Post Tagged with: "Robert Mugabe"

Mugabe’s ailments include periodic convulsions and stroke like episodes (perhaps eschemia) brought on by diabetes and a lipid disorder which affects the covering of the brain
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Mugabe admits he now feels lonely

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has revealed that he now feels lonely both at home and in government as he is now surrounded by “small people” he cannot relate with on an equal footing because of age difference.

President Robert Mugabe says Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere “got it wrong”
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Mugabe says Kasukuwere messed up

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere “got it wrong” in some empowerment deals stitched together with several foreign-owned companies.

Two-faced Mugabe unmasked
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Two-faced Mugabe unmasked

HARARE – A rising tide of police harassment and the systematic crackdown on civic society and MDC supporters by State agents has, yet again, unmasked President Robert Mugabe as a master of double speak.

2012 elections will be no laughing matter for Mugabe and Zanu PF
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Zanu PF official equates Mugabe to Jesus

BULAWAYO – In an apparent bootlicking crusade that has become synonymous with Zanu PF officials, Bulawayo provincial chairperson Killian Sibanda has equated President Robert Mugabe to Jesus Christ.

Government of National Friction: Mugabe and Tsvangirai
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Mugabe attacks Tsvangirai

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has launched a foul-mouthed attack on his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, saying the latter was a flip-flopper due to his inclination for “taking advice from too many women”.

Robert Mugabe addressing Zanu-PF 13th Annual National People’s Conference
Farming / Opinion / Politics

A case of a “mad” man gone “madder”

The recent utterances by the Zanu PF dictator Robert Mugabe about taking back the land given to chiefs at a conference in Masvingo is a case of a “mad” man gone “madder” writes Clever Tandi from the UK.

Sleeping on the job: At the recent SADC Troika summit in Zambia, Mugabe needed the use of a golf cart to travel to and from his hotel room.
Elections / News / Politics

Mugabe to retire after elections: Tsvangirai

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is tired and will go into retirement after the next elections, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Tsvangirai said this yesterday while addressing family and friends gathered at a memorial service.

Mugabe dozes off during a meeting
News / Politics

Mugabe’s powers up in smoke

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new draft constitution — agreed on by the country’s warring political protagonists — has severely eaten into President Robert Mugabe’s hitherto imperial executive powers, Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga has said.

Robert Mugabe
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West plotting to ‘kill’ me: Mugabe

President Mugabe has accused Western countries of plotting to assassinate him to gain access to Zimbabwe’s wealth. Mugabe told a meeting of Zimbabwean students in Beijing during his annual vacation that Western countries planned to kill him.

Mugabe rushes back to Zimbabwe
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Mugabe rushes back to Zimbabwe

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is rushing back to Harare today in a last-ditch effort to clear the last hurdles in the constitution-making process. Cutting short his annual vacation in the Far East, Mugabe is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe today.

Mugabe opens up in SABC interview
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Mugabe opens up in SABC interview

President Robert Mugabe and his family have opened up their homes and lives to top South African television presenter Dali Tambo for his weekly programme, People of the South. Tambo is the son of the late African National Congress stalwart Oliver Tambo.

Mugabe holiday exposes election lie
Elections / News / Politics

Mugabe holiday exposes election lie

Political rivals and analysts say a month-long annual leave he has taken at a time when his struggling Zanu PF party needs him most ahead of polls has all but confirmed that Mugabe is actually planning for an election much later in 2013, possibly well after June.

Why elections in Zimbabwe are unlikely in 2013
Opinion / Politics

Why elections in Zimbabwe are unlikely in 2013

The expectation ever since the inauguration of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) on September 15, 2008 and its Government of National Unity (GNU) on February 14, 2009 that harmonised elections would be held sooner rather than later, has been integral to the Zimbabwean political psyche.

Mugabe decree causes Xmas chaos
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Mugabe decree causes Xmas chaos

HARARE – Retailers hoping for a last-minute festive season buying frenzy after weeks of flat sales failed to get the tills ringing after a presidential decree declaring Monday a public holiday.

Following its conference in Gweru, Zanu PF is running around with its tail up telling the country it will win the next election.
Elections / Opinion / Politics

Zanu PF winking in the dark: Zimind

The MDC-T needs to wake up and exercise leadership. Zanu PF is finished as a political party with nothing to offer Zimbabwe. They are tired yet still obsessed with power. What can they do now that they had every opportunity to do over the past 30 years?

March 2013 poll effectively dead and buried
Elections / News / Politics

March 2013 poll effectively dead and buried

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s dream for a March 2013 poll is effectively dead and buried after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) requested at least three months to carry out a comprehensive voter registration exercise.