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ZANU-PF backs Mnangagwa’s 2030 power bid amid rising tensions

Protests grow at nepotism and corruption in the ruling clique as the economy staggers on despite the mining upturn

Hours before opposition leaders were set to launch their campaign on 28 October against President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan for a third term, arsonists gutted the SAPES Trust conference hall in Harare, abducting a security guard and padlocking the gates behind them. This latest attack is one of several on buildings linked to dissident politicians and activists. From bitter experience, they argue that Mnangagwa’s domination of the ruling party will depend on intimidation as much as courtrooms and parliamentary votes.

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