Zimbabwe Current Affairs

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...

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...

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...