Law and Politics

There has been circulating political rumours in Zimbabwe of the intention by ZANU PF to extend the term limit of its leader and current President of the country, ED Mnangagwa beyond year 2030, whilst the Zimbabwe Constitution of 2013, limits the president's terms in office to two, on a five year basis. The ZANU PF party, a liberation movement in Zimbabwe has been in power for the past four decades in Zimbabwe, and recently won August 2023 national elections under the leadership of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Just nearly two years after winning the elections, the party is rumoured to be proposing for the amendment of Zimbabwe Constitution of 2013. This is to allow its current leadership an extension of the two term constitutional limit that is coming to an end in the next three to four years time. On the height of this 2030 atmospheric speculation, President Mnangagwa appeared on social circles making vague and questionable statements, declaring himself to be a constitutionalist who will ab...

A new political norm is on a rapid rise in Southern Africa politics. A ghost of disputing pronounced election-outcomes within the political spectrum. In the 23 August 2023 elections in Zimbabwe, the Citizens Coalition for Change, a major opposition party denounced and disputed election results as rigged stolen vote, a habitual allegation not new in Zimbabwe political circles. Then, uMkhonto WeSizwe political party in South Africa, threatened the Independent Electoral Commission, an electoral  body with legal action in the 2024 elections, claiming the announced election results deflected from the accurate election outcome due to foreseeable irregularities and vote manipulation. The opposition parties in Mozambique claimed that the October 9, 2024 election results were rigged and refused to accept it, leading to violent clashes, and a court challenge. In Namibia, the biggest opposition party, the Independent Patriots for Change, after losing elections, proclaimed its intention to cha...