Zimbabwean President Mugabe stressed he was still in power after his authoritarian 37-year reign was rocked by a military takeover.
On Sunday Mnangagwa was named president of the ruling ZANU-PF in place of Mugabe, putting him one step away from the top job.
ZANU-PF sacked President Robert Mugabe as party leader Sunday marking the accelerating collapse of the 93-year-old’s support and power base.
President Robert Mugabe was dismissed as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday in a move to force a peaceful end.
Mugabe remains in office but now faces overwhelming opposition from the generals, much of the Zimbabwean public and from his own party.
From arrests of cabinet ministers to talks of a ‘transitional government’ led by Mnangagwa, the situation in Zimbabwe has been notably peaceful.
People were elated and celebrated "the dawn of a new Zimbabwe", waving flags as crowds started arriving in cars, busses and on the back of trucks.
An emergency rescue package would stabilise the nation, analysts say
‘At times like this, the city’s charm wears thin. Durban might as well be in Mongolia. Or Zimbabwe’
The parallel regimes of new and cherry-picked traditions present a hurdle to democratic success
The storm that erupted in Zimbabwe had been brewing for some time, blowing open tensions in the security forces
Mugabe’s downfall was caused by the ambitions of his combative wife, whose emergence as his likely successor proved a step too far for Zimbabwe.
The country’s reaction to Zimbabwe’s coup suggests its leaders had prior knowledge of events
“This isn’t a revolution. This is an elite challenging of power from within the same movement and the same history.”
There has never been an independent Zimbabwe without Robert Mugabe in charge, and most of the population has never known another leader.
Time needs to pause for one to fully digest the news that Mugabe has been detained by one of the men who has supported his near 40-year dictatorship
Military vehicles took to the streets of the Zimbabwean capital and prolonged gunfire was heard near the presidential residence early Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s army chief has called for an end to infighting within ZANU-PF following last week’s dismissal of the country’s vice president
Zimbabwe’s former home affairs minister has reportedly said that a military coup "cannot be ruled out" after the sacking of former VP Mnangagwa.
It’s advantage Grace as Bob moves to slay the Crocodile, but she hasn’t won the race yet
Mugabe’s removal of Mnangagwa makes it more likely that First Lady Grace Mugabe will follow in her husband’s footsteps as leader of Zimbabwe.
Zanu-PF’s Alice in Wonderland financial system is evoking déjà vu. We know how it ends, don’t we?
Years of political instability and economic mismanagement under the rule of ZANU-PF have left Zimbabwe’s financial system in chaos
Accusations abound in Mugabe’s cabinet where power may have been undermined to stir tribal division.
According to media reports, Joice Mujuru urged the embattled vice president to join the ranks of opposition parties.
ZANU PF sees itself as having brought democracy too the country and will not leave power.
Mugabe called for unity within his fragmented party ahead of next year’s elections.
New report shows how Zimbabwe’s ruling elite have stolen and squandered the country’s vast diamond wealth
Mantashe on Tuesday told the media in Johannesburg that he had lodged a formal complaint in a telephonic conversation with his counterpart in Zanu-PF.
Despite the ANC considering the US army to be an enemy force,the SANDF and the US military force engaged in joint training in July
The Rainbow Nation narrative glosses over the failures of liberators who became rulers
Acie Lumumba says it is politics, and not activism, that will change his country.