Mnangagwa’s democratic credentials were shaky at best, now they are non-existent

ON his return from brief exile in South Africa on November 22, 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe had been deposed by his military chiefs in a coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu PF supporters at the party headquarters that a new type of democracy was unfolding in Zimbabwe.

“Today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new and unfolding democracy,” Mnangagwa said. He promised Zimbabweans that his leadership would be different from that of Mugabe, his predecessor, who had a long history of rigging elections, human rights violations, and economic mismanagement.

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