Ready for the Second Term: President Emmerson Mnangagwa
By Dickson Bandera
The inauguration ceremony for the President Elect, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will be held on Monday 4 September 2023 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
President Mnangagwa got another mandate from the people of Zimbabwe after winning the recently held elections with 52.6 percent, enough for him and ZANU PF party to form the next government.
Foreign heads of states and other dignitaries, together with members of the public have been invited for the grand ceremony which will be accompanied by various entertainment activities including a soccer match between Zimbabwe Warriors and Namibia National Team.
During his first term which ran from 2018-2023, president Mnangagwa embarked on a number of developmental projects under the National Development Strategy 1 which has seen the country setting itself firm on a recovery path.
Successful projects include construction of dams, roads, airports, water pipelines, border posts and major mining operations especially in the lithium and iron ore, and other critical infrastructure.
Undoubtedly, president Mnangagwa faces a mammoth task going ahead, given the targets he has set for Zimbabwe mainly driving Zimbabwe’s economy towards an upper middle-income status by 2030.
It is in this term that the outstanding milestones achieved so far need to be consolidated, and the president has already hinted that he is ready to take the country to its glory days.
