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If very warm welcome to the hour after thirty seven years in power Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of zimbabwe the news part seems of jubilation around the country with thousands of zimbabweans pouring into the streets within minutes of the announcement the gobby sent a letter to zimbabwes parliament as it launched proceedings to impeach him have now been suspended their willing party says emerson managua Vice President whose firing triggered forgot his downfall will be sworn in as president wednesday or thursday well this is the scene currently live in harare what people are celebrating looks like those celebrations will be going on long into the night theyve been out on the streets now for hours since that announcement was made and weve seen some of the soldiers stationed around harare celebrating and shaking hands with those people out on the. Streets dont know how reports now on the days events. Delirium on the streets of harare her name. Across the country the but my garbage man six thirty seven yes wild celebrations going on for hours news that mugabe was stepping down came as both houses of Parliament Sat in extraordinary session to debate the president s impeachment the speaker suspended the session and told m. P. s that hed received a letter that the. Only way a fish the. Mugabe wrote the tea was resigning with immediate effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of power. To the crowds outside those woods many thought theyd never hear ever since i was born i have never thought that i would see this day im so kids but that just seven years we have been somebody our father was there when told that was the war that he went to war he did it well but mugabe and his wife were going to bury her so well its just tough to get. His departure comes an emotional week off to the military first took to the streets into the evening in party follow takes over his succession it likely means that this man and listen when im gaga will become zimbabwes interim leader ahead of elections in two thousand and eighteen and this is a movement that was about well youve lived is missing and what the people simply what will simply up in you what we did or such as what youre doing if you watch now in full or when you want to be one member of a button and politicians again ring up for a new fight ahead we have supported them and i got to tell them a couple through these demonstrations and words. God was to play the game fairly if it is not well to play the game fairly we will take him on you also we are sick and tired of a sudden here soon. Had for decades been a faithful mugabi left tenant described as the president s and for so close to the army nicknamed the crocodile if you would describe him as a democrat yeah people will wonder whether zimbabwes new era would be much different from its past on this night and for now though many can hope. Lets go to her in the tasso we can also see tonya paid standing by there in johannesburg but lets head first to her whos in harare for us so how are will soon those scenes of jubilation are people does reveling in the moments like now. Yes they are they know there are huge problems ahead of course but right now is about living in the moment savoring it theyre saying its been a long hard fought battle and they glad that its finally happened to some people they still they still cant believe us prism of god lives in part of every zimbabweans life since one thousand nine hundred eighty even ups and downs in the country your life has been affected by the mugabe family the good as the bad times here in somalia it got to a point where it just got so bad especially with the current people were so frustrated and it wanted a way out they needed a way out and that way ours came from god but has resigned looking forward to a Brighter Future how are is anyone asking questions right now about the whereabouts of mugabe and what exactly is next for them. Sudden people are some people really dont care those who are awesome where he is have been told by the army that this you know that hes still with a private private private residence in with his wife the question now is will they be prosecuted for the crimes and alleged human rights abuses that they have committed some people say they should because its unfair they want justice other people say leave them alone if they have stolen a lot of money millions of dollars let them keep it lets just focus on building the country and move forward so opinions of vides on the magog is the people who do still support them and i have to be say it has me the time to come out but come out and openly speak in support of the mugabe is a lot of the his supporters are quiet right now some were told have left the country and our room what about two more witnesses feeling of celebration starts to abate a little bit what happens next politically. Next is when will a muslim in and be seen in public when the swearing in ceremony happen. Away in zero thursday so its about moving forward taking the country forward taking the napier forward as well so all eyes on him as a man and god the way he makes his first public appearance what is this speech going to say is it about uniting zimbabweans or is it just about zanu p. F. As a party is about as a hoping that he comes back as a leader who will cheat all zimbabweans as equal realize the economy is the main focus of them at the moment they are kind of relieved that he is a businessman they are hoping International Community will come in come in and invest in the country so all eyes on him as a muslim and other who as you can understand has a huge huge task ahead of him is the main focus when youve been talking to people about fixing the economy there was one lady i remember you spoke to and she said so many brains wasted over these past twenty years in zimbabwe is that the big focus for everybody now. That is the big focus when you walk around the streets you see people selling on the side of the road you have a child. Im a scientist i just current find work so i have to end up selling tomatoes bananas on the side of the road how you merely ating is that a lot of people feel that so much has gone to waste because one man hung on to power for so long that every the barbarian has a Family Member or Family Members whove left the country to go to other countries just looking for opportunities looking for work so there is hope that some of those lives will come back and help rebuild the country rebuild the economy so yes the economy has been the main gripe of many zimbabweans many people hoping it improves sooner rather than later so their life from harare hurry thanks well there have been of course celebrations too among many zimbabweans in neighboring south africa tanya page is live for us in johannesburg their time is of course a big zimbabwean population where you are whats been the reaction. Use a very large zimbabwean population here south africa is the economic hub of the region has really borne the brunt of the exodus that howie was talking about of many zimbabweans have basically come here disparate least searching for work weve seen some repeats and those scenes of harare mirrored here in johannesburg with people coming out on the to the streets relieved happy of a real mood of celebration not only here in johannesburg but also in pretoria outside the Zimbabwean Embassy there and as harry was saying they really its the economy that people want to see get back on track because there are also lots of people here qualified teachers scientists nurses people who Work Experience of just cant get jobs and so theyve come here to south africa to work in supermarkets to do manual labor to work as car guards for a few dollars a day and thats better than nothing that they would earn back at home basically and time you want. That for cup play in the next ten to steps that zimbabwe takes. Well over the past few days weve been talking to lots of zimbabweans here and there felt pretty adamantly and pretty across the board that they didnt want south africa all Southern AfricanDevelopment Community to the regional body sadek to interfere in their business a lot of people really resent the role that cedric and south africa have paid over the past many years because people believe that by approving what i have at times many people believe been questionable elections bad for south africa and other governments in the region have played a part in extending the presidency of Robert Mugabe the only person or leader in the region whos really stood out and speaking against Robert Mugabe is botswanas president in karma who again called for president mugabe to step down to south africas played trying to play a leading role in reaching a negotiated settlement seen on voice too and we understand that still south africas president jacob zuma will go to harare tomorrow on wednesday however theyre really going to be very careful and cautious will not want to be seen to be interfering or extending on their mandate or impinging on zimbabwe as. Sovereignty i think were at the most likely to see the sort of thing that zambian president to go along who has been calling for tonight in a statement he says they want to see the pull back to the barracks they want to see human rights respected and for National Cohesion and unity to be the focus in zimbabwe now the new page there live from johannesburg tania thank you. When it takes a look back now at Robert Mugabes presidency. Every few years. There will always be people. In control that was two thousand and seven. Ten years later when the people let their views be known opiate encouraged by zimbabwes military Robert Mugabe ignored them and then surprise them when he didnt announce his resignation by now widely predicted t. V. Address i thank you and good night after thirty seven years in control mcgarvie found it hard to let go hes made a career by deftly apa new for potential rivals one of the first to be sidelined was joshua como a fellow liberation fighter and comer was leader of the party with gabi merge them with his zanu p. F. Party their alliance was uneasy i dont cum i was relegated to the figurehead role of Vice President. At the turn of the century the gobby started seizing farms owned by whites to a peace supporters angry at the slow pace of land reform the economy shrank by a third unemployment soared about eighty percent. Out of this economic turmoil another rival emerged we must have given it is sounding defeat morgan chang form the movement for Democratic Change it became popular enough to risk defeating mugabe in a president ial election runoff in two thousand and eight. I was beaten up frequently arrested and intimidated dozens of his supporters were killed allegedly by zanu p. F. Thugs and the m. D. C. Leader withdrew from the election worried about the stability of its neighbor south africa forced both men into a coalition chiang or i became Prime Minister but mcgarvey retain control of the police army and secret service and with that the real power of god he won the election four years ago by a landslide supporters said Voter Registration lists were manipulated critics said mccarthy was just as ruthless at dealing with rivals in his own party war veteran and Vice President joyce mature and was fired in two thousand and fourteen accused of corruption and plotting to assassinate the gobby this time a gabbys wife grace was seen as instrumental in engineering mature is down for it was the clearest signal yet the mcgarvie was now not only protecting his own position but also laying the path for his wife to succeed him the sacking of emerson made that obvious the Vice President nicknamed the crocodile had been in pole position to succeed mugabe firing him cleared the way for his wife. But this time the ninety three year old president had gone too far when a god is close to the military leadership and they stepped in. After thirty seven years Robert Mugabes days of exercising unchallenged well over joining me live in the studio is alex mcgee writes on zimbabwean law and politics he was chief advisor its Opposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai and he was about ways Prime Minister in a Coalition Government alex a very warm welcome to you can see in my shift paper here goodbye twenty five questions and weve already been suggesting that this story is fascinating to so many people around the world but for thirty million zimbabweans in the country and i decided that it has truly been extraordinary moment hasnt well its an incredible moment its a moment that many zimbabweans never thought they would experience because over the last few years it did appear like mr mugabe whod be president for life but what has happened in the last seven days has been so amazing and a lot of people are really pinching themselves to find out if this is real and you can see the emotion you can see the election and see the happiness of people in that area all over the world that in itself shows you the burden that mr mugabe has become on the nation and its a problem with you too because you helped write the constitution which weve seen in action these past few days well you know people can be very critical where ive said a lot of things and probably constitution i was very privileged to be part of the team that wrote the constitution and the use of the impeachment proceedings which we never thought would be used because and believe it so much control of parliament has really been gratifying for me something that is so im doing that if it werent for those provisions you know in the past the provisions were written in such a way that you could have dissolved parliament when you were threatened with impeachment but you removed that and many people didnt realise it and thats why you were so powerless on this occasion to talk its a proud moment but also how many what do you mugabe have stepped aside. Mugabe hasnt changed from the person that he was he was always a stubborn man even from the days of the war single minded. His really negotiations for independence seventy nine show that he was like that over the years we have seen that he makes a decision is sticks by eating he never wants to change in this case i thought that you would have given up maybe even for five days ago but he continued to fight its only the threat of dealey aged by this investigation by parliament through impeachment that probably told you that this was the end of the road short term and slightly longer term politically speaking so what are we going to see like the happening over the next few days when the former Vice President and his former get the former Vice President who was sacked becomes the president and then what about those elections next year how do you see the political flow from here when i think you know the new president and real appreciate that is going to be. Goes well. And he has to show genuine leadership he is to demonstrate that he is willing to be inclusive is given hints that he wants to be inclusive that he wants to the open and to work with other people in order to help zimbabwe go through remember were going through some serious economic challenges at the moment in terms of elections elections in zimbabwe have always been a period of difficult division and fighting and so for then we hope that culture has come to an end and we think the parties have to really have a serious discussion about next years elections after this new transitional arrangement will be for seven months before the elections oh will they agreed to extend it so that the transitional arrangement is probably given time to stabilize things but these are issues that theyre going to be discussing over the next few days and over theyll come up with a solution that is for the good of the country that this story is really about. Thirteen million zimbabweans isnt that and what they want and what weve seen today as you so beautifully put it is that burden being lifted but what they want are jobs food on the table how are they going to start to make that happen well you know there are so many things that need to be done zimbabwe has a lot of potential zimbabwe has a lot of talent zimbabwe has lots of resources but these are going under utilized but also i think its important if you dont live in an island you work with that zimbabwe has worked with china but its been a very. Relationship has been more healthy in one party than the other but theres been a broken relationship with the western countries and i think its important that zimbabwe really gauges and it looks to me like. You have developed some fairly good relations with countries around the world the un china and i think thats important to be able to build those platforms because we need all the help that we can get but once we get that support i think the bubble will flourish and there is a very good potential thats what we can do one last word you optimistic. Very cautious but you know i have to be optimistic and a day like today untested alex thanks very much coming up this news hour lebanons Prime Minister stops off for talks with the egyptian and cypriot president s on his way home. Amnesty international accuses me of marva parted over its treatment of wreckage of muslims plus. Im under richardson in resale cats the exact point where in five years time the world cup will be kicking off. A teenage suicide bomber has killed