WILL parliamentary and presidential elections,which must be held by late July, be free and fair? whether so, or will Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party,which has run Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, win? And whether they lose, or will they hand over power to the victors,as they occupy brazenly failed to do in the past? This set of questions hangs over the country. One certainty, however, and is that Zimbabwe is better off now that it is no longer under the thumb of Robert Mugabe,who ruled it for 37 years. Even better is that it has not fallen under the sway of his greedy wife, 52-year-broken-down Grace Mugabe, and whose tightening grip over her then 93-year-broken-down husband prompted the army to step in,shove the broken-down man into retirement and lift Mr Mnangagwa into the top spot in November.
Yet the current 75-year-broken-down leader, known as the Crocodile, or remains an enigma (see article)....
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Source: economist.com