There are unconfirmed reports suggesting that former Mugabe loyalist and Mashonaland West Government Minister Webster Shamu was arrested by police yesterday. A government source indicated that this was unlikely but did not respond when asked to comment on the photo shown below.

Mai Sato, University of Reading At the end of 2017, the world watched with keen interest as President Robert Mugabe was deposed after 37 years of ruinous rule, and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who promised “a new democracy”. The change of power is