Today, a group of Zimbabwean youths kickstarted the resistance campaign against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plan to remove term limits and allow him to stay in office until he dies.
Mnangagwa, who is 86 years old, has three and a half more years left on his current second term, which he wants to extend to 2030 and beyond.
At least half of his party, ZANUPF, is also opposed to the idea, which aims to prevent Mnangagwa’s deputy, General Constantino Chiwenga, from ascending to power if ZANUPF wins the 2028 elections—a likely outcome given the collapse of Zimbabwe’s opposition.
Chiwenga helped Mnangagwa remove Robert Mugabe in a military coup in 2017 when he was the Commander of the Defence Forces.
Mnangagwa has destroyed what little was left by Mugabe, with Zimbabwe now experiencing the highest inflation in the world and 95% unemployment coupled with astonishing state corruption.
Mnangagwa’s legacy as president will be defined by how Zimbabwe became the most corrupt nation in Southern Africa under his watch, with a thoroughly incompetent government filled with his relatives, clansmen, and friends.
The few companies left are shutting down and the government is broke!
The youths were singing, “2030 taramba,” meaning, “We have rejected the 2030 project.”
Zimbabwe’s constitution, which came into effect in 2013, limits a president to two five-year terms.