The military takeover in Zimbabwe is currently creating a great apprehension in that country.
According to the Editor of Newsday newspaper in Zimbabwe, Wisdom Mdzungairi, many of his compatriots do not understand what is going on currently.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe made his first public appearance on Friday since the country’s army took over on Wednesday after a power struggle over his successor.
He attended a university graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare.
President Mugabe on Thursday met Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Constantino Guveya Chiwenga at State House in Harare.
The meeting, attended by South African envoys comprising Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and State Security Minister Bongani Bongo, was also attended by Roman Catholic cleric Father Fidelis Mukonori, Zimbabwean Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi, State Security Minister Kembo Mohadi, Air Vice Marshal Elson Moyo, Permanent Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services George Charamba, among others.
The Editor of Newsday newspaper based in Zimbabwe told Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Friday that “people are apprehensive at the moment. They don’t understand what is happening at the moment and there is this total apprehension”.
Wisdom Mdzungairi said President Mugabe did not speak at the university’s graduation he attended on Friday but the general looks on the president shows he was not happy.
“He is down at the moment. You could see the man is wired down because of what is happening around him”.
When asked whether President Mugabe’s wife was with him at the graduation, Mr. Mdzungairi noted, “the wife was not part of the entourage because the wife is part of the cabals the military wants to clean. She is part of the perceived criminals that are surrounding the president”.
By Kweku Antwi-Otoo|Onua 95.1FM|3news.com|Ghana
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