2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

===Tuesday, 14 November===

Military armoured vehicles were spotted on roadways around [[Harare]], the capital of Zimbabwe,<ref name=":0" /> and drove in convoys through the city.<ref name=":4" /> The same day, [[Kudzanayi Chipanga]], the leader of the ruling ZANU–PF party's youth league, which is aligned with Grace Mugabe,<ref name=":6" /> said that the Youth League was "ready to die" to try to prevent the army from deposing Mugabe and choosing a new leader,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/zimbabwe-zanu-pf-youth-wing-ready-die-mugabe-171114133805737.html|title=Zimbabwe: ZANU–PF youth wing 'ready to die' for Mugabe|last=Mohamed|first=Hamza|date=14 November 2017|publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114213037/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/zimbabwe-zanu-pf-youth-wing-ready-die-mugabe-171114133805737.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and that the generals should retire if they were unsatisfied with Mugabe's rule and wanted to become politicians.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html|title=Zimbabwe's Military, in Apparent Takeover, Says It Has Custody of Mugabe|last1=Moyo|first1=Jeffrey|date=14 November 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=15 November 2017|last2=Onishi|first2=Norimitsu|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=24 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224045734/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa-chiwenga.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Mugabe attended a weekly meeting of [[Cabinet of Zimbabwe|the Zimbabwe cabinet]] on Tuesday afternoon. In the early evening after the cabinet meeting, Khaya-Moyo spoke for ZANU–PF and accused Chiwenga of treason and inciting insurrection.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tank-convoy-seen-outside-zimbabwe-capital-172532141.html|title=Military takes to streets in Zimbabwe but denies coup|last=Mashavave|first=Reagan|date=14 November 2017|work=[[Yahoo News]]|access-date=15 November 2017|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|language=en-SG|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114200223/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tank-convoy-seen-outside-zimbabwe-capital-172532141.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

That evening, soldiers took over the Harare offices of the state broadcaster, the [[Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation]] (ZBC), manhandling some of its employees. Workers at the ZBC were later told that they did not have to worry and that the troops were protecting the station.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41992351|title=Zimbabwe crisis: Army takes over, says Mugabe is safe|date=15 November 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=15 November 2017|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115014340/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41992351|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the military, the reason for its actions was that the ZBC had been ordered not to broadcast the military's statement on Monday.<ref name=":4" />

Around 10:30&nbsp;pm, Albert Ngulube, director of security of the Zimbabwean [[Central Intelligence Organisation]], was arrested by soldiers after leaving Mugabe's home.<ref name="ST02">{{Cite news|title=The night the tanks rumbled in|last1=wa Afrika|first1=Mzilikazi|last2=Ndlovu|first2=Ray|date=19 November 2017|work=The Sunday Times|location=South Africa|publisher=Times Media Group}}</ref>{{rp|6}} He was beaten up at the [[Presidential Guard (Zimbabwe)|Presidential Guard]] headquarters and was released on Friday, 17 November for medical treatment at a private hospital in the capital.<ref name=ST02/>{{rp|6}}