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Zimbabwe is experiencing a rough transition. One that may alter its fortunes forever. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa known by his political nickname the “Crocodile” is trapped in a hotel room, following him having lost the international recognition of the Southern African Developmental Community (SADC) over vote rigging.1 Following his decision to press ahead with his inauguration on the fifth of September, 2023, Mnangagwa lost all presidential recognition and now he receives instructions from journalists on what to utter in his televised addresses, and even then, what he says is totally scattered in both sense and content.3 This political crisis and upheaval can be traced back to the overthrow of Mnangagwa’s predecessor long time dictator President Robert Mugabe ...

The reality that little has changed in Zimbabwe is becoming starker with the approaching general election. The nation is in dire need of a new constitution and judicial reform but his is elusive. President Emmerson Mnangagwa known as ‘the crocodile’ is tightening his grip. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was dealt an unfortunate set back in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, one of its key support bases.1 The court there nullified the candidature of 12 of its parliamentary contestants ahead of the general election.2 Bulawayo is known as being a stronghold of the opposition and this court ruling is seen as giving Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu-PF Party a walkover.3 In the last election of 2018 the opposition – then known as the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - los...