Zimbabwe: How Trouble Sees It - Collateral Blessing!

2 December 2017
opinion

MANY commentators have virtually rebuked the jubilant crowds of celebrating Zimbabweans on the streets of Harare, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and London for celebrating the exit of Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe from the presidency of Zimbabwe. These clever commentators and analysts point out that the army did what they did for their own purpose and profit. They then go into history.

"It is a 'smart coup' in the sense that the military combined the frustrations of a restive population, internal party structures and international sympathy to remove a sitting president. It thereby gained legitimacy for an otherwise partisan and unconstitutional political act - toppling an elected government." This by Enoch C. Mudzamiri, a doctoral candidate at the University of South Africa with research interest in post-liberation political parties.

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