How many chances does ED require?

SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Monday that his special envoys will be coming back to Harare to meet all stakeholders to understand the country’s multi-faceted crisis better is commendable.

This will be the second chance for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to embrace regional efforts to bring normalcy in a country that is failing at basic norms while facing its worst economic crisis in a decade — hunger which the United Nations has described as the worst ever, and an unprecedented medical crisis that has left the country’s population vulnerable to a global pandemic of epic proportions.

Zimbabwe clearly needs help and friends.

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