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 mili...

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 ....

It has been another extraordinary day in the history of Zimbabwe - here is a summary of Cde Robert Mugabe on Sunday 19th November at state house latest events... Mugabe remains head of state against all the odds after refusing to resign as president. He was expected to stand down in a historic address live on television after conceding to military takeover. But instead he clings to power following a rambling speech which left the nation stunned and baffled. In a statement delivered in Harare he claimed military intervention, which saw him placed under house arrest four days ago, was no challenge to his authority. The army stepped in to block Grace Mugabe’s tilt at power. Speaking slowly and occasionally stumbling as he read from pages, Mugabe talked of the need for solidarity to resolve national problems. He ended his speech by saying he will preside over an upcoming conference of the ruling Zanu-PF party. His defiance comes despite his sacki...

Zimbabwe’s ruling party expected to sack Robert Mugabe on Sunday President close to losing grip on power as tens of thousands join marches calling for his resignation  'We are going to take our Zimbabwe back': protesters call for Mugabe to go Robert Mugabe’s efforts to cling to power appeared close to collapse on Saturday night as tens of thousands marched through Zimbabwe’s cities calling for his resignation, while the ruling party prepared to dismiss him. The 93-year-old president is due on Sunday morning to meet the army commanders who took power last week, a statement broadcast by the state-run TV channel said. The face-to-face encounter is only the second since the military takeover five days ago and will take place as leaders of Zanu-PF convene to endorse a motion demanding that Mugabe resign as president and stripping the party leader of his post of first secretary. Parliament is expected to start impeachment proceedings next week. Protesters in Zimbabwe...

Museveni condemns military coup against Mugabe Nov 19, 2017 9:30 AM - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has condemned the military coup against Zimbabwe's long serving leader Robert Mugabe - Museveni warned against attempts to violate Zimbabwe's constitution - Museveni said under the current African Union rules, no African state can recognise a military coup on the continent by any military officer or group - Mugabe was ousted from power by the military on Tuesday, November 14 Ugandan leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has condemned the bloodless military coup in Zimbabwe that seeks to remove strongman Robert Mugabe from power. In a statement through Uganda's State Minister for International Relations Henry Okello Oryem, Museveni has termed the coup as unfortunate and unacceptable in Africa. Museveni said no African country will recognise the coup that is likely to end Mugabe's three-decade rule in Zimbabwe

Saturday, November 18: The Latest Army says Mugabe removal a 'journey' The process to remove Mugabe from power is a “journey” and will take more than “one day”, an army general told thousands of protesters trying to march to the State House in Harare. Major General Sibusiso Moyo commended the protesters for taking part in the largest anti-Mugabe demonstration the southern African country has ever seen and asked them to go home. “The operation we are doing together as a country is a journey, we cannot go around the mountain in one day, but through your support we have covered a great distance," Moyo told the crowd in the capital. Protesters who appeared to be in high spirit were encouraged by the general’s words. "Although we didn't make it to State House, we made it here to this point and just the amount of people, the different backgrounds and races that came out today showed that we all agreed today … We all agreed today that he must go," An...

Mass Harare rally planned as pressure mounts on Mugabe Harare, Zimbabwe  - Pressure is mounting on Robert Mugabe to step down as Zimbabwe's president, as efforts to force the veteran leader to resign after nearly four decades in office gain traction. Zimbabwe has been in political turmoil since the early hours of Wednesday, when the country's armed forces seized power and placed Mugabe under house arrest. The embattled 93-year-old leader so far appears resistant to demands to step down. However, he is increasingly running out of options as even some of his closest allies, including top officials within his ruling ZANU-PF party, look determined to remove him from power. Issuing a "stark warning", Zimbabwe's influential war veterans on Friday said Mugabe, the patron of their 35,000-strong association, should not be allowed to stay any longer in power. "If he doesn't leave, we are going to settle the score,...

General Chiwenga The Zimbabwe Defence Forces say significant progress has been made in their operation to weed out criminals around President Mugabe adding that they had accounted for some of the criminals in order to bring them to justice though others were still at large. No names were given. The criminals, the ZDF said in a statement this morning, were committing crimes that were causing social and economic suffering in Zimbabwe. President, General Chiwenga meet They said they were currently engaging with the Commander-in-Chief President Robert Mugabe on the way forward and will advise the nation of the outcome as soon as possible. ”Defence attaches accredited to Zimbabwe have been briefed to appraise their principals on the obtaining situation in the country,” the ZDF said. Bureaucrats had also been advised to brief their co-operating partners.  The ZDF implored other security services to continue operating and carrying out their duties without any form of i...