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
For 45 years. And this book talks not only about that life in law but also about your political history and a lot of personal stuff on the issue of personal stuff i should disclose the beginning i was your law clerk some wraps around 40 years ago, a long time ago. And you also officiated at my wedding so we been good personal friends for a while as well tread to a law clerk relationships one of the great perks being a judge. I have had 95 locks or expert you are one of the very first seven have gone on to become judges, 14 are tenured professors at leading all schools, and one is a United States senator. Only one is a standard so far and that is you of course. But there may be others. Host let me begin by asking you how you decided to write this memoir, sort of a very personally insightful view of your own life. Guest its occurred to me sometime ago that almost everyone should write a memoir. As i get a little older, 50, 60 or so there are recollections that your children and grandchil
The social science division. He received his masters and phd in history from the university of south carolina. Around, he is an avid fan. He has been a member of the faculty since 2005. He previously taught history at Jefferson Davis Community College. Some do not associate the Community College with scholarly production of writing and research. He proves the addition to the academic discussion of history and events is alive and well in Community College. This is his third book to be published. He has appeared on syndicated programs in support of those works. He has published Opinion Pieces on current events. While doing all that, he and his wife have found time to raise a family. They have a son and three daughters. I know they are very busy. We need to get on with the reason we are here tonight. I am pleased to introduce the author of the Founding Fathers guide to the contribution constitution, brion mcclanahan. [applause] brion how are you doing . Great. Thank you for coming, i appr
And it fail and touched a 12,000 vote transmission line, and the back half of the limb hit him, and he was electrocuted. It was very windy today, and perhaps the branch moved into way that he was not ready for. It also rain today, and so the tree was wet when he did not expected to be. Things like that could be factors, but it is unclear how he was electrocuted. Reporter investigators say the electric current ran through his body for almost an hour before pg e was able to cut the power. Customers with the end this three block area had their service interrupted, but right now i am told they are trying to restore service to everyone. We are working to try and get more information about the victim in this case, and were trying to figure out where is he from and hopefully we will have more for you coming up tonight on the 10 00 p. M. News. s stay with www. Ktvu. Com for the very latest on the story. We are also posting updates on social media. More pictures from the storm that moved to the
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