Mnangagwa 2030 bid fight heads to court — but critics smell a setup

HARARE – A Bulawayo-based activist and a civic group have filed an application at the Constitutional Court seeking to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his rule to 2030 — but opposition figures and insiders suspect the case could be part of a calculated plan to legitimise the controversial project.

Mbuso Fuzwayo, director of the pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu, and the organisation itself filed the application through Advocate Method Ndlovu instructed by Nqobani Sithole of Sithole Law Chambers, arguing that Zanu PF’s resolutions to extend Mnangagwa’s tenure violate the constitution.

The respondents include Zanu PF, the Minister of Justice, the Speaker of Parliament, the Attorney General, and the President.

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