HARARE – A confidential document authored by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and presented to the Zanu PF politburo on September 17 has leaked, exposing an extraordinary internal confrontation over alleged corruption and the influence of powerful business figures close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
In the seven-page presentation, seen by ZimLive, Chiwenga accused businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei of orchestrating what he described as “the brazen and systematic looting” of state resources and using the proceeds to capture key state and party structures.
Chiwenga alleged that Tagwirei alone had siphoned more than US$1.9 billion from public funds through the ministry of finance under the pretext of selling a 35 percent stake in Kuvimba Mining House to the government.
He further claimed that Tagwirei had illegally taken control of state assets, including Sandawana Mine and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ stake in Great Dyke Investments, and incorporated them into his private business empire.
The vice president also accused Tagwirei of concealing the ruling party’s supposed 45 percent shareholding in Sakunda Holdings — held through a company called Mvuto Investments (Pvt) Ltd — which Chiwenga said had been purchased in 2013 as part of a party investment initiative.
Mvuto, Chiwenga said, was part of Zanu PF’s investment vehicle, the little-known National Reconstruction Group, which was previously revealed to own 40 percent of Kusena Diamonds.
“These criminals have stolen more than US$3.2 billion of government funds,” Chiwenga wrote, naming Wicknell Chivhayo, Scott Sakupwanya, and Delish Nguwaya as other beneficiaries of what he called a coordinated looting network.
According to the leaked document, Chiwenga alleged that:
Chivhayo stole US$45 million from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and more than US$193 million “through one bank.”
Sakupwanya took more than US$800 million through the “gold incentive scheme, which has now become a tollgate fraud.”
Nguwaya benefited from US$222 million in inflated government contracts, including the Pomona waste-to-energy project and Clean Planet Resources supply deals with the ministry of health.
Chiwenga accused the businessmen of funding the so-called “2030 Agenda”, a campaign allegedly aimed at extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in power beyond the constitutional limit, and of bribing party structures to support it.
“The time for silence and inaction is over,” he wrote. “We cannot fold our hands while these criminals steal from our state coffers and use the same resources to corrupt our party and destroy our revolution.”
The vice president also warned that the group had turned the president’s private office into a “parallel centre of government decision-making.”
The document is believed to have triggered significant tensions inside Zanu PF ahead of the party’s annual conference in Mutare, though neither the presidency nor the individuals named have publicly responded to the allegations.
ZimLive understands Mnangagwa has prepared his response to Chiwenga, which he intends to table at the party’s politburo meeting which precedes the annual conference running from October 13 to 18.
Tagwirei, a politically connected tycoon whose businesses dominate Zimbabwe’s fuel, mining and agriculture sectors, has long denied accusations of corruption or undue influence, saying his companies operate lawfully and transparently.
Chiwenga’s explosive claims — now confirmed through the leaked dossier — mark one of the most direct challenges yet to Mnangagwa’s authority.
Chiwenga Presentation to Zanu PF on Party and State Capture
Source: ZimLive
The post Leaked Chiwenga dossier accuses Tagwirei of looting US$1.9 billion, capturing state power first appeared on The Zimbabwe Mail.