Sibusiso Moyo has bowed out. The Zimbabwean foreign minister has been swept away by the coronavirus according to the government’s announcement on Wednesday. He was 61 years old.
It was this soldier who announced the coup, or rather to use his expression, the “ mission ”, which sounded the death knell for the reign of former President Robert Mugabe at the end of 2017.
Face of the fall of Mugabe
On the night of November 14 to 15, 2017, for the first time since independence, the army positioned armored vehicles in the capital Harare. The operation proceeded smoothly, only a few shots were fired around the “Blue Roof”, the property of the Head of State, immediately placed under house arrest with his family.
At dawn, it was he, then spokesperson for the general staff who intervened on national television to ensure that it was not a coup d’etat, that the president and his family were safe. Specifying that it was simply ” an operation against the “criminals” of the president’s entourage, in this case the supporters of his wife, Grace Mugabe, who intends to succeed him. ”, “As soon as we have accomplished our mission, the situation should return to normal“, he added.
He thus became the face of the “internal” revolution, directed against Robert Mugabe. An involvement rewarded by his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the end of November 2017 by the strong man of the country, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The ” darling ” general, as he called himself, is the third minister to succumb to the coronavirus in the country. The Zimbabwe faces a second wave of the pandemic, deemed tougher. Officially, Harare says it has recorded only 52 deaths since the start of this new wave.
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