Major General Sibusiso Moyo, now foreign affairs minister, announced on state television that the president was safe under state custody and that the situation has moved to another level.
Meja Jenerali Sibusiso Moyo, ambaye kwa sasa ni waziri wa mambo ya nje, alitangaza kwenye runinga ya taifa kuwa rais huyo alikuwa salama chini ya ulinzi wa serikali na kwamba hali ya mambo iko katika ngazi nyingine.