Energy Mutodi

[10] In 2013, he was blocked from representing the party in the primary elections by Ray Kaukonde, the ZANU PF Provincial Chairman at the time.

Mutodi said Emmerson Mnangagwa was best fit to take over as President due to his loyalty and unwavering support to Robert Mugabe for more than half a Century.

After Mnangagwa was allegedly poisoned at a rally addressed by Mugabe in Gwanda in 2017, Mutodi was later arrested for a crime of publishing falsehoods after he named two ministers as suspects.

He had previously been arrested for predicting Mugabe’s downfall in a coup in an article in which he said the ZANU PF leader would be removed the Gaddafi way if he failed to name a successor on time.

He was subsequently named the Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services by president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Both Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo and Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli later died from Covid 19 complications in 2021.

[17][18] In September 2022, Energy Mutodi attended the state funeral of Elizabeth II in London after which he enrolled for a Master of Arts Degree in Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of Birmingham School of Government in the United Kingdom.