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Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe. 1924 – Mugabe is born on February 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia. 1940s-1950s – He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Africa’s University of Fort Hare. He teaches in Zambia and Ghana, where he is influenced by
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer President Robert Mugabe’s birthday, Feb. 21, is now a public holiday after the Zimbabwe Government gazetted it as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, the state-controlled media reported on Monday. The designation of the day as a public holiday comes after the government adopted the decision in August following intense lobbying by the
[dropcap] I[/dropcap]ncoming Zimbabwe leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, assured former President Robert Mugabe, he and his family would be safe in the country, state media said on Friday. Mnangagwa gave the assurance today, when the two men spoke for the first time since he returned home this week, according to the State-owned media, The Herald newspaper. Also, the
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer vice president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is expected to be sworn in as president following the resignation of Robert Mugabe, will return home on Wednesday, a ruling party ZANU-PF official said. Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved to end four decades
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he midday deadline set by Zimbabwe’s ruling party for President Robert Mugabe to resign passed Monday with no word from the 93-year-old leader, who is now set to face impeachment proceedings. Parliament is expected to vote on impeachment proceedings on Tuesday and the ruling Zanu-PF party released details of its proposed motion against Mugabe. “We
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]mbattled President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is set to meet army chiefs on Sunday in a second similar meeting this week. According to ZTV, the state TV, citing Catholic priest Fidelis Mukonori, who has been mediating the negotiations, announced the proposed meeting on Saturday. On the same day, the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]housands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, waving national flags, singing and dancing in an outpouring of elation at the expected fall of President Robert Mugabe. “These are tears of joy,” Frank Mutsindikwa, 34, told Reuters, holding aloft the Zimbabwean flag. “I’ve been waiting all my life for this day. Free
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]obert Mugabe has attended a university graduation ceremony on the outskirts of Harare in his first public appearance since a takeover by the Zimbabwean military on Wednesday. Clad in academic gown and hat, the 93-year-old walked slowly in a procession on a red carpet to a podium as a marching band played. He was
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he ousted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been rejected by Congress of the People (Cope), an opposition party in South Africa. The party said it rejects calls to offer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe political asylum in South Africa. The plea for asylum for Mugabe by South Africa is championed by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing conflicting reports that embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe refused to step down, The Nation reports that he agreed to step down last night and also go on exile to South Africa. A Twitter handle claiming to be speaking on behalf of the provisional government of Zimbabwe, claimed that a new government is