President Emmerson Mnangagwa has long positioned himself as a key figure in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle — a credential often used to justify his grip on power.
But mounting criticism and closer examination of his wartime record are raising serious questions: Was Mnangagwa truly a frontline revolutionary, or simply a political insider who benefited from proximity to Robert Mugabe?
Often reduced to the derisive phrase“Mugabe’s briefcase carrier,”Mnangagwa’s liberation legacy is now under the microscope, as historians, war veterans, and political observers revisit the real extent of his contributions to Zimbabwe’s independence war.
Source: Zimeye
