Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Has the Capacity to Focus On the New Zimbabwe. but Will He?

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Emmerson "Crocodile" Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's crafty new interim President, is known as a ruthless, deeply unprincipled and a political infighter. He has lost several recent parliamentary elections but retained his party positions over four decades largely because he was ex-President Robert Mugabe's chief enforcer and tribute collector.

But now President Mnangagwa has a golden opportunity to leave that unsavoury reputation behind and revive Zimbabwe's economy and spirit. It is not unlikely that he could recast his legacy and even become genuinely electable in next year's national presidential poll.

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