Zimbabwe is going through both political and economic reforms and these do not come easily. It will take time for things to settle and results to be shown, in normal circumstances the president should have canceled the trip or booked a flight back home to deal with a very urgent situation, but it could be that he has absolute confidence that his deputy is in charge.

Emmerson Mnangagwa

Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (born 15 September 1946) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Justice since 2013. He was previously Minister of State Security from 1980 to 1988, Minister of Justice from 1988 to 2000, Speaker of Parliament from 2000 to 2005, Minister of Rural Housing from 2005 to 2009, and Minister of Defense from 2009 to 2013. He is Zimbabwe's President since November 2017.

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