The military coup in Zimbabwe, explained

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  • Why the Zimbabwe coup is not a revolution.
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    On November 14th 2017, Zimbabwe military troops drove tanks into the capital city, Harare. They patrolled the streets, blocked access to government buildings, and took over the state television station to insist….
    This is not a military takeover of government.
    Once praised as a war hero, Robert Mugabe helped Zimbabwe win independence from Great Britain in 1980. He became president under Zimbabwe’s new constitution with the support of the people.
    But soon, he digressed into a repressive dictator.
    He secured his power through aggression and threats, there have been reports of state-sponsored torture and killings.
    And even though Zimbabwe is technically a democracy, there’s evidence Mugabe rigged elections in his favor.
    Now that Mugabe is 93 years old, and reportedly in poor health, the fight for political influence is more important than ever.
    And it’s caused a split in Mugabe’s own party, the ZANU-PF.
    On one side we have the old guard lead by Mugabe’s sacked vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Like Mugabe, he fought for Zimbabwe’s independence and has a checkered past that includes human rights abuses against political opponents and ethnic minorities.
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  • @Vox
    @Vox  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1548

    UPDATE: On Tuesday, November 21, Robert Mugabe resigned as President of Zimbabwe.

    • @roycemikhail5067
      @roycemikhail5067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      2 hours ago, welp

    • @cristianenrique93
      @cristianenrique93 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Vox please address the issue of Juan Orlando Hernandez and the state Coup of Honduras happening right now!

    • @sybylo
      @sybylo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Can you please explain what it means for the country? What's next?

    • @gapkhajeerat2645
      @gapkhajeerat2645 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vox I

    • @Flow86767
      @Flow86767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      « Resigned »...Doesn’t sound right...

  • @jaykay6249
    @jaykay6249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4714

    231 million percent is the highest percent I have ever seen.

    • @IIAndersII
      @IIAndersII 6 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      Jay Kay
      That's a pretty high inflation rate I must say

    • @tyrannicalbigtech5842
      @tyrannicalbigtech5842 6 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Only in africa

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      I wonder if they use exponential notation on their money.

    • @k.m.7141
      @k.m.7141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      Hungary’s inflation in 1946 was so bad it had to be measured in scientific notation.

    • @darius5592
      @darius5592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Jay Kay germanys inflination was waaaayy worse

  • @marstheknife7396
    @marstheknife7396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    0:20 " This is not a military takeover "
    Lets be real here, when there is a military general on television, it most likely, is a military coup.

    • @rayh6118
      @rayh6118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Remind me of 1980s poland when general jaruzelki stated that this not a military dictatorship on polish state owned tv

  • @MyLifeAsLouis
    @MyLifeAsLouis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2240

    "Gucci Grace ft The Crocodile"
    Now that's a cool hip hop artist names xD

    • @lokekianlongloke623
      @lokekianlongloke623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      XD mate!

    • @heisenburger3426
      @heisenburger3426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No cap 🔥

    • @melia3240
      @melia3240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      In the Philippines they used the term crocodile for corrupt politician

    • @stung39
      @stung39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      how come they get better nick names then real rappers like justina Valentine and CardiB

    • @lancegideondiokno1774
      @lancegideondiokno1774 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      id listen to that

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3060

    *At 93 years old, he still looks pretty good all things considered*

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Justin Young especially when he's from Zimbabwe

    • @alejandrodecorse9437
      @alejandrodecorse9437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Justin Y. WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE?!?

    • @mwmann
      @mwmann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Justin Y. He eats young babies like Rawhead Rex. And we all know Rawhead is ageless.

    • @knit1strum1
      @knit1strum1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Probably because he spent a lot of the country's foreign aid sent by powerful nations on his own healthcare instead of healthcare for normal citizens

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Justin Y. Black dont crack

  • @henryh3690
    @henryh3690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1675

    As a Chinese, history has taught me that there is no revolution in history for the people. Power just changed from hands to hands, but never to the people's hands.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      And the hands the power just changed to often turn out even more oppressive towards the people proving that most revolutionaries are just self-seeking power-mongering opportunist POS's with delusions of grandeur.

    • @hellothere4485
      @hellothere4485 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@shauncameron8390 sadly....😟

    • @patelismailpatel3342
      @patelismailpatel3342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Iron law of oligarchy ....the oppressed will turn into oppressors

    • @kylehankins5988
      @kylehankins5988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Thats true, most positive change comes via peaceful political movements. However, as an American I like to think our relvution was a succes

    • @Sajjatayaan
      @Sajjatayaan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gooooooo... K

  • @williamcfox
    @williamcfox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1822

    You are a hero for that Mnangagwa pronunciation!

    • @christeebs
      @christeebs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The Exploration it wasn't especially accurate

    • @evem620
      @evem620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Its pronounced more like "Munangagwa"

    • @codes5218
      @codes5218 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      gentleman and a scholar

    • @sl8rzen
      @sl8rzen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      wasnt correct but, this is the best attement I've seen! kudos

    • @AmanAnku
      @AmanAnku 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @jacjun0592
    @jacjun0592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    Ik this is a serious video but Gucci grace and the crocodile are some dope ass nicknames..

    • @davis61294
      @davis61294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      jacjun0592 Mnangagwa's faction is actually called lacoste. Lol

    • @RogerNbr
      @RogerNbr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Its the setup for the next Bond movie

    • @matheuroux5134
      @matheuroux5134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Grace's faction is called "Generation 40" Africans are really creative

    • @Real_SkyRipper
      @Real_SkyRipper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      well they have to find humor somehow since they can never make an African country work might as well have some laugh

    • @PanPan-sp6yc
      @PanPan-sp6yc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Real_SkyRipper you should check out @zimbabweansbelike
      On Instagram

  • @luxembourgishempire2826
    @luxembourgishempire2826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1395

    Update: Robert Mugabe has died

  • @10shatrunjay
    @10shatrunjay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +882

    He won his own lottery. That's nice.. -.-

    • @Hyperian
      @Hyperian 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      i know, what are the chances right?! he's so lucky!

    • @joee7809
      @joee7809 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hyperian the joke is that he rigged it

    • @rk6319
      @rk6319 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol corruption at its finess

    • @nitelite78
      @nitelite78 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey he had the same odds as everyone else with a ticket. Just a straightforward coincidence.

    • @qtip3998
      @qtip3998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hyperian there are people who have won the lottery TWICE. Unlikely but anything is possible.

  • @ichangedthename
    @ichangedthename 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    As a child whose parents are from Zimbabwe I would like to say thank you to Vox for bringing light to an important issue. It means a lot.

  • @boazmanyara158
    @boazmanyara158 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I am Zimbabwean. Infact i live right next to him and you actually showed my house in your map of his palace😄. I think you have hit the problem spot on. What Zimbabweans failed to notice is the ulterior motive of the military.

    • @heaty007
      @heaty007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And you have failed to see the motive of the european.

    • @thenomad47
      @thenomad47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What neighbouring South Africa has failed to do was to step in and help reform Zimbabwe when we still had the soft power and moral high ground to do so

    • @darealist690
      @darealist690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@heaty007 I like how unprovide 0 evidence and context

    • @redshuttleredacted6422
      @redshuttleredacted6422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smith's government was doing quite okay, the prosperity just needed to be extended to the blacks. However the ZANU--PF is not doing that....
      I'm a foreigner and I say African countries need a strong leader to bring back the administrative capabilities of their former colonizers... what I mean is like European-style politics I guess
      I know someone may be offended by what I said but I am not racist, I just want governments in Africa to be similar to those in Europe because European governments are mostly successful.
      feel free to correct me if im wrong, but pls dont cancel me

    • @amadouirving
      @amadouirving 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@redshuttleredacted6422 right on. Africans do need to take example from European countries. Unfortunately, those European countries themselves depend on the corruption going on in Africa to survive. Anytime African leaders attempt to radically change things (cough cough Ghadaffi cough cough Sankara cough cough) they end up getting killed or removed from power. There is no clear proof, but we all know that the orchestrators of those murders are Europeans. So truly, it’s European’s fault, not ours. Or maybe we share the fault.

  • @macnosmutano4849
    @macnosmutano4849 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1019

    False. Mugabe didn't help win independence from Great Britain, he helped win black majority rule from the white minority. Two very diffent things. I should know, i'm Zimbabwean.

    • @Princeofbelka
      @Princeofbelka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Macnos Mutano LONG LIVE RHODESIA

    • @lonniehelm1785
      @lonniehelm1785 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      RIGHT ON, IM BLACK IN AMERICA AN IM SO SICK OF THE RIGHT WING SIDE OF THE TRUTH...✌️👍

    • @ndspndsp30
      @ndspndsp30 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      it was a communist vs capitalist war.

    • @WiggaMachiavelli
      @WiggaMachiavelli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +Forward To The Past
      The White man wrote Africa's history, after all.

    • @watkinsrory
      @watkinsrory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lonnie Helm Its common knowledge what this war was about and nobody has said anything different to that fact except this guy in his video. Calling him right winged because of his lack of knowledge is ignorant.

  • @thenexerus
    @thenexerus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +751

    Zimbabwe never had a war of independence against Great Britain. Independence was declared unilaterally in the 60's, by the country's white minority government. Mugabe fought in the Bush War to put Zimbabwe under majority black rule, not to make the country independent--it was already independent when he took power.

    • @sterhax
      @sterhax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      thenexerus how do they get it this wrong? it’s incredible

    • @punishher2499
      @punishher2499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      sterhax they didn't get it wrong they're intentionally misleading you

    • @nzd100
      @nzd100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      actually this is factually wrong. Rhodesia declared independence but it was never granted nor legally recognized.Rhodesia was a rogue state internationally and it had no seat on the UN and few nations recognized its status as a nation.

    • @aubreyjames8795
      @aubreyjames8795 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you smart

    • @zen528
      @zen528 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It wasn’t a war, it was counter terrorism

  • @spectacularspaghetti1849
    @spectacularspaghetti1849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Zimbabwe: *has inflation rates of 231 million*
    Venezuela: Hold my money

    • @CarlosDeSanta
      @CarlosDeSanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Venezuela if I have any money of value left

    • @Kazavop
      @Kazavop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      1946 Hungary with 41.9 Quadrillion percent inflation:
      *AMATEURS*

    • @terrorgaming459
      @terrorgaming459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old people cant run a country

    • @samoptimus4228
      @samoptimus4228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wise to think of you that Venezuela has money

    • @CristoncolesBestpal242
      @CristoncolesBestpal242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@terrorgaming459 Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Prince Philip and more

  • @Retrured
    @Retrured 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Really well explained. As a Zimbabwean, it's really nice to know that the truth is out there and understood

  • @intergalactichumanempire9759
    @intergalactichumanempire9759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    Robert Mugabe didn't get independence from Britain. Ian Smith did that.

    • @sylvesterguwuriro4018
      @sylvesterguwuriro4018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Ian Smith declared his own independence which at the end of the day got him disowned by GB

    • @whena2102
      @whena2102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      udi

    • @SeVupGames
      @SeVupGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      sylvester guwuriro that’s what independence is

    • @ce1834
      @ce1834 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SeVupGames wow, does Rhodesia still exist

    • @nicholaslowick3381
      @nicholaslowick3381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The same way that de klerk gave independence

  • @kwanlinus6999
    @kwanlinus6999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    Update: Robert Mugabe died in Singapore at the age of 95

  • @Jxrrdy
    @Jxrrdy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    Sounds like something out of a movie.

    • @davis61294
      @davis61294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Jxrrdy trust me I'm Zimbabwean it's one movie you don't want to live in

    • @vladb420
      @vladb420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      loser

    • @littleb2803
      @littleb2803 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      gothicman03 donald trump is tame compared to the mugabes!

    • @geokramer1711
      @geokramer1711 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even in the most fictitious tales, exists some truth.

    • @candacemarcos4808
      @candacemarcos4808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Our movie just keeps getting worse

  • @bodombeastmode
    @bodombeastmode 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    A one -hundred trillion dollar bill , worth about 40 cents. Holy balls, that is some hyper-inflation right there.

  • @jvg4423
    @jvg4423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "This is not a military take over of the government."
    *he says while taking over multiple government buildings a telling it over national telivision*

    • @MrNhanBui
      @MrNhanBui 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well =))

  • @SmileForeverEra
    @SmileForeverEra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +805

    I'm Zimbabwean, YOU ARE WRONG. Grace is not mostly disliked because of her "shopping habits". She is disliked because she assumed she must be a successor and over estimated her political capital.
    You are most probably right in that corruption will continue but this video neglects the bi-partisanship shown in all this. Take today (18/11/2017) for example. A rally was held against RG Mugabe by war veterans and it was attended by a mix of people.
    You have over simplified the issue. Zimbabweans are not stupid. We still expect to go to elections next year and vote out people we KNOW are corrupt. We are also grateful for the work that has been done by the military and the organisers of this.
    This may not be tge most optimal conditions but it is NECESSARY.

    • @Jonatrus
      @Jonatrus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Good point. Its nice to read information from an actual Zimbabwean. I think Vox oversimplified the issue because they have to explain it to people who firstly don't live in Zimbabwe and secondly to make it easier to understand.

    • @SmileForeverEra
      @SmileForeverEra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Jonatrus I suppose that's true. It's just unfortunate the kind of perception people then have and we then fault them for being 'ignorant'.
      This coup has been the most peaceful coup ever (possibly). There's a reason for that, and that reason just isn't in this video.

    • @arrancaal
      @arrancaal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      its always better to hear something from actual people living in the country, i hope you guys good luck to rebuild your country

    • @Maphisto86
      @Maphisto86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      So do you think the military is on the side of the people and against the corruption in government?

    • @simplelife4213
      @simplelife4213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      you sound like a spokesperson from Zimbabwean military.

  • @ricardodiaz8612
    @ricardodiaz8612 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Gucci Grace that's really a nice nickname lmaoo

  • @brendenpickler5167
    @brendenpickler5167 6 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    Remember Rhodesia

    • @SCARRIOR
      @SCARRIOR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Forward To The Past mad much?

    • @mememachine6022
      @mememachine6022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@srafusjenk5436 yeah we see how zimbabwes econony went after the whites left

    • @srafusjenk5436
      @srafusjenk5436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@prussianprince7828 We wuz caves and shieett Patreeck.

    • @Smigor108
      @Smigor108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh I member!

    • @alexanderroberts730
      @alexanderroberts730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      An independent state!

  • @LookForwardd
    @LookForwardd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I would love to see "Gucci" Grace's face when she realises she lost everything.

    • @BidoMaggot
      @BidoMaggot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LookForwardd gucci gang

  • @Mrlegitbeans
    @Mrlegitbeans 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    The crocodile sounds like a supervillain name and Gucci grace sounds like a rap artist lmao.

    • @doge1340
      @doge1340 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mrlegitbeans assassin's creed origins

  • @indigo2949
    @indigo2949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a Zimbabwean who has resided in the country all his 23 years, this is 100% accurate. Nothing has changed

  • @matthewmckenna248
    @matthewmckenna248 6 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Could you do a video on the Holodmor. It was one of the most catastrophic tragedys of the 20th century. And one of the most immoral acts by the regime of Joseph Stalin. Which killed more people in a space of two years, than the Holocaust did in five. So few even know that this man made famine happened. Due to the Soviet Union denying for decades. And like the Holocaust, people need to know about it.

    • @nathanc.5104
      @nathanc.5104 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Matt Kid yes, let's debunk the Holodomor for the historical lie that it is. 🙏

    • @dankadybong7948
      @dankadybong7948 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      vox is jewish so no...

    • @sudiptaadhikary2044
      @sudiptaadhikary2044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      While you are at man-made famines, also mention the Bengal famines that the British caused in India.

    • @David-eh9nw
      @David-eh9nw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dankady Bong Vox is not jewish they are practically ANTI Israel

    • @SlowMenWorking
      @SlowMenWorking 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oy vey!

  • @Cornwall1888
    @Cornwall1888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The president won the government ran lottery 😂😂😂👍

    • @frank7411
      @frank7411 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cornwall1888 seems legit

    • @Cumrag69420
      @Cumrag69420 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I approve.

  • @BalrajSingh-nu9bx
    @BalrajSingh-nu9bx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Independence from Britain 1980s umm no

    • @whibby
      @whibby 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      cmon man didn't you hear? They changed the definition of Independence from "free from outside control; not depending on another's authority" to "mass genocide"

    • @BalrajSingh-nu9bx
      @BalrajSingh-nu9bx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pankes derp

    • @juice8431
      @juice8431 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and they call us evil hmph the country is worse than ever

  • @chex4923
    @chex4923 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I love these videos! If only school was made this entertaining!

    • @jewsaregenocidalhores
      @jewsaregenocidalhores 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      UnlawfulWaffle8 it's truee😭I would have loved it a lot more

    • @Adam-ru9vl
      @Adam-ru9vl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately schools are run by middle age people who stick to the old way and objectively wrong way

  • @sammymartinez763
    @sammymartinez763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Are you telling me the president won their own lottery?? Must be the luckiest man alive lol

  • @2011Oly
    @2011Oly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    1:17 Its almost as if Rhodesia and Ian Smith call this back during the war...smh.

  • @mysticryan1
    @mysticryan1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Thank you for this, I've been seeing the headlines everywhere and none of the outlets have covered it as wheel as you.

    • @PedroNogueiranunes
      @PedroNogueiranunes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      mysticryan1 *well

    • @DylanDude
      @DylanDude 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please leave that typo in. I don't mean to mock or be rude, but it's hilarious.

  • @ChefRafi
    @ChefRafi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Most excellent video. Mugabe was always afraid of food poisoning and witchcraft too. Too bad he remained in power as long as he did.

    • @artmanrom
      @artmanrom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :) Don't worry, the Crocodile has snapped back and it will be just like in the Lampedusa's "The Leopard":

    • @johnc916
      @johnc916 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chef Rafi's Awesome World why do u comment on like every video I watch lol

    • @shilohschwartz8671
      @shilohschwartz8671 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We must bring back Rhodesia

  • @4IamSage
    @4IamSage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Military : we are doing this for the people
    The People: 🌝
    Two years later
    Military : we lied😁
    The People : 😭😭😭

  • @aqua-mina
    @aqua-mina 6 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Are they any honest, well-meaning politicians out there? Even the ones that start off wanting to make a change, give up because the system is built for corruption, nepotism, etc... 😩

    • @伟生何
      @伟生何 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Mina in Japan its the collective action problem. All politicians have to be corrupted to survive. A 'clean' politician will have no powerful allies vis-a-vis a corrupted politician who is wealthy and can sustian his/her alliance. Thats why in an extremely corrupted system, even the "honest and well meaning politicians" will choose to be corrupted just to survive politically.

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mina in Japan Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, FDR. Notice that most of these are founding fathers

    • @azazel166
      @azazel166 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, and even if there are, they are very few in number.
      Being a two-face liar is the mantra of the politician, which is why they are not to be trusted.

    • @alejandrodecorse9437
      @alejandrodecorse9437 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mina in Japan I would imagine very few

    • @ayeena092498
      @ayeena092498 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Luke Detering sorry luke but george washington was an oligarch so yea

  • @CptnJCFG
    @CptnJCFG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One billion a year lost to corruption. Are you even trying? Get on my level! - Venezuela

  • @IvoryNerva
    @IvoryNerva 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    1:04
    Zimbabwe did NOT "win independence from Great Britain." Mugabe's ZANU-PF took power from Rhodesia, a white dominated apartheid state that had unilaterally declared independence from the UK in the 1960s.

    • @schlomoshekelstien6234
      @schlomoshekelstien6234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What about all those blacks that supported the non apartheid state of Rhodesia though mate? Only South Africa was apartheid, but I don't except ill-informed sheep to know that.

    • @carson3191
      @carson3191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Rhodesia was much wealthier though, and if it weren’t for Mugabe being so corrupt and power hungry, and if it weren’t for the land redistribution then Zimbabwe wouldn’t be so poor

    • @About37Hobos
      @About37Hobos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s simplification, I do get the frustration but getting into the Bush war would be.... controversial on the internet

    • @doctorballs8309
      @doctorballs8309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rhodesia wasnt an apartheid state, the whites just controlled the government

    • @simba6698
      @simba6698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rhodesia was dissolved and replaced with Zimbabwe-Rhodesia in 1979. zimbabwe-Rhodesia was then dissolved later that year when the country was handed back to Britain as a colony headed by Lord Soames during the Lancaster House negotiations

  • @dennismoyo2192
    @dennismoyo2192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is good..I am Zimbabwean...best western analysis I have seen lately...but no one wanted Mugabe..and the west should stay away from our politics,.just observe

    • @HollyandChanel
      @HollyandChanel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who do you want? What is the vision for Zimbabwe's future?

    • @nmuire246
      @nmuire246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haven't you not wanted him for a while?

    • @helenwest9150
      @helenwest9150 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dennis Moyo you want you’re white daddy to rule you I guess hugh?

    • @manasim.9936
      @manasim.9936 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kind of a bold statement for a country that receives as much foreign aid as Zimbabwe, don't you think? The West is going to keep intervening in the internal affairs of impoverished nations under the guise of providing them aid, which anyway goes towards lining the pockets of the rich, thus increasing the inequality discussed in the video.
      Again, I am in no way saying that Western intervention is good, just that it's imminent in the face of receiving huge amounts of foreign aid. What's worse than the intervention though is the fact the money does not even actually reach those who need it the most. Is there no way the people can lobby for greater transparency from the government? Pressure from the international community can actually be a great way to achieve that.

    • @schlomoshekelstien6234
      @schlomoshekelstien6234 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Manasi
      They didn't require aid until Mugabe and his thugs murdered the white farmers and took their land.

  • @artificialanimeuniverse5063
    @artificialanimeuniverse5063 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am from South Africa and have many relatives from Zimbabwe. Trust me when I say this, the situation is way better than that of Mugabe's reign!

  • @ddll6709
    @ddll6709 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Gucci Grace." The greatest nickname I've ever heard

  • @naffeee
    @naffeee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I love the way he pronounces Mnangagwa.

  • @TheBespectacledN00b
    @TheBespectacledN00b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    1:09 Technically, Mugabe did not gain independence from the UK. Rhodesia's white government had declared independence unilaterally in 1965 to avoid the implementation of black majority rule and became a republic in 1970. There was a brief reversion to being a colony in 1980 before Rhodesia became Zimbabwe with a universal franchise vote.

  • @druffner
    @druffner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When your troops take you for a drive out in the bush and they start humming Sweet Banana

  • @WaterCamelz
    @WaterCamelz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Why is it so hard to find a politician who's not corrupt

    • @MRA_3
      @MRA_3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ben Buckreis we had one during the 50s in India,his name was kamarajar,but the people made him lost as they wanted some freebies from the opposition.so it blaintly means that the people deserve these kind of people

    • @lappiesgs
      @lappiesgs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ben Buckreis because the ruling party always win the election - it’s a dictatorship!!

    • @Hazzardworks
      @Hazzardworks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is a very interesting question - not just with Zimbabwe, but worldwide. I believe it is because being involved in politics is always voluntary... you choose to be involved. You choose to run for president. The issue with this is, like Jerry Seinfield said, "Anyone who thinks they can be the president is insane. Leader of the free world? Yeah, that sounds like me. The one with the finger on the button, making all the choices for millions of people? Yep. There is absolutely nobody better than me." I believe truly that, anyone who is running for power WANTS power. This could mean they have anything from a little bit of an ego to being massively corrupt, House of Cards-style. Power-hungry people are going to flock to where there is the most power available... and who has more power than political leaders?

    • @rolandayo-ojo5705
      @rolandayo-ojo5705 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just the way you can't find a prostitute that is a virgin. You can never find a politician that is not corrupt.

    • @aroventalmav888
      @aroventalmav888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  • @billyshears1891
    @billyshears1891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What will happen to Dominos Pizza Zimbabwe?

    • @MasterAppels
      @MasterAppels 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no more 50% off for you :p

    • @davis61294
      @davis61294 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have no Domino's

    • @stephenwaldron4213
      @stephenwaldron4213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Donald Clinton"? oh dear, time to jump planet

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dominions Pizza Rhodesia.

    • @jaydenexe
      @jaydenexe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      we dont have dominos in zimbabwe plus britain and america have illegal sanctions on us

  • @megaliidea1919
    @megaliidea1919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bruh guy really just said "mugabe helped Zimbabwe get independence from Great Britain in 1980" bruh check yo facts

  • @nzd100
    @nzd100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    wow.Oh my God.Thank you so much. I have been a subscriber of Vox for two years now. In that time i have watched videos on topics ranging from American elections(gerrymandering) to USA nuclear drills to an analysis of antifac to how 'game of thrones' is about climate change.I never thought that VOX would cover a current news topic from my own country,Zimbabwe. Thank you Vox.You have covered my own country in the same fashion as you cover American politics. For that i am eternally grateful.If there was a way for me to subscribe 10 times over i would. Thank you,Thank you ,Thank you.

  • @TheLegend-mu6zg
    @TheLegend-mu6zg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    *GUCCI GRACE*

  • @aroundtheworld8196
    @aroundtheworld8196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    "Declared their independence from the british in 1980"
    It seems Vox didnt know that a country called Rhodesia existed, and that it was once one of the richest countries of Africa.
    Mugabe destroyed the country, hes not a liberator.

    • @f.k6920
      @f.k6920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So colonisation is good?

  • @crapcake101
    @crapcake101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Long live Rhodesia !!!

    • @davis61294
      @davis61294 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nathan c that is incredibly racist and hurtful bro

    • @whena2102
      @whena2102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davis61294 sarcasm??

  • @toastiethedormoven5318
    @toastiethedormoven5318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you so much VOX

  • @omarharis99
    @omarharis99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    *Rhodesia

    • @josephrothmeyer9173
      @josephrothmeyer9173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mtabeleland*

    • @pedromeneses5661
      @pedromeneses5661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      South Africa in 2025***

    • @endme9918
      @endme9918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Somali Kid But it went out with glory. Not starving to death like zimbabwe

    • @danieljones1797
      @danieljones1797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *Zimbabwe mate Rhodesia represents racism

    • @winterautumnfishing5215
      @winterautumnfishing5215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Somali Kid let's revive it

  • @gaslightingsquidward9258
    @gaslightingsquidward9258 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Reminded of CGP Grey's video where he said that a revolutions mostly happen with the approval of the military

    • @-anaamna5616
      @-anaamna5616 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bond, Chemical Bond so accurate.. Reminds me of the Arab spring

    • @eruno_
      @eruno_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bond, Chemical Bond
      obviously

  • @frederikfalck88
    @frederikfalck88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The military guy at 0:36 sounds more excited than the Vox reporter

    • @paulbasaur
      @paulbasaur 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @Oryon44
      @Oryon44 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Weeeeeell, he's the one doing a coup

  • @andrewgarratt5191
    @andrewgarratt5191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    😂 wait!!, wait!, hold up!!!
    Who one the lottery again !?
    African politics are like a bad joke with no punchline.

  • @Thrxhouse
    @Thrxhouse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Lil pump gucci grace
    Gucci pump 👌

  • @regular_max9190
    @regular_max9190 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Gucci Grace Gucci Grace Gucci Grace Ah spen ten racks on the rifles

  • @trainknut
    @trainknut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This wouldn't be an issue if Rhodesia was still around.

  • @stevenames9056
    @stevenames9056 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    0:06 - What is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing in Zimbabwe?

    • @simba8665
      @simba8665 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahaha "wooow this is really happening"

    • @Reskov
      @Reskov 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Black Arnold

  • @coreycox2345
    @coreycox2345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent reporting. I had not expected that part at the end that provided the greater context and analysis. Imagine if more news went that extra step in educating the viewer about why this would happen.

  • @pewdiepaulproductions6339
    @pewdiepaulproductions6339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I see a new rhodesia coming up

  • @thepeacemouse5316
    @thepeacemouse5316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Rules for Rulers

    • @Zarogan
      @Zarogan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Peace Mouse thought the same thing.

    • @jesusdanielhernandez6304
      @jesusdanielhernandez6304 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hello there internet

    • @puchy110
      @puchy110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The Peace Mouse Mugabe should've appealed to his key supporters. You can't run a dictatorship without the military

    • @si91
      @si91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Dictator's Handbook actually describes Mugabe as following the rules very well, which is why he has stayed in power for so long. That's why I was surprised that this coup even happened, let alone that it succeeded.

    • @Sam-no2kb
      @Sam-no2kb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He shouldn't have let them know he was in poor health

  • @johnnycake3915
    @johnnycake3915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    If vox says it, it must be questioned.

  • @TheGerm24
    @TheGerm24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think all military coups should declare that they aren't coups. The irony is delicious.

  • @kenobadogomba376
    @kenobadogomba376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Come to your friendly neighbour Zambia. You will probably still be poor, but we don't have Mugabe

    • @warrenvanwyk6249
      @warrenvanwyk6249 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Went to Zambia 20 years ago, loved the place & the people. I need to visit you again. :)

    • @beezy364
      @beezy364 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keno Badogomba not yet, but it’ll happen

    • @pieadapter3615
      @pieadapter3615 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or you can form a political group to take back your country. Sounds impossible but you never know. The biggest obstacles is getting rid of the current leader and regaining controlling of the army.

  • @vitosalmeri326
    @vitosalmeri326 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Gucci Grace
    Gucci Grace
    Gucci Grace

    • @davis61294
      @davis61294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheRoyalSpade 1 lol😂😂😂

  • @miniaturejayhawk8702
    @miniaturejayhawk8702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No if democracy or dictatorship, politicians never did and never will care about the people. In democracies its less aparant though because the needs of the leaders happen to aligned with a large portion of the population.

  • @PirateTHESteam1
    @PirateTHESteam1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Zimbabwe seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place.

  • @thisnameistoolong9169
    @thisnameistoolong9169 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    As a Zimbabwean myself I can say this video is only 20% accurate at most.

    • @TheChaosblock
      @TheChaosblock 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Deon Chawaguta Man I didn't know Mugabe had a paid troll force.

    • @3munchenman
      @3munchenman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What motive does Vox have to report on this with inaccuracy?

    • @henrymushunje7120
      @henrymushunje7120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Deon is right and Vox is wrong because they are reporting from a distance. No actual facts here beyond what they got of the internet....Funny, used to be a fan of this channel and used to take their reporting as factual...shows waht I know !!

    • @watkinsrory
      @watkinsrory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The chaosblock Hes right loads was left out or glossed over.

    • @sujaykrishnanath82
      @sujaykrishnanath82 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well what's the true fact then?

  • @nuclearmayhem9238
    @nuclearmayhem9238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    rhodesia declared independence. zimbabwe was granted independence. beacause england not touching that hellhole no mo.

    • @heaty007
      @heaty007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you mean the second richest country in the world in resources? ok.

    • @borealis9842
      @borealis9842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@heaty007 72 percent of Zimbabweans living in poverty

    • @n8m102
      @n8m102 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Samuel Garcia Elfonso doesn’t change the fact that they had recourses there which is why the area was colonized in the first place smh

  • @matthewtink6889
    @matthewtink6889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    how long it take you to pronounce the names

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seek Daily why do you keep spamming this?

  • @themaffaintmaffin6767
    @themaffaintmaffin6767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Who else want a shirt that says I ❤ *M N A N G A G W A*

  • @larrysilverstein6853
    @larrysilverstein6853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    HERE IS THE STORY OF RHODESIA
    A LAND BOTH FAIR AND GREATH

    • @cadetbonespurs7018
      @cadetbonespurs7018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rhodesia is dead

    • @epic.ant_fanpeters4773
      @epic.ant_fanpeters4773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      On the 11 of November, an independent state!

    • @milky_memes829
      @milky_memes829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This was much against the wishes of "Certain Governments"

    • @serenissimarespublicavenet3945
      @serenissimarespublicavenet3945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-gd4lb8oc3j but we're all Rhodesians and we'll fight through thick and thin

    • @vriskamoder
      @vriskamoder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@objectoriented3049 never underestimate americans

  • @korppi164
    @korppi164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Rhodesian times were gold compared to what Zimbabwe is now.

    • @gubadagoober
      @gubadagoober 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rhodesia is such a better name

  • @FemtoSecn
    @FemtoSecn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Where is Uvuvwevwe Anaitgwevewe Ugbgmob Ussas?

    • @TheIndogamer
      @TheIndogamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      PLAYING IS GOOD *Uvuvwevwevwev Onyetenyevwev Ugwemubhwem Osas

  • @ayatollahkhamenei5014
    @ayatollahkhamenei5014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    BRING BACK RHODESIA GOD DAMN IT!

    • @vialmind1168
      @vialmind1168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's that?

    • @nono-kr7um
      @nono-kr7um 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@vialmind1168 The country that Zimbabwae once was. It was an economic and technological powerhouse of Africa till the whites were driven out after the country was betrayed by basically every sucessful western nation.

    • @cadetbonespurs7018
      @cadetbonespurs7018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nono-kr7um Rhodesia was a racist country

    • @taintedtaylor2586
      @taintedtaylor2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no no “Economic and Technological Powerhouse”, No it wasn’t, it was a huge source of money if you were part of the white minority who ruled the country, Rhodesia and Zimbabwe are structurally the same, the only thing is that the ones who pull the strings aren’t based on race anymore.

    • @walx274
      @walx274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taintedtaylor2586 no incorrect , Rhodesia was one of the richest countries in Africa and the Black africans actually lived better lives , rhodesia had a stable econemy , One of the Highest literacy rates , and didnt just have a stable food source , it was actually known as a bread basket as it exported food to many other countries
      now look at zimbabwe , extremely poor , highly inflated Currency , Starving to death etc
      ask anyone that visited Rhodesia in the 60s or 70s and they will all tell you the average black african was happier and healthier than they are now , sure rhodesia was racist , but so is Mugabe's Zimbabwe

  • @ryannash1177
    @ryannash1177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Do a video on the Armenian genocide

    • @greas1233
      @greas1233 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hoi19448239345 whats your point?

    • @ryannash1177
      @ryannash1177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hoi19448239345 I'm fully aware of all those genocides, all terrible, but I can't find much information of the Armenian genocide so I want them to do a video on it.

    • @ryannash1177
      @ryannash1177 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hoi19448239345 Also I'm not fully white

    • @greas1233
      @greas1233 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hoi19448239345 we don't deny any genocides

  • @thespontaneoustomato2676
    @thespontaneoustomato2676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Update: Mnangagwa is now president

  • @nobody-ji8hl
    @nobody-ji8hl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Congrats vox your back on trending

    • @rafieosman1871
      @rafieosman1871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seek Daily please dont bring religion to this matter, it has nothing to do with it.

  • @Raprada
    @Raprada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Let me get uuuuhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmN G A G W A

  • @stefan2030
    @stefan2030 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this insightful and detailed video. Keep up the good work! Vox videos have become a standard teaching tool for me. - Greetings from Germany

    • @someswede781
      @someswede781 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eugh, Vox videos aren't very accurate a lot of the time.

    • @someswede781
      @someswede781 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're often heavily biased.

  • @meme-lu2yu
    @meme-lu2yu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:47 if you pause and read the charts it seems as if Zimbabwe has higher economic growth and lower poverty while the narration says it's higher 🤔

    • @coreytheiss
      @coreytheiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I noticed the exact same thing.

  • @dennispremoli7950
    @dennispremoli7950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This whole coup reminded me of a quote from The God of War with Nicolas Cage:
    "Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters."

  • @MasterAppels
    @MasterAppels 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should watch out, Vox, Grace is coming for you with her trusty plug!

  • @cerinashippey
    @cerinashippey 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    They keep showing me all these crises but they fail to explain what/how we can help!

  • @ericgardiner7715
    @ericgardiner7715 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    this is my birth country I live in SA now, but I can tell you this, all Zimbabweans even those abroad are hoping for Mugabe to go out, but we know that the replacement will still be a corrupt greedy politician, but at least he will not be the terror that Mugabe is.

    • @intuendaecivilization9365
      @intuendaecivilization9365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eric Gardiner
      So you could say that Rhodesia was/would have been better then Zimbabwe?

    • @brianmureverwi8085
      @brianmureverwi8085 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Toshiba1177 Some people seem to not know that Rhodesia has apartheid.

    • @kenh6096
      @kenh6096 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rhodesia had apartheid. The past tense is important because they adopt bequal rights late in the nation's life and the nation it self is no more.

    • @watkinsrory
      @watkinsrory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Forward to the past I can tell you are black but not from Zimbabwe. Most likely some ignorant moron who never spent a day in Africa in his life.

    • @nsaveski7282
      @nsaveski7282 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I aint a snitch but the government is gonna take away your land

  • @OMGitsSEVEN
    @OMGitsSEVEN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mugabe won the state lottery? Lol

  • @Angelcynn-x9m
    @Angelcynn-x9m 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Zimbabwe didn't get independence from Britain in 1980 it got independence from Rhodesia which itself declared independence from Britain

  • @theindependentcanadian7698
    @theindependentcanadian7698 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting fact... The Zimbabwe currency was once valued higher than the U.S. Dollar

    • @darcyrobbs6866
      @darcyrobbs6866 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Independent Canadian and now...?

    • @maliabletick9557
      @maliabletick9557 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not the Zimbabwe dollar, the RHODESIAN currency

    • @jaydenexe
      @jaydenexe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darcyrobbs6866 and now we have a currency which cant be used internationally and we have hyperinflation

    • @darcyrobbs6866
      @darcyrobbs6866 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaydenexe how is it down there? Is it as bad as the media makes it out to be? I know Mugabe is gone. Is his replacement better?

    • @jaydenexe
      @jaydenexe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darcyrobbs6866 the economy is still pretty bad but our current president is trying to make it better and has a vision for the country to at least be a middle class economy by 2030 but id say this video is at least 30% accurate

  • @waterholic9271
    @waterholic9271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bring Back rhodesia

  • @yordanpatronski1897
    @yordanpatronski1897 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not a single word about the white genocide in Zimbabwe... may their souls rest in peace

  • @rasaansimmons3918
    @rasaansimmons3918 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "this is not a military takeover of government" I DIED FROM LAUGHTER AT THAT STATEMENT FOR A GOOD MINUTE 😂Y'all have tanks wtf do y'all call that. idk it was just really funny to me

    • @cameronsmith8242
      @cameronsmith8242 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jésús you'd think he would at least out on a tie and take off his beret to deliver that statement 😂

    • @bisntetha2684
      @bisntetha2684 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jésús myth

  • @Francwha
    @Francwha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    **how cloning Nelson Mandela could bring back Bionicles**

  • @luisneves639
    @luisneves639 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm in Mozambique just watching it all go down

  • @jackkraken3888
    @jackkraken3888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Remember to keep the keys to the kingdom safe. (CGP GREY)

    • @metanumia
      @metanumia 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just about to post a link to that video, I love CGP Grey! In all seriousness though, coups are horrible and I truly hope the people of Zimbabwe find a stable, ethical leader some day. It doesn't help these countries that our Western nations have provided the "Resource Curse" to them for decades.

    • @plum_bit
      @plum_bit 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha. Anim8or

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      About time someone noticed that.

  • @mzilikazi96
    @mzilikazi96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video. However, as a Zimbabwean I have to disagree with your self-fulfilling prophecy. Please also cover and make a video of the marches, protests and demonstrations that have taken place all over the world today (18/11/2017) by Zimbabweans. We are not naive and are well aware of the risks involved with deposing Mugabe. Our addition skills aren't so shabby either and we are tuned in to the potential of having a new head of the same well oiled corrupt, selfish regime we've experienced all these years. Getting rid of Mugabe is the first step in addressing the core issues that have allowed the destruction of Zimbabwe to go on for so long. If we can successfully transition to an accountable, trustworthy and prosperous political climate, our fortunes will change, with time of course. But please, don't expect us to follow the trends of other nations. By challenging us to do so, we're going to do the opposite.

  • @anubratabit3027
    @anubratabit3027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in India, the newspapers completely omitted the military action part.
    It stated that there was widespread public anger over Robert Mugabe planning to make his wife Grace as the next president instead of Mnangagwa, so he was forced to resign & expelled from his own party the ZANU-PF under public pressure & Mnangagwa took over power with popular support. I also remember the newspaper bearing a photo of an anti-Grace demonstration with a placard where it was written in English - 'Leadership is not transmitted sexually'.

  • @liamofarrell7751
    @liamofarrell7751 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    RHODESIANS NEVER DIE