As far as Iam concerned Robert Mugabe should remain president for life.He and his Zanu party got rid of the White racists in Zimbabwe, and I feel he is right in fearing that the other Zimbabwe political candidates may be agents
for European recolonialists, who may want to regain a foot hold in Zimbabwe
again.

Are you being serious? Mugabe is an absolute idiot. Before he was in office, Zimbabwe was a relatively prosperous nation that served as a model for other African countries. It had a strong economy. Now, Zimbabwe is shit and its economy is in a horrible state. Any poster on this forum could be a more effective leader than Robert Mugabe.

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His agrarian reform was pretty much the reason for the downfall of Zimbabwe. He might have done good things (after all he was in office for like 28 years), but in the last years he has failed miserably at addressing the countries problems, it's time for some new ideas.

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The guy lives in his small own world IMO and is now only leaving the place worse than it was for his own citizens. And by worse I mean FAR worse than under the evil white Ian Smith.
Oh Africa!
Evolution counter clockwise.

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What "Agrarian reform" if I may ask? Like taking existing skills away by giving land to people who were supposed to farm on it without having a clue about how to use the machines? Or by promising (about 2 weeks ago) tractors free of charge, while there is no fuel available? The guy is/was just a poor pathetic sod.

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Murphy was a bleedin' optimist!

I was referring to the first one there, back in 1990 or something if I recall correctly. Zimbabwe used to be one of the most productive countries in Africa when it came to the production of grain, but then Mugabe gave the lands to, as you pointed out, locals that simply had no idea of how to run a farm, so in the end most of the agrarian land wound up producing nothing.

I didn't know about the tractors deal, but it is indeed ironic

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No prob.
I would like to hear our local Afrikaner about this subject... and also the other white and non white SA citizens, because the republic's problems involve more than just Black/white things... methinks.

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Murphy was a bleedin' optimist!

Isn't Zimbabwe what used to be a great country called Rhodesia?

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Life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with the average person not expected to live to 40, a new UN report says.
Zimbabwe's women have an average life expectancy of 34 years and men on average do not live past 37, it said.
The World Health Organisation report said women's life expectancy had fallen by two years in the last 12 months.
According to the BBC's Africa editor, David Bamford, the latest figures are extraordinary for a country like Zimbabwe, which until 20 years ago, had a relatively high standard of living for Africa.
The HIV/Aids epidemic sweeping across southern Africa cannot alone be blamed for this - especially as recent figures show a slight drop in HIV infection rates in Zimbabwe.
Our correspondent says the key reason behind the drop in Zimbabwe's average life expectancy is the fall in the standard of living, triggered by an economic crisis.
Zimbabwe's economy has shrunk by an estimated 40% in the last seven years under President Robert Mugabe.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabweans have 'shortest lives'

Mugabe President for Life ? ....... a firing squad would be my solution !

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Actually, a lot of the land wasn't given to locals at all, it was given to his cronies.
Let's be honest, Rhodesia was not a nice place, and Smith was an awful ruler. But Mugabe is no better.

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