The designation of the day as a public holiday comes after the government adopted the decision in August following intense lobbying by the ruling ZANU-PF Youth League.
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Ordinary Zimbabweans wanted Mugabe out at least over a decade ago. The clearest expression of that was in 2008 when they voted Morgan Tsvangarai of the Movement for Democratic Change in a general election later stolen by ZANU-PF after the first round of voting.
According to the source, Mugabe was assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation.
Earlier in the week, the Central Committee of his party ZANU-PF had voted to dismiss him as party leader.
NAN reports that on Tuesday May said Mugabe’s resignation gave Zimbabwe “an opportunity to forge a new path free of the oppression that characterised his rule,” and declared Britain stood ready to help.
Spokesperson, Simon Moyo, told The Herald newspaper that people must “acknowledge that he did so much for the liberation of Zimbabwe and indeed as Prime Minister and President post independence”.
“Tonight marks an historic moment for Zimbabwe. We congratulate all Zimbabweans, who raised their voices and stated peacefully and clearly that the time for change was overdue,” a statement from the US embassy in Harare said on Tuesday.
Sources said on Tuesday that the meeting is the first called by Mugabe since a military takeover on November 15
Two sources – one a senior member of the government, the other familiar with talks with leaders of the military – had told Reuters Mugabe would use the address to announce his resignation after ZANU-PF earlier sacked him as its leader in a step precipitated by an army takeover four days earlier
Speaking to Reuters from a secret location in South Africa, Zhuwao said Mugabe had hardly slept since the military seized power on Wednesday, but his health was otherwise “good”.
The information was made available by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
On the streets of the capital, Zimbabweans let their emotions run free as they spoke of political and economic change after two decades of repression and deepening hardship.
Wearing a blue and yellow academic gown and mortar board hat, the 93-year-old sat in large wooden chair at the front the hall
Although he lapsed into sleep during the talks, according to images published by Herald newspaper, he was adamant he will not quit power voluntarily
China is paying close attention to the situation in Zimbabwe and hoped for stability and a peaceful, “appropriate” resolution, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Geng Shuang, told a daily news conference in Beijing.
“At the moment the transitional government is the best way to go,” said Douglas Mwonzora, Secretary-General of Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party.
Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and has balked at mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup, sources said on Thursday.
While the military said Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, and his family are safe, there were indications that his wife, Grace, being primed to succeed him, has fled to Namibia
She also stressed that “fundamental rights” of citizens and the country’s “constitutional order and democratic governance” needed to be upheld.
Buhari’s call was sequel to the roll out of military tanks on the streets of Harare and the sealing up of the presidential seat of power