Happy birthday, Your Majesty! Mnangagwa’s march towards a presidency for life
On September 15, Zimbabwe observes a new public holiday: Munhumutapa Day. Officially, it honours the pre-colonial Mutapa state, which once ruled much of present-day Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Unofficially, everyone in Harare knows the real reason: September 15 is also President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s birthday. Through Statutory Instrument 148 of 2026, Mnangagwa has effectively turned his birthday […] The post Happy birthday, Your Majesty! Mnangagwa’s march towards a presidency for life appeared firs
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On September 15, Zimbabwe observes a new public holiday: Munhumutapa Day. Officially, it honours the pre-colonial Mutapa state, which once ruled much of present-day Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Unofficially, everyone in Harare knows the real reason: September 15 is also President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s birthday. Through Statutory Instrument 148 of 2026, Mnangagwa has effectively turned his birthday […]
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- September 17, 2026
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