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Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (Ngwena 'crocodile')

Date of Birth: 15 September 1942
Place of Birth: Zvishavane


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Zimbabwe readmission ‘is off’

' Obsession for EDMPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa and senior ZANU-PF members are said to be obsessed with readmission to the Commonwealth believing it could alleviate the country's isolation and help it obtain re-engagement by key institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank on the country's massive foreign debt...


Mnangagwa takes on the army

The most significant constraint on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's plan to extend his rule is the military...


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Mnangagwa’s circle is lobbying for third term

Plans by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency by two years to 2030 have exposed the internal divisions within the ruling party as factions battle for control (AC Vol 65 No 12 Government's man subverts the resistance)...

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Why Mnangagwa’s gold-backed currency keeps falling

” Many bankers and companies agree with this assessment which flies in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's policy of ‘command economics'...

Thanks to the crash of the old Zimbabwean dollar over-spending by ministries (the Ministry of Transport was 200% over budget by mid-year) and unbudgeted gifts (such as the 190 4x4 vehicles President Emmerson Mnangagwa presented to chiefs in February and September) economists forecast the budget deficit will be around $2 billion this year (AC Vol 64 No 16 How to spin an economic catastrophe & Vol 65 No 17 Dollars still dominate the economy despite the launch of the ZiG)...


Dollars still dominate the economy despite the launch of the ZiG

On 4 July President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that if the ZiG remains stable the country will de-dollarise and switch from the multi-currency system to a ZiG economy by 2030 – he has hinted that it could be as early as 2026 – when the Statutory Instrument 218 of 2023 expires...


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