Five years of Sisinomics – The policies, the numbers, the results :: Mmegi Online

The economy, its performance, its future and what it means to ordinary citizens, has become the central issue for voters in this general election. Mmegi Staff Writers, PAULINE DIKUELO, CHAKALISA DUBE, TIMOTHY LEWANIKA & MBONGENI MGUNI look at the Masisi administration’s economic track record in the President’s first term

For better or worse and with or despite the attendant misinformation, exaggerations and painful home truths, the economy has taken centre stage in the general election, perhaps more powerfully than ever before.

In previous elections, on social media – that imperfect gauge of public sentiment – the economy has been the umbrella concern expressed indirectly through debates over youth unemployment, minimum wage levels, higher allowances for students, the disabled and others, as well the numerous other topics that have gone viral.

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