Zimbabwe: Is there a coup taking place?

(Harare) Dictatorship, corruption, and nepotism these past 37 years in Zimbabwe has resulted in what was known as the bread basket of Africa being knocked into the stone age.  The fact that a country whose biggest exports used to be food, now exports its people in search of food , is the biggest travesty in Africa today. But what is worse is Mugabe and his cronies have being allowed by other African leaders to use   ‘political correctness’  in which to silence any critics of how they have raped and bled the country dry and now like all despotic countries which have fallen on hard times, it isn’t long before those left standing , start fighting amongst themselves .  

This past few weeks has seen the vice president ‘Emmerson Mnangagwa’ removed  simply to allow Mugabe’s 40 years younger power crazy wife ‘Grace’ to become the lead candidate to become the next dictator for life when he finally kicks the bucket. Well that hasn’t gone down well with a huge tract of ZANU PF supporters who have been biding their time hoping that when Mugabe goes, their time to eat at the table of stolen wealth would come. 

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Military vehicles seen heading towards Zimbabwean capital after military chief warns the army could "step in" amid a political row https://t.co/ILF1ZBGST3

— Sky News (@SkyNews) 14 November 2017

And so Gen Constantine Chiwenga, the head of Zimbabwe’s military, has stepped into the ring warning he was prepared to “step in” to end the purge on supporters of sacked vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Naturally in a country ruled by a paranoid despot who sees threats behind every corner, that hasn’t gone down well with the ruling classes and they have accused the army chief of "treasonable conduct". In a country such as Zimbabwe, that is a death sentence, so the army under  Chiwenga has been given the choice of take over the country, or spend the rest of your natural getting tortured in jail before disappearing.

Which might explain the movement of heavy armour toward the capital. if this is a coup, then the African Union, should step in as soon as possible and help the new rulers with returning the country back to a free democratic place, investment by others (With acute conditions against corruption) would help reverse the effects of 37years of disinvestment. However the sad thing is, nothing will be done and more people will die to hunger and disease than ever they did under White imperialism.

Update 

Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is reported to be in a state of chaos after reports of multiple explosions and soldiers taking over the headquarters of a state broadcaster, assaulting both civilians and staff.

UN:The World Health Organization appoints President Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a "goodwill ambassador"

(New York)   Zimbabwe is in a mess and the rot started under the leadership of President Robert Mugabe when he assumed power in 1987. Since then, his economic policies of robbing the rich to feed his bank balance has seen the country devolve into the stone age.

Between 2000 to 2007, the economy shrank by 50%, in Sept 2007 the inflation rate stood at almost 8,000%, the world's highest. There were frequent power and water outages. Harare's drinking water became unreliable in 2006 and as a consequence dysentery and cholera swept the city in December 2006 and January 2007. Unemployment in formal jobs ran at a record 80%. By 2009 inflation had peaked at 500 billion % per year and the Zimbabwe currency was worthless. Zimbabwe's per capita GDP currently is $600, the third lowest in the world. The average wage is $253 a month—and that's for the 30 percent of the population who are employed.

The so called bread basket of Africa has under Mugabe become a basket case. Half the population are fed by the UN and diseases are rife. Mugabe has excused all of the above on imperialism, by claiming whitey is out to get him, yet whilst the people of Zimbabwe starve, he and his cronies live it large.

Whilst the majority of the first world has placed sanctions on Mugabe  , the third world sees him as something of a champion, which kind of helps explain how the new leader of the World Health organisation  (WHO) Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health and acknowledged that by appointing Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a "goodwill ambassador" to help tackle non-communicable diseases.

Let me get this right a despot  who has been responsible for "the shuttering of hospitals and clinics, the closing of its medical school and the beatings of health workers"  is rewarded for his actions. Kind of explains why Two dozen organisations — including the World Heart Federation, Action Against Smoking and Cancer Research UK — released a statement slamming the appointment, saying health officials were "shocked and deeply concerned" and citing his "long track record of human rights violations".

I suppose both Tedros and Mugabwe can both play the race card in which to silence their detractors. 

Zimbabwe May Start Letting Some White People Own Land Again

(MRCTV) Fifteen years after the Zimbabwe government began seizing the land of white farmers in a sweeping land reform effort, the government may now start letting certain white farmers stay on their land.

The Telegraph reports the Zanu-PF Lands Minister, Douglas Mombeshora, said local leaders have been asked to compile a list of white farmers the leaders “want to remain on farms”:

“We have asked provinces to give us the names of white farmers they want to remain on farms so that we can give them security of tenure documents to enable them to plan their operations properly.

In 2000, President Robert Mugabe initiated the forceful land grabs. According to the Telegraph, over 4,000 white farmers lost their land, which was then given to Mugabe’s political allies.

Last year, BBC reported Mugabe told an audience, “We say no to whites owning our land and they should go.”

Currently, there are fewer than 300 white farmers left in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe now struggles to grow its own food.

In a statement to News24, Obert Gutu, spokesman for the opposition Movement Democratic Change party, said, “The Zanu-PF regime is slowly but painfully biting the bullet and beginning to accept the logic that all Zimbabweans, regardless of race, colour or creed, should be given land as long as they are willing and able to use it properly and profitably.”