Mugabe goes off script and fails to resign during rambling TV speech after being persuaded to cling on by a trusted Catholic priest

Robert Mugabe sensationally failed to resign as he spoke from the Zimbabwean capital of Harare on Sunday, and his opponents have since said he went off script. Sitting alongside generals who have been keeping him under house arrest since Wednesday, the 93-year-old boldly vowed to fix problems within the ruling Zanu PF party himself rather than hand power to ousted vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. The party, however, has sacked him and mass demonstrations on Saturday called for him to step down after the army seized power earlier in the week. Today, a minister told MailOnline: 'The old man is either a sly fox or a mad dog. Whichever one he is, we must be careful not to get bitten.'