Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe described his departure from office in November as a "coup d'etat" that "we must undo" in his first TV interviews since then, aired today.
Mugabe, 94, spoke slowly but clearly to South Africa's SABC broadcaster from an office in Harare, dressed in a grey suit, sitting in front of a portrait of himself and his wife Grace.
"I say it was a coup d'etat -- some people have refused to call it a coup d'etat," said Mugabe referring to the brief army takeover which led to Emmerson Mnangagwa assuming power after Mugabe's resignation.
"We must undo this disgrace which we have imposed on ourselves, we don't deserve it... Zimbabwe doesn't deserve it."
"I don't want to be president, no of course," he said. "I'm now 94."
"The situation has not changed since they removed Mugabe. If anything, we are worse off. (Mugabe) is 100 per cent right that this was a military coup, that this country has been turned into a military state -- and that this has to be undone."
"It was truly a military takeover, there was no movement visible unless that movement was checked and allowed by the army."
"Today he appears on foreign media which he banned and claims he must be invited to a transitional process for Zimbabwe #RetireInPeaceBob."