Police sealed off the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party and troops cleared the streets of the capital on Thursday, one day after protests over a disputed presidential election ended in deadly violence.
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Mnangagwa disclosed this in Harare while addressing thousands of war veterans on their welfare on Friday.
Mnangagwa took over from long-time ruler Robert Mugabe last November after the 94-year-old leader was forced to resign following a de facto military coup.
Presidential Press Secretary George Charamba said in a statement on Saturday that long-serving state Security Minister Kembo Mohadi was also appointed as Mnangagwa’s deputy “with immediate effect”
His letter of resignation was read out by Zimbabwe parliamentary Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, to lawmakers gathered at a conference centre in Harare to discuss an impeachment motion on Tuesday
The students not only demanded an explanation from the Vice-Chancellor, Levi Nyagura, but also wanted the degree annulled
The 93-year old clung on for a week after an army takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party, which also told him to leave power
Impeachment could see Mugabe kicked out by a vote in parliament in under a day and would represent an end to the career of the “Grand Old Man” of African politics
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
The ZANU-PF will meet later today to approve the dismissal of Mugabe, the only leader the southern African nation has known since independence 37 years ago, two party sources have said
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
Provincial leaders who spoke to The Herald said apart from reaffirming Mugabe’s position as the party’s sole presidential candidate in the 2018 elections, they also wanted to have the constitution amended to set aside a vice presidential slot to women.
The 93-year-old Mugabe, one of the world’s oldest leaders, has been in power since Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia, gained independence from Britain in 1980
Aged 93, Mugabe is the only leader the southern African country has known since independence in 1980, and his health is a hot topic ahead of a presidential election scheduled for next year that he is due to contest
Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980
The 49-year-old lady said when addressing veterans of the country’s liberation struggle in Mazowe that there were Zimbabweans who could run the country and not President Mugabe’s Vice President. Joice Mujuru