Party set to sack Mugabe Zimbabweans celebrate expected downfall
Robert Mugabe
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweâs ruling party will dismiss President Robert Mugabe on Sunday and reinstate Emmerson Mnangagwa  the vice-president he fired  two party sources told Reuters on Saturday  as ecstatic crowds celebrated the expected downfall.
The sources said a ZANU-PF party central committee meeting scheduled for 10:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) would also dismiss 93-year-old  Mugabe âs preferred successor   his  wife Grace  from her role as head of the ZANU-PF Womenâs League.
Protesters march calling for  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe  to step down in Cape Town  South Africa  November 18  2017. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
âIâm ecstatic to see people give  Mugabe  a reality check because  he  has been in  his  echo chamber for too long  lying to  himself  that people still want  him  â said Ruva Kudambo  37  who came to study technology and ended up staying.
Tasa  a 36-year-old who refused to give  his  family name  said he had brought his four young children  aged 5 to 9  to the protest âbecause they are the future of Zimbabweâ.
After stabilising briefly when  Mugabe  was forced to work with the opposition in a 2009-2013 unity government  the economy has collapsed again  this time due to a chronic shortage of dollars.
 Mugabe âs only public appearance since the military took over was at a university graduation ceremony on Friday morning. Decked out in blue and yellow academic gowns   he  appeared tired  at one point falling asleep in  his  chair.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweâs ruling party will dismiss President Robert Mugabe on Sunday and reinstate Emmerson Mnangagwa  the vice-president he fired  two party sources told Reuters on Saturday  as ecstatic crowds celebrated the expected downfall.
The sources said a ZANU-PF party central committee meeting scheduled for 10:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) would also dismiss 93-year-old  Mugabe âs preferred successor   his  wife Grace  from her role as head of the ZANU-PF Womenâs League.
Protesters march calling for  [TGT] to step down in Cape Town  South Africa  November 18  2017. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
âIâm ecstatic to see people give  Mugabe  a reality check because   [TGT]   has been in   [TGT]   echo chamber for too long  lying to   [TGT]   that people still want   [TGT]   â said Ruva Kudambo  37  who came to study technology and ended up staying.
Tasa  a 36-year-old who refused to give  his  family name  said he had brought his four young children  aged 5 to 9  to the protest âbecause they are the future of Zimbabweâ.
After stabilising briefly when   [TGT] was forced to work with the opposition in a 2009-2013 unity government  the economy has collapsed again  this time due to a chronic shortage of dollars.
 Mugabe âs only public appearance since the military took over was at a university graduation ceremony on Friday morning. Decked out in blue and yellow academic gowns   he  appeared tired  at one point falling asleep in  his  chair.