Africa: Can New Leaders Fix Zimbabwe's Potemkin Economy?

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When President Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party swept to victory in 2013, the resigned riposte of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) party was: 'Let's see you govern!'

It was aware that ZANU-PF would struggle to manage an already precarious economy that would be investor-shy under its stewardship. 'You can rig elections,' the MDC-T said, 'but you cannot rig the economy.'

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