President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is 89 and running for another term.
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sleaterkinney
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Wasn't expecting that.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
PBS said that at least a million city dwellers, where Mugabe is particularly weak, were prevented from voting.
youngian
Well-Known Member
They maybe reactionary backwoodsmen but are recognised as higly skilled at their game throughout Africa. They no longer have political power and its ironic how neighbouring countries egged Mugabe on and then poached them.
It's a good idea to appoint a Nigerian as head of the independent election observers lol
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Mugabe, with a settler:
camouflage
gaslit at scale.
Aye, there's life in the old dog yet.
coley
Well-Known Member
Mairs the pity.
But how did the other 137% vote.The only way they are getting rid of this pillock is when he dies .I wonder if the reaction of many of the people will be simular to our attitude towards thatchers funeral
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
http://lifestyletabloids.wordpress....robert-mugabes-son-reveals-his-homosexuality/
Wow. Poor Chipape. But LOL at Mugabe, none the less...
(I haven't verified this elsewhere btw...)
Wow. Poor Chipape. But LOL at Mugabe, none the less...
(I haven't verified this elsewhere btw...)
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
Ignore, think it's bollocks. Never mind
xes
F.O.A.D
oh well, it was a nice thought.
edit, does look like a hoax though http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/hoax-robert-mugabes-son-has-not-come-out-gay281113
edit, does look like a hoax though http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/hoax-robert-mugabes-son-has-not-come-out-gay281113
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
hot air baboon
Well-Known Member
Zimbabwe's Mugabe sacks Vice-President Joice Mujuru over 'plot'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30400178
Mrs Mujuru, 59, was once seen as a possible successor to Mr Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has sacked his vice-president, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of corruption and plotting to kill him.
Mr Mugabe also dismissed seven government ministers in connection with the alleged plot, a statement said.
Mrs Mujuru, once seen as a possible future leader of Zimbabwe, has denied plotting against the president.
State media and Mr Mugabe's wife, Grace, have conducted a campaign against her for months.
"President RG Mugabe has exercised his executive powers to release the Honourable Joice Mujuru… with immediate effect," said a statement issued by chief secretary to the cabinet Misheck Sibanda.
Mrs Mujuru's conduct had been "inconsistent with the expected standard", it said.
'Web of lies'
The ministers whose sacking was announced on Tuesday included State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa - another long-time ally of Mr Mugabe - and Energy Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire, who was seen as close to Mrs Mujuru.
There was no immediate word on replacements.
The sackings come a week after Mr Mugabe denounced his vice-president at a party congress and removed her from her post in the ruling party, Zanu-PF.
Mrs Mujuru responded on Tuesday by saying her loyalty to Mr Mugabe was "unquestionable" and it was "repugnant" and "ridiculous" to suggest she had plotted to kill him or wanted to remove him from office.
She said Zimbabwe's state media had "continued to publish malicious untruths" about her and that she had "become the fly in a web of lies whose final objective is the destruction of Zanu-PF".
'Treachery'
Her accusers, she said, had produced "not a single iota of evidence" against her.
Mr Mugabe, 90, has been in power since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. He is due to stand for election again in 2018.
Mrs Mujuru fought alongside him in the 1970s guerrilla war against white-minority rule and had been thought a possible successor as president.
But correspondents say her career ran into trouble when Mr Mugabe's wife entered politics earlier this year.
Analysis - By Brian Hungwe, BBC News, Harare
Mrs Mujuru's sacking was not a huge surprise. She has been under siege for the past three months and her relationship with Mr Mugabe had broken down.
Grace Mugabe has been spewing vitriol at public rallies, telling the vice-president to resign or apologise. Mrs Mujuru has dug in despite the gravity of the allegations.
Now her sacking is official, the public eagerly await her next move.
She appears ready to face the consequences of the situation - but her options are limited. She is damned if she leaves the party, damned if she stays.
Her supporters may press her to join the opposition trenches. That could be dangerous, given the threats by Mr Mugabe of imminent arrest. The intelligence services are known to keep files of "dirt" for use against those who defect.
If she stays, she will be a diminished and disparaged figure, likely to demoralise those allies who would be prepared to leave with her.
Mrs Mugabe repeatedly accused Mrs Mujuru of plotting against her husband and Mr Mugabe told delegates at the party congress that he welcomed his wife's action to expose the alleged treachery.
Grace Mugabe, 49, once her husband's secretary, is now a senior party figure, having been appointed leader of Zanu-PF's women's wing last week.
Speculation is building that she may seek to succeed Mr Mugabe when he retires or dies.
Correspondents say another prominent figure expected to benefit from the political demise of Mrs Mujuru is the veteran Justice Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30400178
Mrs Mujuru, 59, was once seen as a possible successor to Mr Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has sacked his vice-president, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of corruption and plotting to kill him.
Mr Mugabe also dismissed seven government ministers in connection with the alleged plot, a statement said.
Mrs Mujuru, once seen as a possible future leader of Zimbabwe, has denied plotting against the president.
State media and Mr Mugabe's wife, Grace, have conducted a campaign against her for months.
"President RG Mugabe has exercised his executive powers to release the Honourable Joice Mujuru… with immediate effect," said a statement issued by chief secretary to the cabinet Misheck Sibanda.
Mrs Mujuru's conduct had been "inconsistent with the expected standard", it said.
'Web of lies'
The ministers whose sacking was announced on Tuesday included State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa - another long-time ally of Mr Mugabe - and Energy Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire, who was seen as close to Mrs Mujuru.
There was no immediate word on replacements.
The sackings come a week after Mr Mugabe denounced his vice-president at a party congress and removed her from her post in the ruling party, Zanu-PF.
Mrs Mujuru responded on Tuesday by saying her loyalty to Mr Mugabe was "unquestionable" and it was "repugnant" and "ridiculous" to suggest she had plotted to kill him or wanted to remove him from office.
She said Zimbabwe's state media had "continued to publish malicious untruths" about her and that she had "become the fly in a web of lies whose final objective is the destruction of Zanu-PF".
'Treachery'
Her accusers, she said, had produced "not a single iota of evidence" against her.
Mr Mugabe, 90, has been in power since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. He is due to stand for election again in 2018.
Mrs Mujuru fought alongside him in the 1970s guerrilla war against white-minority rule and had been thought a possible successor as president.
But correspondents say her career ran into trouble when Mr Mugabe's wife entered politics earlier this year.
Analysis - By Brian Hungwe, BBC News, Harare
Mrs Mujuru's sacking was not a huge surprise. She has been under siege for the past three months and her relationship with Mr Mugabe had broken down.
Grace Mugabe has been spewing vitriol at public rallies, telling the vice-president to resign or apologise. Mrs Mujuru has dug in despite the gravity of the allegations.
Now her sacking is official, the public eagerly await her next move.
She appears ready to face the consequences of the situation - but her options are limited. She is damned if she leaves the party, damned if she stays.
Her supporters may press her to join the opposition trenches. That could be dangerous, given the threats by Mr Mugabe of imminent arrest. The intelligence services are known to keep files of "dirt" for use against those who defect.
If she stays, she will be a diminished and disparaged figure, likely to demoralise those allies who would be prepared to leave with her.
Mrs Mugabe repeatedly accused Mrs Mujuru of plotting against her husband and Mr Mugabe told delegates at the party congress that he welcomed his wife's action to expose the alleged treachery.
Grace Mugabe, 49, once her husband's secretary, is now a senior party figure, having been appointed leader of Zanu-PF's women's wing last week.
Speculation is building that she may seek to succeed Mr Mugabe when he retires or dies.
Correspondents say another prominent figure expected to benefit from the political demise of Mrs Mujuru is the veteran Justice Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
how is mugabe still going? he must be about a million years old.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Early 90s. But the wave of protest that promised so much in Zim was broken long ago, so when he finally goes the baton will be passed to some other ZANU-PF figure.
coley
Well-Known Member
Aye it's a family run dictatorship.
hot air baboon
Well-Known Member
..what price an "African Spring"...( Soros will want to know before he gets his cheque book out )
exiledinwales
Member
It's rare to find so much nonsense and reaction in one place. What a shithouse this forum is. Even the right wing Journeyman pictures is more clued up than all you dolts on here.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
I think the MDC was meant to be just that. And it wasn't exactly a roaring success, despite the personal bravery of Tsvanigiri and others.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
That's nice dear.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Dunno.
Zimbabweans I spoke to there a coupla years back were pretty universally biding their time till Mugabe dies. Everything seems to be on hold till then.
When he goes who knows? It'll be a new ball game.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Apparently Grace Mugabe has been making speeches up and down Zim attacking the war veterans, yes those war veterans of land seizures fame.
Mugabe regime turns on country’s war vets
Meanwhile, Joyce Mujuru, who's mentioned up the thread, has formed her own opposition party, Zimbabwe People First:
Does Zimbabwe have a heavyweight opposition again? | Daily Maverick
Judging by that Daily Maverick piece, this is a significant piece of news. I think we may be seeing the first green shoots of the post-Mugabe era here, as the big hitters of Zim politics jockey for position in the new dispensation that can only be a few years away now.
Whether that will make any difference to the broad masses is another question.
Mugabe regime turns on country’s war vets
Meanwhile, Joyce Mujuru, who's mentioned up the thread, has formed her own opposition party, Zimbabwe People First:
Does Zimbabwe have a heavyweight opposition again? | Daily Maverick
Judging by that Daily Maverick piece, this is a significant piece of news. I think we may be seeing the first green shoots of the post-Mugabe era here, as the big hitters of Zim politics jockey for position in the new dispensation that can only be a few years away now.
Whether that will make any difference to the broad masses is another question.
gosub
~#
Mugabe: Government will now own all Zimbabwe's diamonds
anyone else sceptical that any of this revenue will end up helping the 25%of Zimbabwe facing food shortages?
anyone else sceptical that any of this revenue will end up helping the 25%of Zimbabwe facing food shortages?
Nigel
For A Degenerates' Workers State
Mugabe appears to not be honouring agreements to re-knew short term contracts with private mining firms fr the harvesting and production of diamonds precious stones and metals- even Chinese Trans National Companies such as Anjin, who have been accused of human rights abuses corruption and 'partnership' both officially and not with state run mining company Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation as well as police, military and government officials !
This change in policy and Robert Mugabes refusal to stand down in government has led to the western media claiming a lack in confidence by investors and the international foreign affairs & political community !
Robert Mugabe to nationalise Zimbabwe's diamond industry
http://allafrica.com/stories/201603040111.html
This change in policy and Robert Mugabes refusal to stand down in government has led to the western media claiming a lack in confidence by investors and the international foreign affairs & political community !
Robert Mugabe to nationalise Zimbabwe's diamond industry
http://allafrica.com/stories/201603040111.html
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
"The failures of private capital have been laid bare and there is currently a pressing need to insist on the public ownership of Chiadzwa, placing the mines under the control of the miners themselves. "
Essential reading from a Zim activist:
ROAPE | Chiadzwa Diamond Fields: Unprecedented Plunder
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