'Zimbabwe's army under (Consta

'Zimbabwe's army under (Constantino) Chiwenga has joined the ranks of banana republics where military individuals intervene because they don’t like this individual, or they like that individual.'

– Former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo

‘The commanders sent us with a very chilling message. They said “please go and get the president to appreciate the gravity of the situation out there”.'

– Robert Mugabe's ex-spokesperson George Charamba who revealed how the former President was told in November that he could face the same fate as the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi if he refused to step down.  He said he had to warn Mugabe of this possibility during tense negotiations that he helped broker between the former President and the army.

'One thing South Africans can probably be sure of: we won’t know what Ramaphosa plans to do until it is done. We can watch who stands near him, who he smiles at and who not, who he backslaps and with whom he shakes hands, or read the entrails of a slaughtered beast – and be none the wiser. There will be few dramatic announcements, sudden ruptures or grand gestures. This is not a man to challenge at chess. He is also not a man who likes to lose.'

 – Analyst David Everett on African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa

‘We are teaching them a lesson, we are not going to allow anyone to use the colour of our skin to humiliate us, or to exclude us. We are black and we are proud. We are black and we are beautiful. We are black and we are not ashamed of being black.’

– EFF leader Julius Malema slamming H&M ‘because they called our children baboons’. The retailer came under fire after it showed a black child in a sweatshirt with the words ‘Coolest monkey in the jungle’ printed on it