ConCourt sets date for Mnangagwa term limit challenge

THE Constitutional Court will hear a case challenging Zanu PF’s controversial plan to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term of office on February 9. 

The ruling party adopted a resolution at its October 2025 annual conference to extend Mnangagwa’s tenure beyond the constitutional expiry in 2028 to 2030. 

Ibhetshu LikaZulu and its secretary-general, Mbuso Fuzwayo, approached the Constitutional Court seeking to block any attempt to amend Sections 95(2)(b) and 143(1) of the Constitution.

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