Possible coup in Zimbabwe

[dowie]

Seems that Mugabe's decision to make his wife the heir apparent rather than his Vice President (who apparently wanted to bring back white farmers and make amends with the IMF etc..) may have backfired as troops have been deployed on the streets and a possible coup may well be underway.

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-41987363

Di mood for Zimbabwe dey mixed after army draw ear give President Robert Mugabe make im stop di sack sack of people wey fight for independence for inside di ruling ZANU-PF party.

On Monday, Army chief general Constantino Chiwenga draw ear give Mugabe to stop after im sack Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Dis na di latest sack wey according to tori na to pave way for Grace Mugabe to succeed.

Chiwenga talk say if things no change, army go fit step in. ''Di thing wey dey happen now for inside di ZANU-PF party by people wey no get di freedom history of di party no surprise us…''

''We get to remind di people wey dey behind am say wen e reach to protect our revolution, di military no go hesitate to step in.''

Di army oga talk dis one for tori meeting for Harare. Chiwenga, Mnangagwa and Mugabe all gather for di fight for independence from Britain.

 

[Rroff]

Seems to be quite confused as to what is actually going on. Lots of military moving towards Harare but seemingly little cohesion between what they are doing.

 

[Moothead2]

Am I having a stroke or does that article look like it's written by Devvo?

 

[Hotwired]

It's to accommodate the butchered English that is understood in certain countries where education is lacking so that's the version they pass around.

Wonder if this apparent disagreement is the start of an upward trend for Zimbabwe or if they can dig a bit deeper.

 

[Efour]

Eat da poo poo.

 

[Hotwired]

Actually my freaking ears: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/media-40969682

 

[dowie]

guardian carried this picture of what it called a "tank" - rather a dodgy Chinese armoured vehicle, perhaps symptomatic of the state of the country the track on the right hand side appears to have fallen off

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...e-army-control-harare-coup-robert-mugabe-live

 

[qqg3]

Am I having a stroke or does that article look like it's written by Devvo?

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/bbc-digital-pidgin-language-service

 

[Abraxaz1]

Not sure many white farmers would return especially with what's happening to them in the rural parts of South Africa.

Maybe the Chinese might come in and take over farms like they have in other parts of Africa.

A coup could be a good thing, if we get a sensible commander that is.

 

[Rroff]

carried this picture of what it called a "tank"

Was amused earlier with all the stuff about tanks and in the images there were infantry/armoured fighting vehicles, APCs, what looked like an anti-aircaft platform and armoured bulldozers but not a single tank.

 

[Malevolence]

Looks like an old Chinese type-85. And you just know that it's still sitting there now because they don't have the tools or skills to re-track it in the field.

 

[Diddums]

Here are a few links to normal English new sources if you cba reading that butchered stuff:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41992351

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...e-army-control-harare-coup-robert-mugabe-live

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/zimbabwe-military-chief-treasonable-conduct/index.html



The TL;DR is that Mugabe has fired his vice president, supposedly in preparation for his wife, Grace "Gucci" Mugabe to take over from him so when Mugabe pegs she's poised to take over. The military (and most of the country) is not happy with this so are taking steps to prevent it happening. What happens next is anyone's guess.

 

[Diddums]

Seems that Mugabe's decision to make his wife the heir apparent rather than his Vice President (who apparently wanted to bring back white farmers and make amends with the IMF etc..) may have backfired as troops have been deployed on the streets and a possible coup may well be underway.

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-41987363

Why are you posting pidgin?

 

[Vonhelmet]

Really not sure what you were hoping to achieve by posting the pidgin link. Yes, it exists. Yes, the BBC post articles written that way. Yes, we all had a jolly good laugh about some pidgin story about poo a few months back. No, the BBC did not post this story only in pidgin.

 

[Rimsy]

Why are you posting pidgin?

This!?

 

[chrismscotland]

I'd like to think that the Foreign Office had finally saw sense and backed a coup in Zimbabwe but I think we all know that unless Boris has been out on the booze with Mark Thatcher and they thought it would be a laugh that its unlikely that our Government would do anything sensible.

 

[peterwalkley]

I doubt UK have had anything to do with it: we have nothing to gain. Its more likely a general has decided he's not getting a big enough sliced of the spoils being stolen or doesn't want the next leader to be a woman who spends all her waking hours shopping.

 

[Nasher]

Same old story. It's how these regimes always end. The dictator gets old/dies and people start scrambling to take power.

The problem with a coup is you never know which way it's going to go. It could get worse.

 

[gettothechopper]

Man in military uniform appears on state TV
"This is not a coup"

everyone else in the enitre world
"Its a coup!"

 

[Derek W]

I think he posted the pidgin link so the latest generation can read it as they speak lel