2018 in Zimbabwe explained

The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe.

Incumbents

• President

Emmerson Mnangagwa^[1]

• First Vice President

• Second Vice President

Kembo Mohadi

• Chief Justice of Zimbabwe

Luke Malaba

Events

January

18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections.

April

Sibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community - including a possible return of Zimbabwe to the Commonwealth of Nations during 2018.

July

• 29 July  - On the eve of Zimbabwe's election, Mugabe made a surprise press conference where he stated his wish not to vote for President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF, the party he founded

^[2] Instead, he expressed his wish to vote his long time rival party, the MDC of Nelson Chamisa.^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Zimbabwean general election, 2018 - to elect members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe and the Senate of Zimbabwe as well as the President of Zimbabwe.

Date unknown

President Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will seek a return to the Commonwealth, of which it was a full member from April 1980 to December 2003.

Deaths

• 14 February - Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Incumbent Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe vote . BBC News . 2 August 2018 . 3 August 2018.
2. News: 2018-07-29 . Zimbabwe election: Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-11-15.
3. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/29/robert-mugabe-zanu-pf-zimbabwe-election| Robert Mugabe: I won't vote for Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe election | World news | The Guardian
4. Web site: Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa in election . 2022-11-15 . Sky News . en.
5. Web site: Mohamed . Hamza . Mugabe: I cannot vote for those who tormented me . 2022-11-15 . www.aljazeera.com . en.