On Sunday Zimbabwe will observe its 30 year of independence.
When Zimbabwe’s history is written; in the fullness on time, when the truth the whole and nothing but the truth of Mugabe’s years is an open book for all to see, Mugabe will not be considered the father of the nation but the man who crashed the nation’s dreams and hopes.
How did he manage to hang on to power for all these years? The answer would be simple enough; he was a canning political operator, yes; but, more significantly, he was a heartless brute who destroyed the nation’s economy, sending inflation into the Guinness Record Book, sending unemployment soaring to 95%, public services like health and education completely collapsed, etc. He had no qualms about shedding thousands of innocent blood of his fellow black Zimbabweans all for one single purpose to retain political power.
The history would not be complete without mentioning that Mugabe was also very lucky in his evil drive to retain power in having man like Morgan Tsvangirai as his opponent. It was Tsvangirai’s shear incompetency that allowed him to retain his position as president, particularly after the sham 2008 presidential run-off.
The most acceptable end to Mugabe’s reign of terror is to make all the lies, deceit, corruption and murder exposed in his life time. Before he dies, he must face the music; that would be poetic justice!
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