In 1977 he imprisoned his former second-in-command, Wilfred Mhanda, for suspected disloyalty. After Josiah Tongogara was killed in a car accident in 1979, there were suggestions made that Mugabe may have had some involvement in it; these rumours were never substantiated
Mu 1977 anatsekera m’ndende yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri wawo, Wilfred Mhanda, chifukwa choganiziridwa kuti ndi wosakhulupirika. Josiah Tongogara atamwalira pa ngozi ya galimoto mchaka cha 1979, panali malingaliro akuti Mugabe mwina adachitapo nawo; mphekesera izi sizinatsimikizike