Zimbabwe Current Affairs

Soon to be President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has landed at Manyame airbase where he has met army generals for debriefing. Mnangagwa will leave for Zanu PF headquarters where he is expected to meet the Zanu PF's politburo and address a crowd that has been waiting since 13:00 for his arrival. Most of the other Zanu-PF members have arrived in the last hour at the party headquarters.  The privately run Newsday newspaper reported that Mnangagwa would be met on arrival by army commander Constantino Chiwenga and ruling party officials and then was expected "to meet Mugabe for a briefing." Several hundred people gathered in anticipation of Mnangagwa's arrival. Some carried signs with images of him, suggesting a certain level of organisation behind the jubilant turnout. Signs read "Welcome back, our hero" and "True to your word, you're back. Welcome." One man in the crowd, Godwin Nyarugwa, said he was "very ecstatic" a

The BIGGEST PARTY TONIGHT IN AFRICA, DESTINATION ZIMABWE  HARARE, Zimbabwe—President Robert Mugabe has resigned, the speaker of Zimbabwe’s parliament said Tuesday, one week after tanks rolled into the capital and took control of the government. Speaker Jacob Mudenda said he received a letter from Mr. Mugabe saying he would step down. The announcement was made as lawmakers were debating a motion to impeach the world’s oldest head of state, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years. It brings to an end a ​week of twists and turns for the resource-rich Southern African country and Mr. Mugabe, 93 years old, whose grip on power had become increasingly untenable. Cheering crowds stormed the streets of the capital Harare, where hundreds of thousands marched on Saturday in their first free demonstrations in decades. Mr. Mugabe, a former schoolteacher who toppled white-minority rule to become Zimbabwe’s first black leader, has been under house arrest since Tuesday night, when the military

Impeachment to Begin as Mugabe Remains Defiant Defiant President Robert Mugabe could lose his 37-year grip on Zimbabwe within days, with a motion to impeach him on Tuesday's parliament agenda introduced by the ruling ZANU-PF party. The motion - which will be heard in a joint sitting of the lower and upper house - accuses Mugabe of being "the source of instability" within government and allowing his wife, First Lady Grace, to "usurp constitutional power". As laid out in Section 97 (3) of the Constitution, once the Senate and National Assembly have passed a resolution confirming the president should be removed from office, Mugabe could be stripped of his wide-ranging powers that many citizens say have caused untold suffering and hardship. Douglas Gumbo, 54, who participated in Saturday's mass march calling for Mugabe to resign, told Al Jazeera he was eager to watch the parliamentary session. House sittings are normally broadcast live on state

Zimbabwe University Students Demo Against Grace Mugabe Students at the flagship University of Zimbabwe (UZ) demonstrated on campus on Monday‚ demanding that Grace Mugabe’s doctorate be recalled and her husband removed from office. President Robert Mugabe is the chancellor of all ten of Zimbabwe’s state universities. While under purported house arrest on Friday‚ he appeared at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) graduation‚ but Midlands State University‚ Bindura University and UZ are yet to hold their ceremonies. The demonstration was done in a free atmosphere‚ as all forces in Zimbabwe push for the end of an era. “We won’t write examinations until he steps down and his wife’s degree is revoked‚” a voice boomed from the public address system on campus. Others added that forgoing exams is a small price to pay for the national interest. When news of a “coup that was not actually a coup” filtered through last Tuesday morning‚ UZ cleared the campus and exams were postponed until fu

From Dean : University of Zimbabwe  21 November 2017 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. This serves to inform you that there are discussion underway to keep University open and allow students to complete the current semester before end of December 2017. I will update youu soon as i have final position. Meanwhile, students in University accommodation are kindly encouraged not to check out. All inconveniences are sincerely regretted. Thank you. 

UZ – University of Zimbabwe students strike University of Zimbabwe students strike over semester exams. “Makapa Grace saka tipeio ma degree edu tiende”, they say.  (YOU GAVE GRACE A FREE DEGREE SO GIVE US TOO) Today, Monday November 20, 2017 semester exams were supposed to start. “We won’t write before Mugabe steps down,” the students are protesting from the time Mugabe gave a speech which the country though was resigning point of him.  The students don’t want to wait till the congress in three weeks. Pictures and videos below students gathering outside exam venue. Some on way to VC’s office now. more news coming ....