Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by his predecessor, the late president Robert Mugabe.

The biography claims that after escaping from Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa flew to China to meet Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was then the Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander, to discuss how they should fight back from the far-flung Asian nation.

Part of the biography by Cross entitled A Life Of Sacrifice.
“When Emmerson drove home at lunchtime on the 6th of November, he was aware that if he stayed in the country his life would be in danger. He called his family in, and they quickly made plan to get Emmerson out of the country over the border in the Eastern Highlands. Emmerson’s brother would drive to the Border Post in Mutare in his official car, while Emmerson would be driven in a small, inconspicuous sedan to Number 3 Brigade outside the City of Mutare. From there he would be taken over the border into Mozambique, After a short time in Mozambique, he was flown to China where he met with the Commander of the Armed forces in Zimbabwe who was in China for talks on military cooperation and then after a short time they flew back to South Africa where Emmerson remained until the 22 of November. The Commander of the Armed Forces General Constantine Chiwenga flew home from South Africa and was escorted to his home by crack Zimbabwean troops from which he issued a lengthy statement saying that the Armed Forces were deeply concerned about the potential for instability. Accordingly, threatened that they might ensure that law and order was maintained and that they stability of the state was protected.”

However, various other accounts written around the time of escape show…