Japhet M. Zwana

The late Morgan Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, set the tone for the 2018 harmonised elections on 8 May 2017.

As of March 2017, Africa had barely registered in President Donald Trump’s book. In January and February, he had managed to speak to a couple of African leaders, namely Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as well as South African Jacob Zuma.

He is 36 years old
He is a journalist
He is a human/civil rights activist
He has petitioned for the resignation of President Mugabe
He has been arrested and beaten by the secret Zimbabwean security
He had addressed an opposition rally on March 8, 2015 in Harare

The following gallery of the wealth titans of Africa is both impressive and sad in that it features the political leaders whose call is to serve and not rob their countries. The list, though incomplete and, the figures estimated, they are roughly representative of their net worth.

Needless to say, a huge victory such as one claimed by ZANU/PF last week, should have seen the streets of Harare and other metropolises bursting with excitement by ZANU zealots. This has not been the case to date. What accounts for the ‘muted joy’?

The Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe is a coalition that was created on 13 February 2009.