The Zimbabwe Republic Police was not visible in the streets as soldiers controlled traffic movement, while unconfirmed reports say a number of cabinet ministers and some top ruling Zanu-PF officials have been arrested
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Zuma also called for the Zimbabwean Government and army to resolve their differences amicably
According to reports, the Generals used state television on Tuesday night to vow to target “criminals” close to Mugabe
Reports said two tanks were spotted beside the main road from Harare to Chinhoyi, about 20km (14 miles) from the city
Mugabe sacked his long-time ally, Mnangagwa, on Monday, for showing “traits of disloyalty”, abruptly removing a favorite to succeed the 93-year-old leader and boosting the likelihood of Grace Mugabe becoming his next deputy and potential successor.
Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, has been heavily-criticised by supporters of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has also been touted as a potential successor to her husband.
The Zimbabwean leader said on Wednesday in Harare that “in spite of having a system of capital punishment, with more than 90 inmates currently on death row, no executions have been carried out since 2005.
In an interview with Chinese media, Mugabe told Xinhua he is glad to see that China has prioritised relations with African countries for decades and shared its development achievements with them.
This is not the first time that the country has barred Western organisations from observing elections, accusing them of harboring sinister intentions to promote regime change.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, named Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador on Wednesday at a conference in Uruguay that both men were attending.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, named Mugabe to the largely ceremonial post at a meeting on chronic diseases attended by both men in Uruguay on Wednesday.
President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace this week sued Jamal Hamed in a Harare High Court, accusing him of failing to deliver the 100 carat jewel she said she had ordered from him for her wedding anniversary in 2016.
The wife of 93-year-old Robert Mugabe, a potential successor to the president, was granted diplomatic immunity and left South Africa on Sunday.
Engels accused the first lady of whipping her with an electric extension cable a week ago as she waited with two friends in a luxury hotel suite to meet one of Mugabe’s adult sons.
South Africa’s civil aviation authority grounded Zimbabwe’s plane that was due to leave Johannesburg for Harare last Friday because it did not have a foreign operating license, leaving passengers stranded.
However, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa’s International Relations Minister, said she had granted diplomatic immunity to the wife of Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe.
A senior government source said there was “no way” the first lady, 52, would be arrested because South Africa would weigh the need to seek justice against the diplomatic fallout.
Her husband, Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has meanwhile showed up in South Africa for a regional summit, complicating the diplomatic dilemma now confronting the government.
There was no immediate public comment on the case from Grace, 52, a possible successor to her husband President Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980
Mugabe made the announcement on Monday when Mnangagwa was absent from celebrations to mark Heroes Day in the capital Harare