Economic looters replacing each other in Zim :: Mmegi Online

A lot is happening in Zimbabwe and our northern neighbour is once again the talk of town. Since last week, Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has been under house arrest and the military under General Constantine Chiwenga are calling the shots.

This happened after Mugabe’s overly ambitious and reckless wife Grace, influenced the President to fire the VP, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chiwenga made it clear that the army does not support the purging of struggle veterans in the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).

It was a matter of days before the army took over the running of Zimbabwe in what they called “bloodless correction”. It seems the intervention of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) in an operation termed ‘Operation Restore Legacy’ is supported by powerful western countries and United States of America, which are conspicuous by their silence.

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Economic looters replacing each other in Zim

A lot is happening in Zimbabwe and our northern neighbour is once again the talk of town. Since last week, Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has been under house arrest and the military under General Constantine Chiwenga are calling the shots.

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