A video clip showing papers being taken off the table in front of President Robert Mugabe and placed on the floor between General Constantine Chiwenga and Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has prompted a wave of conspiracy theories. His address on November 20, left millions of people around the world, including Zimbabweans, confused after expectations were raised that he would resign.
Zimbabweans have been left angered and confused after President Robert Mugabe failed to resign. They had gathered around televisions in anticipation of Mugabe's resignation, but instead the embattled president said he would preside over Zanu-PF's next congress in December. The party says Mugabe has until noon on Monday to resign, or he will be impeached on Tuesday.
Read more »In astonishing scenes on Sunday night, President Robert Mugabe did not resign as expected. It was widely expected that Mugabe would announce that he was stepping down after 37-years in power, but that has not happened. His address to the nation begins 56 minutes into the broadcast in the video clip below.
Read more »President Robert Mugabe addressed Zimbabweans on television on Sunday night, acknowledging discontent in party and country, but failed to meet expectations that he would announce his resignation.
This was despite the decision of the ruling party's central committee earlier in the day to depose him as party leader. Both he and his wife, Grace, were removed from their party posts and he was replaced as party leader by former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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Zimbabweans woke up at the weekend to read in Harare's daily, The Herald, that eight provincial structures of the ruling Zanu-PF had called on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, to step down from their party roles, and that the army had approved a big anti-Mugabe rally in Harare on Saturday. To see such news in the newspaper
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Blacks, whites, the old and the young have all came together in Harare this Saturday braving the chill weather and speaking one language - President Robert Mugabe must go, reports New Zimbabwe.
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