Credible election key for economy recovery

BACK in 2009 when he took the job as Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti had one of the most challenging jobs in African politics.

The country had just experienced a traumatic and almost certainly fixed election, which eventually saw the formation of a coalition government between Zanu PF and Biti’s party, the Movement for Democratic Change.

This was brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki and termed the Global Political Agreement.

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