Emmerson Mnangagwa

===Fuel protests===
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[[File:Zimbabwe inflation rate 2018 to 2019.svg|right|280px|thumb|A graph of data released by the [[Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe]] showing the spike in inflation in the months leading up to the fuel rate hike]]
In January 2019, Mnangagwa announced fuel prices would be raised by 130% in an attempt to stop oil smuggling activities where offenders would buy petrol and transport it to surrounding countries. A financial and energy crisis stemmed from [[Zimbabwean bond coins]] and [[Zimbabwean bond notes|bills]], with a value purportedly tied to the [[United States dollar|U.S. dollar]], but being in reality worth noticeably less. For this reason, the proxy currency was being treated as being at a greater value than its actual worth, resulting in artificially low prices; the exportation of fuel purchased with this currency for resale with profits by smugglers presented significant problems as [[hard currency]], which backs the proxy, is used by the nation to purchase all of Zimbabwe's oil from foreign countries, thus aggravating inflation and driving down the real value of the bond notes. As a measure to decrease the inflation rate, which had reached a peak of 18% in October 2018, the Mnangagwa government raised prices to effectively the highest in the world while keeping the bond currency, exceeding Hong Kong's fuel prices, the highest until that time;<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC World|last=Giles|first=Christopher|date=19 January 2019|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46878267|title=Reality Check: Why has Zimbabwe hiked petrol prices?}}</ref> nationwide protests broke out after the price increase was announced. The police and military responded with a crackdown that resulted in hundreds of arrests and 12 deaths.<ref name="moneyWeb">{{Cite web |url=https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/death-toll-from-zimbabwe-protests-rises-to-12-rights-body-says/ |title=Death toll from Zimbabwe protests rises to 12, rights body says | date= 20 January 2019 |website=MoneyWeb |language=en-ZA |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Mnangagwa stated that claims of misconduct by the security forces would be investigated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/mnangagwa-zimbabwe-vows-probe-protest-crackdown-190122061559113.html|work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera News]]|title=Mnangagwa back in Zimbabwe, vows to probe protest crackdown|date=22 January 2019}}</ref>