to the program on my actuator thanks for joining us. in a widely anticipated speech to the nation zimbabwe's embattled president robert mugabe has defied expectations by not immediately resigning his office mugabe stressed that he was still in power despite mounting pressure from the army and his own party to step down. zimbabwe's longtime president robert mugabe addressed the nation for the first time after being sacked as party leader is expected resignation was not forthcoming merely an acknowledgement that mistakes had been made. the president of zimbabwe and. chief do acknowledge the issues they have drawn my attention to and do believe that these were raised in this spirit of honesty and