 On 7 January 2009, "The Herald" reported that Mangwana was taking over as Acting Minister of Information and Publicity following the dismissal of Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, who failed to win a seat in the 2008 election.In April 2009, Mangwana was named to represent ZANU-PF alongside Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T and Edward Mkhosi of MDC-N as co-chairs of a Committee to collect the views of Zimbabweans and to draft a new Constitution for Zimbabwe.The constitution making process was the subject of a documentary, Democrats (film) by Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson, in which Mangwana is featured prominently alongside Mwonzora.