Posted on 11/21/2017 8:13:15 AM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
By Norimitsu Onishi and Jeffrey Moyo Nov. 21, 2017 HARARE, Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, resigned as president on Tuesday shortly after lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against him, according to the speaker of Parliament.
The speaker of Parliament read out a letter in which Mr. Mugabe said he was stepping down with immediate effect for the welfare of the people of Zimbabwe and the need for a peaceful transfer of power.
Parliament erupted into cheers and jubilant residents poured into the streets of Harare, the capital. It seemed to be an abrupt capitulation by Mr. Mugabe, who had refused to step down only two days earlier, when his former political party, ZANU-PF, formally expelled him.
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Are there any white humans left in that country? Most of the Caucasians that I know who lived there escaped at least 10 years ago.
Happy Independence Day, Zimbabwe!!
Let’s hope The Crocodile is more practical and business friendly. Your people have suffered enough , and done so while living in a land heavy with natural resources.
I remember as a kid listening to radio reports that a local would be found dead after cleaning a weapon. It was many years later that it occurred to me that it was probably a euphemism for suicide by firearm.
They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. But I'm sure he'll make another attempt to crush his enemies and seize power, again -- it's a single party state dictatorship. Thanks GuavaCheesePuff.
Not a bit.
According to the John Birch Society, Cecil Rhodes was an "Insider." Though of course the party line may have changed by now.
The Society for the Presevation of Wooden Outhouses can kiss my patootie!
Too bad they don’t string his neck up to a tree.
“Rather, Zimbabwe will get more of the same (or perhaps even worse) with Mugabes thuggish former ex-VP and right-hand-man Emerson Mangangwa in charge of the country.”
He was the enforcer for Mugabe. His nickname was the “Crocodile” I think there might be a reason for that Hmmm. Oh well say good by to the old crooked “African” and say hello to the new crooked “African”.
I’m sure his successor “the Crocodile” will be much better. :-)
Don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten 200,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwe dollars. (I’ve given away more than that). So I’ve got that going for me...
Will the replacement be any better? It will be someone who steals money from Whites and wipes them out, so what will change?
“At an end your rule is and not short enough it was.” Jedi Master Yoda.
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