Emmerson Mnangagwa is a Methodist and the father of nine children, one of them a DJ in Harare (Martin Fletcher writes). “They don’t call him the Crocodile for nothing,” I was warned by a businessman who knows him well. He’s very dangerous.”I worried unnecessarily. Still powerfully built at 74, Mr Mnangagwa was entirely courteous as we sat in his sixth-floor office at the justice ministry in Harare. The Chelsea supporter (he adored Didier Drogba) had reason to be welcoming.

Source: The Times November 15, 2017 17:08 UTC