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In Zimbabwe, constitutions are revered in theory but are in practice rearranged at the whim of the ruling elite. I therefore pen the words below with a heavy heart, fully aware that they may very well induce learned helplessness in the reader thanks to the fatalistic tone.

It has been several years since Morgan Richard Tsvangirai succumbed to the cruel embrace of colon cancer in a South African hospital, yet the void he left behind has not merely remained unfilled; it has widened into a chasm.

Morgan Tsvangirai looked slightly rattled as he spoke to us. But even as he seemed shaken while making his point, he spoke like a man convinced about the chastity of his mission; a man who would forge ahead regardless of the circumstances.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not gazing towards 2030 as a visionary developer might. He is staring down 2028 with the eyes of a survivor. The 2028 election, enshrined in the 2013 Constitution, is more than a date on a calendar; it is a structural doomsday clock for ZANU PF.

This article examines Suscaden Investments (Pvt) Ltd v Parks & Wildlife Management Authority [2025] ZWSC 131, in which the courts treated the absence of the Minister’s signature as fatal to a long‑performed lease.