Monthly Archives: November 2017

Bloomberg By Brian Latham 24th November 2017 Emmerson Mnangagwa took office as Zimbabwe’s new president with pledges to hold democratic elections on time next year and to revive the economically distressed southern African nation. “We dare not squander this moment,” Mnangagwa, 75, told supporters at the 68,000-seat national sports stadium in Harare, the capital. “I […]

Reuters By Emelia Sithole-Matarise 24th November 2017 HARARE (Reuters) – New President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out a grand vision on Friday to revitalise Zimbabwe’s ravaged economy and vowed to rule on behalf of all the country’s citizens. Sworn in days after the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, the 75-year-old former security chief promised to guarantee the […]

BBC By Farouk Chothia 23rd November 2017 The silence of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC), especially in the hours immediately after the fall of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, was deafening. It showed the enormous psychological influence the one-time revolutionary wielded over the party – and it was so stunned by his humiliating exit […]

NewZimbabwe.com 24th November 2017 OPPOSITION Senator David Coltart has said that Zimbabwe’s “president” at large Phelekezela Mphoko has made history, describing him as the only president in the world who never visited the country he led until leaving office. Mphoko, a key G40 member, was reportedly in Japan last Wednesday when the military launched its […]

Mail and Guardian By Simon Allison 24th November 2017 On March 5 1983, at a rally in Victoria Falls, Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered a threat, using language that would be echoed 11 years later by the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide. As The Chronicle reported at the time: “Likening the dissidents to cockroaches and bugs, the […]

Business Day 23rd November 2017 Opinion The long succession battle in Zanu-PF has come to a bitter and sudden end — with a twist very few Zimbabwean citizens would have dared to imagine. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s ruler of nearly four decades, was forced to resign in shame on Tuesday after growing pressure from the public […]

BBC 22nd November 2017 Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed a “new and unfolding democracy” after returning from exile to replace Robert Mugabe. He also vowed to create jobs in a country where some estimates say 90% of people are unemployed. “We want to grow our economy, we want peace, we want jobs, jobs, […]

The Guardian By Jason Burke 21st November 2017 Historically, African takeovers have been seismic and violent, but now participants are more wary of international opinion It looked like a coup from a movie: a convoy of armoured vehicles, the president under house arrest, and the general on the nation’s screens talking of “restoring stability” in […]