Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa is ‘politically vulnerable’ – FT

EDINBURGH — The military has remained on Harare's streets, even though Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has labelled army violence as unacceptable. This was reported in the London-based Financial Times as some aspects of life in the troubled country returned to normal. After a stayaway, children have trickled back to schools and residents have put fuel in their cars, but the economic crisis shows no sign of easing. The FT quotes analysts cautioning that Mnangagwa is politically vulnerable and unlikely to clamp down on the people who helped him to power in a military coup. – Jackie Cameron

By Thulasizwe Sithole

Violence by Zimbabwe's security forces during a brutal crackdown on fuel protests had been "unacceptable", Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president, is reported as saying on Tuesday. In his first statement since returning to Zimbabwe after cutting short an international trip to deal with the crisis, says the Financial Times, Mnangagwa said that "if required, heads will roll".

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