Bye bye Mugabe welcome Chiwenga

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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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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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