"Mnangagwa had a pack of hounds, but he lacked a strategist" says Law expert Alex Magaisa

Constitutional law expert and University of Kent law professor Alex Magaisa has said that part of the reason why former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was ousted was because his side lacked a proper strategist. Magaisa says Team Lacoste had a lot of foot soldiers who had no appreciation for “the big game.” Writing on his personal blog, The Big Saturday Read, Magaisa says:

Perhaps the most important difference between Lacoste and G40 could be summed up in one word: Mugabe. G40 had Mugabe’s backing and this was thanks to the influence of Grace Mugabe who effectively shielded its key figures. Lacoste thought they were fighting G40 but they were actually up against Mugabe. It was a fight they were never going to win. Of course, G40 had Jonathan Moyo, the political scientist who has been its chief strategist and driver. While Grace Mugabe has led the assault, Moyo has been the architect of Mnangagwa’s downfall. For so long, using the medium of social media, Moyo embarked on a mission of demystification of the legend of the crocodile, upon which Mnangagwa had thrived for so long. He was relentless and persistent. On his side, Mnangagwa had a pack of hounds, but he lacked a strategist. They made noise, but they did not possess the nous for the big game.

… it’s back to the drawing board for Mnangagwa. There is a cruel irony at the end of his long journey in ZANU PF: when he went to Mozambique in 1977 as Mugabe’s special assistant, it was because he had been invited by Mugabe. Now, exactly forty years later, he is on his way out, having been fired by the man who invited him. Clearly, he has never been his own man. Rather, throughout his adult life, he has served at the pleasure of Mugabe. He has been his water-carrier. His greatest failing is not that he was disloyal, but that he never grew out of the shadow of the man who invited him. All his political life he has played the role of handmaiden.

But perhaps the most befitting description is encapsulated in this African adage: a man who hangs around a beautiful girl without declaring his intentions ends up fetching water for guests at her wedding. For too long Emmerson Mnangagwa has been close to power. But he has hesitated. He has been shy. Now though, it seems he will be fetching water for guests at the wedding.

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Read Alex Magaisa’s full analysis on his blog, The BSR, by clicking on this link.