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| Robert Mugabe stuns Zimbabwe by failing to quit in televised address – live | |
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| Reacting to Mugabe’s speech, BBC news analyst Milton Nkosi said: “He has vowed to stay on. He wants to die in office. But it is clear there is very little room for him to manoeuvre. There is no way for him to survive this week”. | |
| Chris Mutsvangwa, the chairman of the Zimbabwe War Veterans Association and leader of the campaign to oust the embattled president, says Mugabe is “deaf and blind” to the desires of the people. | |
| Lots of people are joking on Twitter that Mugabe missed out the key pages of his speech which detailed his resignation. | |
| Did Mugabe.... did he miss out the key pages. The pages where he says.... the thing? You know, "the thing"? | |
| He stated “intergenerational conflict must be resolved,” a reference to his apparent positioning of his unpopular 52-year-old wife to succeed him. | |
| In his speech, Mugabe said “failures of the past” may have triggered anger “in some quarters, which he calls “quite understandable”. | |
| Sky’s David Bowden says Mugabe’s address was “an extraordinary ramble by an old man who seems to have just blazed on through and has said we are going to have a congress in a few weeks time and I am going to preside over it”. | |
| BREAKING: 'I thank you and good night,' Zimbabwe's Mugabe says, ending without announcing resignation. | |
| Chris Mutsvangwa, who has been leading a campaign to oust Mugabe, told Reuters in a text message moments after the speech that people would take to the streets of Harare on Wednesday. | Chris Mutsvangwa, who has been leading a campaign to oust Mugabe, told Reuters in a text message moments after the speech that people would take to the streets of Harare on Wednesday. |
| Mugabe was constantly shuffling papers during his rambling speech. | Mugabe was constantly shuffling papers during his rambling speech. |
| No resignation but he’s ‘sorry’ he messed up the pages ‘It was a long speech’ pic.twitter.com/UnYpX7vfWC | No resignation but he’s ‘sorry’ he messed up the pages ‘It was a long speech’ pic.twitter.com/UnYpX7vfWC |
| Mugabe has stunned the nation by refusing to resign and has said he will preside over party Congress in a few weeks, ignoring the fact he is no longer its leader. | Mugabe has stunned the nation by refusing to resign and has said he will preside over party Congress in a few weeks, ignoring the fact he is no longer its leader. |
| Zimbabwe war veterans’ leader Christopher Mutsvangwa has told Reuters that plans for Mugabe’s impeachment will proceed. | |
| He was flanked by generals as he gave his speech - he tripped over his words and towards the end said: “oh that’s a long speech”. Commentators are questioning whether he perhaps in fact said “oh that’s the wrong speech”. | He was flanked by generals as he gave his speech - he tripped over his words and towards the end said: “oh that’s a long speech”. Commentators are questioning whether he perhaps in fact said “oh that’s the wrong speech”. |
| He wants to stay in charge despite no longer being the leader of the ruling party. | He wants to stay in charge despite no longer being the leader of the ruling party. |
| Mugabe has now finished speaking... there was no hint of a resignation in his address. | Mugabe has now finished speaking... there was no hint of a resignation in his address. |
| He says “we cannot be guided by bitterness” | He says “we cannot be guided by bitterness” |