Legal Affairs Secretary and former Security Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has led the charge for Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) since he organised the party congress's decision last December to re-select Robert Mugabe as its presidential candidate. Last week, a smiling Mnangagwa turned out to hear the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announce that Mugabe has lost to Morgan Tsvangirai in the first round of the presidential elections.
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