Overview
- Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi announced that delegates in Mutare directed the government to draft constitutional amendments enabling a two-year extension.
- Zimbabwe’s Constitution limits presidents to two elected terms ending in 2028, and legal experts say any change could require complex procedures, possibly referendums.
- Opposition figures, including lawyer Tendai Biti, vowed court challenges to block any term-limit rewrite, while civic leaders urged defense of constitutional norms.
- Police charged ten elderly activists in Harare over an alleged plan to protest against Mnangagwa, with a bail hearing scheduled for Monday.
- Reporting highlights an intensifying split inside ZANU-PF, as Chiwenga-aligned figures resist the extension and clash with Mnangagwa loyalists over corruption allegations and treason claims.