Categories: Stories

Jonathan Moyo’s expose on Mnangagwa’s wealth backfires

An attempt by G40 kingpin Jonathan Moyo to expose President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his current administration are looters, who plundered resources in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo, seems to have backfired terribly with his twitter followers telling him to leave Mnangagwa alone, arguing that if he has amassed so much wealth he might be a good leader for the country.

Moyo yesterday tweeted that besides covering up for their atrocities and gross Human rights violations, the Mnangagwa administration was also covering up for their massive and systematic looting of Zimbabwe and DRC resources.

He attached a clip from journalist Gift Phiri which said Mnangagwa was the richest man in Zimbabwe and not Strive Masiyiwa.

Phiri said Mnangagwa had a net worth of $1.5 billion and controlled the fuel industry through proxies but according to Forbes magazine, Masiyiwa is still richer than Mnangagwa as his net worthies $1.7 billion.

Moyo, however, had some supporters with one querying how people quickly turned into bootlickers.

Here are snippets of what the people said:

Continued next page

(5855 VIEWS)

This post was last modified on January 28, 2018 2:10 pm

Page: 1 2 3 4

Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

Recent Posts

Britain says amendment of the Zimbabwean Constitution is a sovereign, legislative matter for Zimbabwe to decide

Britain says amendment of the Zimbabwe constitution is a sovereign, legislative matter for Zimbabwe to…

March 24, 2026

Who started the war?

It is now 47 years since I wrote the short story below for a South…

March 4, 2026

Zimbabwe 2026 monetary policy statement at a glance

Zimbabwe has released its 2026 monetary policy statement in which it seeks to stabilise its…

March 1, 2026

Was Chombo Mugabe’s number two?

Far from it, on paper that is. Ignatius Chombo was one of the longest serving…

February 6, 2026

Zimbabwe’s 2026 citizen’s budget

Zimbabwe on Thursday announced a ZiG290.9 billion budget with revenue expected to be ZiG287.6 billion,…

November 30, 2025

IMF says Zimbabwe’s economic recovery in 2025 is stronger than previously anticipated

The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe’s economic recovery in 2025 is stronger than previously anticipated…

November 8, 2025