagwa was the Minister of Justice and he had ordered his release. He wriggled himself off the hook claiming he was not related to Frank Chikanga and that his release was a mistake by one of his officers.

Majonga has remained mum. In the meantime, he remains a pitiful and helpless sight at Danhiko.

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wenhamo

Ane hobho yanya uyu kumakorokoza , twana twechikoro , ye thsolothso

Posted By Wenhomo wa matibili , malawi : Apr 17 2007 08:54 AM

Gore rino hakuna anosara

No Zanu-PF should be left unexposed, Handei tione, dhe dhe dhe dhe

Posted By Jenaguru , Harare, Zimbabwe : Apr 17 2007 09:03 AM

Viva Zanu PF

Yes i agree that within good apples they are also bad ones.Haisi Zanu yese yakaora vamwe tiri right.Don`t generalise pliz.Ku MDC is the same they are also bad elements like Tsvangison.

Posted By CDE , hre zim : Apr 17 2007 09:23 AM

even tsvangson

i am a draconian supporter of MDC but our leader morgan is also involved in an extra marital affair. the prostitute resides in the Katanga surbub of Norton.

Posted By chamisa , harare.zim : Apr 17 2007 09:26 AM

more to come

Hama dzangu yakwana nguva yekuti zvizhinji zvainzi nyararai zvibude.Tinotyei isu takasasikwa kare. Ndinoyeuka thrumagreek contacts eBindura EMMERSON achiburitsa mari via chirundu nemaAmbassador EZIMBABWE aishandira kuZambia ichinji isipo nekuti ndomazuva aitambura vanhu veko vachiuya kuzotenga sezvatakuita izvi.Pedzezvo they later conspired kuti varongedze vaende iye avatorera mari kumaccounts eLondon kwaainyepera kutumira.EMBASSY staff ikatombosungwana MUGABE ASVOTWA KUTI SAHWIRA WAITA MARI!!!

Posted By nakato matshava , mozambique maputo : Apr 17 2007 09:38 AM

iNGA mA oNE

Rinamanyanga hariputirwi

Posted By Cheda , Joburg : Apr 17 2007 09:38 AM

Zanu-PF thugs

No Zanu-PF crook should be left unexposed, We know all their evil deeds and one by one we will expose them.

Posted By Mirriam , Bulawayo, Zimbabwe : Apr 17 2007 09:54 AM

Expose them

yes expose these guys one by one varume. iri ndiro tsotsi chairo irori.

Posted By Support , Hre Zim : Apr 17 2007 10:34 AM

ZANU PF THUGS

we zimbabweans have a problem and until we rectify it we will never be able to do anything for our country. what is having a concubine anything to do with being zanu or mdc ? most men have girlfriends whether in africa, europe or america. but they have continued run their professional jobs very well. look at the current republican presidential hopefulls my God you might think it is sodom and gomorah. and yet these are men who have acquited themselves with such diligence in their jobs. let us give credit when it is deserved and stop criticizing the sake of it. we need to start coming up with ideas on how to develop Zimbabwe not personalising things. president Edward Kennedy once said it is not "what the country can do for you but what can you do for your country". Godrey majonga saga we all know what happened so what. he is not the first and not the last. come on guys lets come up with concrete ideas on how to develop our country. even if MDC came into power are we going to fold our hands and expect things to change are we expecting MDC to feed us and cloth us, open factories, till the land for us NO NO NO. we are the ones to do it. Problem with Zimbabweans we talk too much and do very little. we are not the only ones in the diaspora and with problems. There are so many other Africans but they never complain they are busy contributing to uplifting the standards of their folks back home. How many of us have sent a pound or a dollar towards helping our parents or relatives in the rural areas towards sinking a borehole or starting an irrigation project? i can bet very few. well weather we like it or not Zimbabwe is our country with or without Mugabe or Tsvangirai. aluta continua!!! concubine

Posted By concubine , northern ireland : Apr 17 2007 10:35 AM

no title

the correct name of the child in question is George Tanyanyiwa Chikanga whose mother Febby met Cde Mnangagwa in Zambia during the liberation struggle. What is also important to notice is that Godfrey Majonga has always maintained that he does not remember the moments that preceded his infamous fall, but it was ofcourse in Avondale, at a friend's place allegedly. Otherwise that is a good piece of investigative journalism, keep the flame alive.

Posted By Gertrude Kapenzi , Harare : Apr 17 2007 10:36 AM

yaMajonga

Isu vamwe takainzva kare ichangoitika kunyange vaiti ndavaNyagumbo vakatumira nhume idzi.Asi ndizvochaizvo sekurondedzerwa kwazvo.Takainzva na amaiDIVARIS (KIKI). Ya more to come, yemari dzaibuda, hamutonderi here musi wakauya va Samora Mashel muchakabvu kuRufaro,vakapuwa bhegi re brown rakazara neMAPONDO chaiwo naivo chaivo va Mbwetete Matibiri Mugabe chaiye.Mazimhondi, mbavha dzevanhu.

Posted By Mhuu Mukono Unobaya Muzimbabwe , London : Apr 17 2007 10:39 AM

Leave our Politicians alone

Please how many times should you people be told so that you can learn? Yes, such a story might have happened but the issue the we as Zimbabwean s should address is The Economy which has gone badly uncontrolled.If it is known that the minister met Febby during the liberation struggle and the case yaMajonga yatova ne"time" yaitika why talking of it now??? Zvinondishungurudza ini.Lets focus on the future for the betterment of our children and ourselves.History is history.Economists and Accountants wake up and suggest the way forward - Leave politicians alone, at least we have peace in our land!!! Ahoy comrades, its time we think and we think economy LOGICALLY.

Posted By Memory Shumba , Vic Falls, Zim : Apr 17 2007 11:16 AM

Memory Shumba

Which land has peace? Musoro vakazara mvura. Nyarara kana usina nyaya

Posted By , : Apr 17 2007 11:51 AM

Mnangagwa iduzvi

This Emmersson is the most corrupt minister in zim history. Between him and Garamundege Matibili they have so much blood on their hands from the gukurahundi era. Matibili Mugabe na Mnangagwa imhata chaidzo.

Posted By Memory Shumba , Vic Falls, Zim : Apr 17 2007 11:51 AM

CDE Mnangagwa Imbwa Chaiyo

He is also responsible for the HIV death of his first wife. Tavekuzozvitaura isu

Posted By Memory Shumba , Vic Falls, Zim : Apr 17 2007 11:58 AM

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