Bye bye Mugabe welcome Chiwenga

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Zimbabwean armed forces led by Constatino Chiwenga finally succeeded in staging a palace bloodless coup that saw the fall of Robert Gabriel Mugabe from grace. It was unexpected and dramatic.

I am in agreement with Professor Ibo Mandaza that a coup by any other name remains a coup.

What has happened in Zimbabwe is that a faction of ZANU-PF code-named Team Lacoste successfully overthrew the powerful Generation 40 (G40), a faction led by the former First Lady, Grace Mugabe in a protracted ZANU-PF succession battle. They did it with the support of the military and the masses across the whole spectrum of society.

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