Open fields. Thousands turn out in hull to see the queen as she visits key innovations in the city of culture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Crisis talks are being held in the capital of zimbabwe, harare, after its long term leader Robert Mugabe was placed under house arrest by the countrys military on wednesday. Officials from south africa are meeting the 93 year old and also zimbabwes generals, who deny theres been a coup. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says mr mugabe must resign but sources suggest the president is resistant. President mugabe has been in control of zimbabwe since it threw off white minority rule in 1980. However, the power struggle over who might succeed him, between his wife grace mugabe, and former Vice President emmerson mnangagwa, has split the Ruling Zanu Pf Party in recent months. Last week, mr mugabe came down in favour of his wife, sacking mr mnangagwa, a veteran of zimbabwes anti colonial struggle. That proved too much for military leaders, who
57 can 525 for pick and mix with g 57 cal is. 52 . For pick and mix with g 57 cal is. 51 wet ror 7 rup. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. What now for Robert Mugabe . Zimbabwes long time president remains under house arrest but is still supposed to be in charge after the military intervened two days ago. Amid rumours of his imminent resignation and talk of wholl replace him the people of zimbabwe are holding their breath and awaiting news which they hope will answer the question. What next . This report from richard lister. They are headlines most in zimbabwe thought they would never see, the man who had held the nation in an iron grip the 37 years swept aside by the military and now in custody. It is a lot to take in. Steps taken by the army, quite positive. We are a bit uncertain about what will happen. We are still. We have to respect our president , he is too old, we have to give him a safe retirement package and find somewhere to keep him safe. The military say
Sackur. After 37 years in power, it is perhaps not surprising that Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimbabwes Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimba bwes new reality. Robert mugabe cannot accept zimbabwes new reality. But no amount of playing for time will save his presidency now. The Robert Mugabe era is over. The question is what comes next. Will it be a continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf . Orwill the continuation of the oppressive rule of zanu pf . Or will the politics of the country open up in new and unpredictable ways . My guest is ibbo mandaza, a former Government Official turned academic analyst. Will zimbabwes official turned academic analyst. Will zimba bwes current drama official turned academic analyst. Will zimbabwes current drama and well . End well . Ibbo mandaza, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I just refer to this compelling drama playing out in harare. You have obviously just come from playing out in harare. You have obviouslyjust come from harare in the last few ho
After 37 years in power, maybe it isnt surprising that Robert Mugabe cannot accept zimba bwes new reality. But no amount of playing for time will save his presidency now. The mugabe era is over. The question is what comes next . Will it be a continuation of zanu pfs oppresive rule overseen by mugabes former cronies . Or will the countrys politics open up in new and unpredictable ways . Well, my guest is ibbo mandaza, former Government Official turned academic analyst. Will zimba bwes current drama end well . Ibbo mandaza, in johannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Ijust referred to this compelling drama playing out in harare. Youve obviouslyjust come from harare in the last few hours to talk to me. Is it clear to you that there can only be one ending, that Robert Mugabe will be gone within days . I dont know about days, but certainly it is the endgame, except now we have a serious stand off between him and his party. Is it a serious stand off . I think it is. Its embroil
Presidency is history. As members of zimbabwes parliament began debating whether to impeach the president the speaker of Parliament Interrupted he had a letter of resignation to read. I. I, Robert Mugabe, underthe constitution of section one in zimbabwe, tender my resignation as the president of the republic of zimbabwe with immediate effect. Mr mugabes letter said his decision was taken to allow a smooth transition of power and that it was voluntary. Voluntarys one word for it unavoidable is another. Mr mugabe refused to resign after last weeks military takeover. He refused to resign after mass protests at the weekend. He refused to resign when he was sacked by his own party on sunday. And he ignored a deadline to go on monday. He even called his normal Cabinet Meeting for tuesday. But theres nothing normal about this tuesday. The pressure told and his 37 years as president ended. And look at these pictures from harare as the news started to spread. This was inside the parliament. You