“He was iconic, he was an African legend. His only mistake was that he overstayed in power,” said Harare resident Onwell Samukanya. Another, Sellina Mugadza, said: “He was a good leader. Of course we know that you cannot do good to everyone, but to me he was good.”Mugabe was feted as a champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in 1980 in one of the last African states to throw off white colonial rule.
Mugabe took power after seven years of a liberation war, with a reputation as “the thinking man’s guerrilla”. He held seven degrees, three earned behind bars as a political prisoner of then-Rhodesia’s white minority rulers. Later, he would boast of another qualification: “a degree in violence”. FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses the Inaugural Session of the World Summit On Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland December 10, 2003. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
When he failed to change the constitution to allow seizure without compensation, his followers stormed farms. His enemies called it a lawless grab for power and wealth. Output cratered and southern Africa’s breadbasket could barely feed itself.As his health declined, his foes suspected a plan to pass control to a much younger wife they called “Gucci Grace” for her lavish lifestyle.
Por fin !
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
He has done his time. Good rest to his soul
Tribute is due to the liberator but expect condemnation of the tyrant who killed hurt and impoverished his own citizens.
Good riddance, sucked the life out of that country.
Rest IN POWER! RIP!!!
Not sure you should be celebrating the life of a genocidal maniac!
It would be a sad incident that Robert Mugabe, the guerrilla chief who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 passed away at the age of 95. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Oops! Spelled *dictator wrong again 🙈
Good riddance.
good
30-35 years to late?
Wow. I can sure think of a lot of other ways to describe Mugabe. Butcher. Thief. Destroyer of society. Genocidal maniac. Master of hyperinflation. Poster Boy for Socialism. RIPMugabe - assuming the P stands for Hell.
How did he get my suit?
Don't forget he destroyed the economy too...
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