Zimbabwe crisis: Are these President Mnangagwa’s last days in office?
Inflation is soaring above 700% in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwean dollar is in free fall, the stock market is suspended. Private companies are in the government firing line, with a threat to evict Old Mutual from the stock exchange and EcoCash at the centre of money laundering allegations. Zimbabwean economist Prof Tony Hawkins and Africa Risk Consulting's Tara O'Connor pick up on whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa's position is secure. – Linda van TilburgÂ
Former President Robert Mugabe held on to power for 37 years, then managed with land grabs, corruption and an authoritarian grip to doom a country – once regarded as the breadbasket of the region – to a failed state, with an inflation rate running into eye-watering figures in 2008. In November 2017, Mugabe's rule finally came to an end when the military stepped in, in what was regarded as a soft coup. When Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as the Crocodile, was installed as the new president, Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands.
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