When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from former president Robert Mugabe, he was received with much zeal and hope.
In his inaugural speech, he promoted the slogan the “Voice of the people is the voice God.” This literally meant that he was going to be a listening
president.
As such, locals, the continent and the
international community alike saw huge investment opportunities in the country.In no time, investors were trickling in and Mnangagwa on several occasions signed mega
deals, he did a lot of ground-breaking ceremonies most of which were never to be as his true colours began to unfold.
Today, the economy is on a free fall, with inflation double figures for the first time since 2009, forcing basic commodities out of reach of many.
Less than six months after he was elected to the throne, in a tightly-contested plebiscite Mnangagwa is proving to have fully adopted Mugabeism.
Fast forward to the just-ended Zanu PF’s annual people’s conference, one is bound to conclude that if anything, Mnangagwa is never about the economy as he wants the nation to believe. He is all about power and nothing else. He seems to have read well from his former boss.
In any case, he has overtaken Mugabe in many ways. Talk of security, expenditure and bootlicking that characterised the two-day
gathering at Mzingwane High School in Esigodini.
Mnangagwa has strongly beefed up security in a way that makes the environment where he will be
present so tense and unpleasant.
Several check points coupled with military drones and CCTV stitched at every corner at the conference signified how the unresolved White
City bomb has secretly continued to haunt his tenure.Daily News