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| President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe |
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home from Singapore Thursday after a trip that fuelled rumours the 88-year-old was seriously ill, intensifying concerns about who would succeed him. Mugabe has made frequent visits to Singapore in recent years, amid reports that the veteran leader is suffering from prostate cancer that has already spread through his body. He appeared healthy as he walked off his charter plane in Harare accompanied by his wife Grace, joking with Vice President Joice Mujuru and military chiefs who welcomed him home. "The man is fit as a fiddle," Information Minister Webster Shamu told reporters. "Why do we to wish somebody bad, why do we spread rumours, why do we lie about our head of state?" Mugabe and other top officials have repeatedly denied the cancer reports, which gained widespread currency following a leaked 2008 US diplomatic cable in which Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono confirmed the health story to the then US ambassador. The latest health scare was sparked by a single report on a news website run by Zimbabwean exiles which said the leader of the ZANU-PF party was fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital. Officially, the government says he travelled to the city-state to arrange post-graduate studies for his daughter Bona. The speed that the story spread around the globe underscored the deep-seated concerns about what would happen in the event of the sudden death of the man who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980. Who would not wish Mugabe to die after what he did to his country? The man has to accept that his time is over and give others a chance, he can not rule the country for the rest of his life. the question is who would be the next president of Zimbabwe? Would Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai take over after so many years of struggle?
in accepting that his term is over must he parish so that other can get a chance to rule since president Mugabe ruled from 1980 until today?
ReplyDeleteMugabe Must accept the fact that he is old and give others a chance, because he is not the only one who has power to rule the country.
ReplyDeleteDemocracy in Zimbabwe as in many African states will continue to submerge because political heads do not understand the extent on which their actions impact on ordinary people - lives are damaged. Correctly so, many flees their countries in disarray in search of better life. The African dream of seeing fellow Africans attaining fundamentals such as Human Rights will remain just a pipe dream until such time that organisations such as Sadac and other regional instruments realise that their actions or lack-off thereof has dire consequences on the majority of people.
ReplyDeleteHow many times should people from Zimbabwe complaint that their elections are not free and fair before action is taken by Sadac. It is quiet disheartening to read about all these sorts of misdemeanor about the Zimbabwean president considering that majority of people who flee the country in search of greener Pasteur.
Bilateral agreements should be conditional; peoples lives and their rights should always be the first point of negotiation. Even a lame person can see from a distance that elections will be held but the pronouncement of fairness is always questionable.
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I agree with you Wisani, people of Zimbabwe are ristricted from their rights because of only one person who want to see people suffer all the time. they need freedom and freedom will start from fair elections.
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