Zimbabwe’s nonagenarian Robert Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule
Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades of rule by a man once feted as an independence hero who became feared as a despot. His former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking this month prompted the military takeover that […]
Law and Politics of removing Mugabe: Alex T. Magaisa
A continuing crisis The crisis in Zimbabwe escalated this week after the military took control of the national broadcaster to announce that they had seized key functions of government. However, Zimbabwe’s “coup” is in a class of its own. Its authors have been keen to downplay it, insisting that it is not a coup. For […]
Deposed Vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa back in Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe has fled to Namibia and Robert Mugabe is detained by military in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s dictator Robert Mugabe has been detained by the military in a ‘bloodless correction’ of power amid claims his wife has fled to Namibia. Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power appeared to be over this morning after military vehicles blocked roads outside the parliament in Harare and senior soldiers delivered a late-night television address to the […]
‘Someone Tell Mugabe’ – Barack Obama’s Post-Presidency Pics Rile Zimbabweans
Those pictures of Baracks Obama enjoying himself on holiday with Richard Branson? Zimbabweans are looking at them and wishing their 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe would take a leaf out of the former US leader’s book and hand over power. ” Someone needs to tell Mugabe that life after presidency isn’t so bad,” said @Dobie_M in […]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe on Retirement: Cephas Msipa Burried
Zimbabwe’s veteran President Robert Mugabe on Saturday avoided the controversial subject of his future as he buried a senior political colleague and friend who had been pressing him to retire. Mugabe, 92 and one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, is eligible to seek re-election at the end of his current five-year term in 2018, but […]
Mugabe Meets War Vet
War veterans from all corners of the country are converging in Harare today in a show of solidarity with their patron, President Mugabe. War collaborators and ex-detainees have also been invited. This comes in the wake of a treasonous communiqué attacking President Mugabe that was covertly issued to members of the media by a clique […]
Zimbabwe Makes Mugabe Sick: Reason Why He Travels Abroad Often
THE MDC-T says the frequency at which President Robert Mugabe travels abroad will suggest that the elderly strongman “gets sick if he spends a single month in Harare”. This comes after Mugabe recently left the country for Papua New Guinea where he is the only president attending the 8th summit of the heads of state […]
Thousands March for Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Thousands gathered in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to support President Robert Mugabe, with speakers calling for him to rule for life. On buses, trains, trucks and by foot, Mugabe’s supporters traveled to the capital, Harare, for the rally. Speakers said 92-year-old Mugabe should rule until he dies. His wife, Grace, went a step further and described […]
Zimbabwean Pastor Patrick Phillip Mugadza ties himself to pole in anti-Mugabe protest
Ten days after Zimbabwe celebrated 36 years of independence, with ruling Zanu-PF party supporters using the hashtag #1980SoFarSoGood in praise of President Robert Mugabe’s accomplishments, a pastor has chained himself to a pole in an anti-Mugabe protest, according to local media. Pastor Patrick Phillip Mugadza made headlines last December in a one-man protest against Mugabe […]
No Media Allowed in Mugabe Bomb Plot Trial
Lawyers representing two of the suspects accused of attempting to overthrow the Government through unconstitutional means successfully applied to have the treason proceedings held in camera. The defence team, Mr Shingai Mutumbwa and Mrs Gamuchira Dzitiro, recently approached the lower court armed with a High Court order barring the media from covering proceedings of the […]
