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ANALYSIS: Can President Emmerson Mnangagwa save Zimbabwe?
As Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's interim president, Financial Mail explores what this means for the country's economy
After almost four decades of hubris and misrule under Zimbabwe’s founding president Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa may, despite his past, be a far better leader for the economy than Mugabe, whose legacy is a country on its knees. Mnangagwa was sworn in on Friday as president of Zimbabwe in front of thousands of cheering supporters at Harare’s national stadium, bringing the final curtain down on the 37-year rule of Mugabe. Taking his oath of office, the 75-year-old former security chief known as ‘The Crocodile’ vowed to uphold the constitution and protect the rights of all Zimbabwe’s 16m citizens. Financial Mail takes a look at Mugabe’s 37 year-rule and what his departure means for the country's economy. Politically, Zimbabwe’s upheavals are easy to understand: one lot of thugs is replacing another lot of thugs. The good guys today are the army, who support recently sacked vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa and detest former first lady Grace Mugabe. And the bad guys are those who s...
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