On June 24, President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the 2023 election manifesto of the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) in Chipinge, 445 kilometres from the capital Harare. The campaign comes amid empty promises made ahead of the 2018 elections.
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