The end of Robert Mugabe?
We can only hope.
But they ‘New Boss’ will be the same as the Old Boss.............
It’s pretty amazing to see photos of Harare before it the switch over to Zimbabwe from Rhodesia.
it was easily mistaken as a capital city in England or somewhere in Europe; the very picture of modernity.
now it’s a complete garbage case.
They went and did exactly the same thing to Rhodesia that they had done to Haiti and are now doing to the NFL) once wealthy and, believe it or not, the Envy in the New World of Europe.
Allies of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe have warned the military chief against meddling in politics. on BBC
Filthy Word: Coup!
Not unknown to us here.
Semper POTUS.45...IF We Can Keep Him?/!!!!!
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Four tanks??
Looks like the military is doing what they should have done years ago. I’d guess another strong man will take power.
If video on Twitter is legit, looks more like troop transport than tanks, but something is going on...
I guess this is just how political succession goes in socialist paradises.
Mugabe is 93, and the hyenas have been circling, waiting for their turn in the palace.
Looks like this was triggered by Mugabe setting aside the VP recently - who was wired in with the Army.
If the plague should hop into and then refugee vector out of a coup-driven Zimbaboonnese civil war, all bets are off...
“Peace has come to Zimbabwe.....” - Stevie Wonder
There's a world of irony in that statement. This is, after all, the party whose members ran riot in the countryside murdering farmers, and I do not mean only white farmers, that was always a media spin. The single common characteristic of the victims was not race, it was that they were non-ZANU-PF. And the reason for the famine in Zimbabwe was that the revolutionary party dispossessed anyone who wasn't a party member; there were black farmers sufficient at least to stave off famine if they'd only been left alone to do so. Nor were these roving gangs "war veterans" as Mugabe's story insisted. The war ended in 1980; most of them hadn't been born yet and were young ZANU-PF punks out to raise hell. What did happen was that the land acquired a swathe of urban absentee landlords who were senior party members, none of whom knew anything about farming. Seed grain was stolen or consumed and equipment was wrecked and there was no money to obtain more of either from abroad, certainly not money to lend to new farmers who were sent out to do subsistence farming on land that was unsuitable for it.
The crimes of revolutionary socialism were papered over by the Western media and paid for by Western taxpayers who saw unbearable pictures of starving children. And ZANU-PF was just fine with that. These are the people now invoking the "primacy of politics over the gun."
We can only hope.
Not that it would get better immediately, but the process would finally have started. Sort of like Venezuala after Chavez. Real improvement is still one or two presidents away.
Telegraph (UK) reports:
12:01am (Wed, 15 Nov)
Explosions heard in Harare
Reports are emerging of at least three explosions in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare as military vehicles are seen in streets.
12:06am
Soldiers ‘in control of state broadcaster’
Reuters is reporting that soldiers have taken over the state broadcaster’s offices.
12:18am
Explosions were heard near University of Zimbabwe campus
1:56am
‘Shots heard near Mugabe’s residence’
A Harare resident has told AFP that gunfire erupted near President Robert Mugabe’s private residence.
“From the direction of his house, we heard about 30 or 40 shots fired over three or four minutes soon after 2:00 am.”
"U.S. Embassy Harare and U.S. Embassy Pretoria are aware that some flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa have been canceled, and U.S. citizens might be impacted. U.S. citizens whose travel is canceled should work with their travel agents to reschedule or re-route flights and should monitor news reports for updates on the situation"
I hope we don't get too many Americans trapped in a bad situation there.
Grace was serving as Mugabe's secretary/mistress in the 90's, while her Air Force husband was posted outside the country, during which time she bore Mugabe two children. After Mugabe's wife died, he married Grace, and she bore him a third child in wedlock.
Mnangagwa trumps Mugabe? His name will be more fun to say at least.
The Army says there is no coup, but rather military operation underway to target criminal elements in the vicinity of the country’s President, and to end the country’s suffering.
The spokesman said that Mugabe and his family are safe.
Vagueness leaves many wondering...
Military seized a TV station and broadcast a "we're in charge now" speech, but that later got yanked from the airwaves.
Confusion is probably the theme for the time being.