'A coup in all but name': military takes control in Zimbabwe
Opposition MDC calls for peaceful return to constitutional democracy
An ambassador to SA from the official opposition political party in Zimbabwe says all indications are that Zimbabwe is heading to military rule. While the Zimbabwean Defence Forces was at pains to reassure the world that the country was not in the midst of a coup, political experts and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change disagree. “There are mixed reports‚ we are not really sure what is happening‚” said Austin Moyo‚ the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) shadow ambassador. Soldiers deployed across Harare and seized the state broadcaster on Wednesday, after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu (PF) party accused the head of the military of treason. There was frenzied speculation of a coup but Maj-Gen Sibusiso Moyo said in a televised address in Harare that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces would guarantee the safety of Mugabe and his family, and was only “targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the ...
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