Zimbabwe’s strange but welcome political end-game has taken a bizarre and worrying turn. The new dilemma began on Sunday night when in arguably the oddest global news event of the year, President Robert Mugabe was supposed to announce his resignation live on television. By the end of the speech, viewers around the world, and doubtless the military officers who surrounded Mugabe, were bewildered: the resignation that never happened. Was it an accident? Did he forget? Was it a deliberate snub to his former comrades who turned on him? Was he having his last laugh? Later on Monday, our worst suspicions were confirmed. After giving Mugabe a midday deadline to submit his resignation, it became clear that he was choosing to dig in his heels. This throws the whole process into a kind of odd dilemma. So far, the military leaders who have orchestrated the ousting process have had two major victories: they have won over Zanu-PF, which at the weekend decided to expel Mugabe and his wife, Grace,...
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