Perhaps he was just very, very quiet.
So quiet, in fact, that even the walls have forgotten him.
Now, I won’t dive too deep into the hazy tale of Mnangagwa allegedly bombing or derailing a locomotive in Fort Victoria.
Mostly because, well, there’s no actual locomotive, no photos, no wreckage—just a gripping story that’s been riding the rails of rumor for decades.
Here’s what we do know: ED was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 10 years.
According to Michael Mawema, it had something to do with homemade explosives—or maybe just the suspicion of being explosive-adjacent.
Note Mnangagwa was arrested at Mawema’s house.
He says the late nationalist dobbed him in.
We don’t know how the Rhodesian police got to the house, where ED says he was hiding after blowing up a locomotive in Fort Victoria, 300 km away.
We have also proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the narrative that Mnangagwa was part of the Crocodile Gang in 1964 is not backed by any shred of evidence.
We have an impeccable record of the 5 members of the Gang – and we have already written extensively on this.
The part about a death sentence for derailing a train?
That’s mainly Mnangagwa’s own script.
He was released in 1974.
Then, somehow, in a plot twist worthy of a Netflix series, he claims to have graduated with an LLB from UNZA in 1975.
Just a year after leaving prison.
Houdini has nothing on this guy.
Then comes the claim he practiced law in 1976 and 1977, under the firm of the respected Enoch Dumbutshena.
By 1977, he joins the liberation struggle, after a little nudge from brother-in-law Josiah Tongogara.
Fast forward to the recent funeral of Edgar Lungu.
ED—never one to miss a chance for dramatic flair—announces Lungu was his junior at UNZA Law School in the 70s. 🔗 Read Full Article
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