By Tyrone Burke

When tanks rolled through Harare in November 2017, Zimbabwe鈥檚 generals insisted it wasn鈥檛 a coup. But it sure looked like one. After 37 years in power, Robert Mugabe 鈥� once a revolutionary who liberated Zimbabwe from white minority rule 鈥� was ousted.

Then in February, South African President Jacob Zuma was forced from office. Did it herald a transformative moment in southern African politics?

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