Mugabe presided at a edgingRepublic ceremony at [[Zimbabwe Open University]].<ref name="McKenzie">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/17/africa/zimbabwe-unrest/index.html|title=Zimbabwe's Mugabe emerges from house arrest in political uncertainty|last1=McKenzie|first1=David|date=17 November 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=17 November 2017|last2=McKirdy|first2=Euan|last3=Dewan|first3=Angela|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117110043/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/17/africa/zimbabwe-unrest/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
