People hoped that maybe things would get better. Were better before. Really . Over this community. Yeah. You seriously think things now on bbc news, were better under president mugabe . Yes for me, yeah. Mugabe is better. Hardtalk. So we dont feel safe if theres no electricity. When zimbabwes military post Robert Mugabe out of power two years ago, there was hope zimba bwes infrastructure is crumbling. Of an end to the era 2 Million People in harare have been without piped water for months. Of misrule and corruption. Incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa promised economic reform, drumming the fear is isolated cases modernisation and a rise of cholera and typhoid could become an epidemic. 00 01 20,308 2147483051 37 24,868 and the country is in the grip 2147483051 37 24,868 4294966103 13 29,430 of a power crisis, drought has to middle income status by 2030. By early this year, hope had morphed into anger and despair. When the government lifted fuel subsidies, protesters took to the street
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news hardtalk. drumming patients are dying, people are dying, the Current Situation in the Healthcare System in zimbabwe is collapsed. Zimbabwe was for so many years defined by Robert Mugabe and a struggle for independence. Now hes gone. But this country has yet to emerge from his shadow. Should do do you trust president mnangagwa to make things better . Crowd no theres nojobs, theres no money, theres no food stamps. Millions of zimbabweans go to bed hungry, dependent on handouts for survival. This country is on the brink of catastrophe. Who or what will save it . More than half a Million People living mba re, a sprawling slum on the outskirts of harare. This is where zimbabweans come to escape crushing rural poverty. Many find themselves in a different sort of trap. In the last month it has been difficult to obtain cash. 27 year old richard fanne is desperate to find a way out. Is it almost impossible to find a full time, properjob . Its
Back to bowl welcome to the news great will he old board t. V. Leaves office a deadline for zimbabwes in bottle president to step down has come and gone but theres no sign Robert Mugabe is giving up Power Members of his rulings on o. P. s party opera tatting to meet to discuss his possible impeachment would have been made tests from harare. Also on the great german chancellor merkel sphere of term in office is in doubt after talks on forming a three Way Coalition government collapse they couldnt agree on immigration levels Climate Change and the future of the e. U. What happens next is unclear but i knew he could be just around the corner and spending their childhood in prison three hundred palestinian children are behind bars in israel facing bought treatment torture and constant violations on universal childrens day we take a look at how the Israeli Occupation is affecting. Arm or hand in the hundreds right wing activists in israel ushering photoshop pictures of their president s on
Of political repression and economic chaos. Well have all the latest development as the countrys Robert Mugabe had standardly been resisting all the pressure on him to resign after the military takeover. He did not listen to the army, general or his own party or the people. That is until now. He finally got the message. Zimbabwes leader for nearly a0 years, Robert Mugabe, has resigned. There are almost no people in this country that wanted mr mugabe to continue in office. It has been an extraordinary day in the impeachment process against him had just been launched in parliament. People here saw no other way of getting him out of power than impeachment and in Parliament Motion of impeachment was introduced very shortly afterwards, but a big crowd gathered outside the parliament. A letter was read out the parliament, announcing very briefly and curtly that he was resigning as head of state. He has been the oldest head of state in the world at 93 years of age. Now finally he has gone. Ma
That. Will take you live to harare for more on this historic day for the people of zimbabwe also on the show can she hold on until america under pressure as germany plunges into Political Uncertainty after the collapse of Coalition Talks of the german chancellor says that she would rather run in new elections than lead a minority government is this the dawn of a post. Aaron. I bring coffee its good to have you with us we begin with a zimbabwe minus mugabe in a bombshell announcement delivered today in zimbabwes parliament the countrys ruler Robert Mugabe resign it follows a to mortuus week that saw way military takeover mass demonstrations and a desperate move clinging to power in the face of impeachment proceedings and now the ending that few saw coming. Joy and relief on the streets of harare thirty seven years of Robert Mugabes rule has come to an end d. W. Correspondent christine monday on hand to witness history. That was. Just minutes earlier members of the Zimbabwean Parliament