Interesting. What I am trying to figure out is if this a part of the multi-polar shift, or is this just Zimbabwe doing haphazard Zimbabwe things? All I can say is I hope they looked towards Bolivia and Venezuela for logistical and cadre advice and aren't just trying to rely purely on tribal affiliations and political structure, as is so popular within Africa. My understanding is that they have a pretty mixed record on the matter. I think they could really succeed if they follow the model of the Bolivians in the event of a soft coup (resign and fly to a safe country to be government in absentia and rely on your street organizations and loyal parts of the military to force the country to a halt until new elections are done and help coordinate your successor's election in the background don't take punitive action against individuals until you have the situation well under control and isolated your opposition to a single city).

Although, I think that the Bolivia thing was more spontaneous on the part of the revolutionary indigenous communities who were able to isolate the cities and control the countryside (ayy look Maoist tactics, even if they likely aren't explicitly Maoists). I mean hell the entire state is literally named after Simon Bolivar, turns out there is alot of revolutionary patriotic fervor just in-baked through historical materialism there. I'm not sure if Zimbabwe has quite the same set-up, I know they used to be among the most elite special forces (with all the bad shit that implies) in Africa at one point, but I haven't been following them militarily for a long time. But their neighbors are fucked up enough right now that they likely can't use this to their advantage, so they are basically betting against the U.S. doing anything outside of special forces bullshit, imo.

Weird to see. Wait and see I guess..

Edit: Ah, Chinese firms are still benefiting from this. Smart move, Zimbabwe. We'll just have to see what China does long term with it.