but he s vanished from lime light. reporter: a man who ruled with an iron fist. perhaps not willing to completely let go. david mckenzie, cnn, harare. we re joined now by washington times jeff hill to discuss the leader change in zimbabwe. jeff, thanks for talking to us. first of all, the off foria that we saw from the people of zimbabwe such a beautiful thing to see. but now it s up to mnangagwa to come through for them. do you think he can and will? yes, he did perhaps i m putting naive confidence in emmerson that i ve spoken to many times. emmerson understands what it means to get this country back on track.
across the country. the fact there s a major blackout like this it hasn t happened in at least a decade when the former president musharraf called for a blackout in the country, and so there s a lot of rumors. a lot of unease. a lot of unknowingness of what s going to happen in the hours to come. cnn producer sophia saifi live for us in islamabad. we ll stay in touch. in zimbabwe, people are hoping for big changes from their new president emersmerson mnangag mnangagwa. the catholic priest mediated talks about the transition of power. he spoke exclusively to our david mckenzie about this historic process. reporter: with each passing day, the calls grew louder, the pressure on mugabe mounted. when you hear two bulls wanting to fight, you have to know how to tame both.
reporter: and this priest persisted. did i feel the pressure? definitely. reporter: it was up to them to make sure the sounds on the street stayed silent. and the only sounds that the former president heard were the cries of his people. what did those cries mean to former president mugabe? what did he say? and he listened to them. you see the results. that s a sign he listened. reporter: did it break him? it moved him. it moved him in this sense that he realized they are speaking to say this is enough. the goals wenegotiations wer.