Will African Legend Mugabe step down or?

[Fabregas]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/02/zimbabwe

[A.J.]

This man cannot be called a legend. he is a despicable vile human being who has massacred his own people to serve his greediness and hunger for power. for me he should not only be removed from the leadership of the country but he should be executed on the spot for the many war crimes this aboherent creature has commited on his people and country.

[Jacaylbaro]

He is a legend sxb ,,,,, we all do mistakes and that is why he is a human being but he has a special place in the African politics and history.

 

I don't think he'll step down that easily ,, but let's see

[General Duke]

I agree with AJ, Mugabe is no legend. He destroyed the once strong economy of Zimbabawe. Is he going without a fight? I dont think so.

[Gar-haye]

^^^doesn't that sound familiar. this man stood up to the british and the west and that is way zembabwe's economy suffered. because of the western embargo agains zimbabwe.

[Geel_jire]

The official results are in

 

Mugabe lost the majority ... lets see how he handles it the typical African way or not ?

 

Mugabe loses parliament

[General Duke]

Garhaye I do agree that the west had a role, but we must stop excusing our failures and pinning it on others. Mugabe failed, he had 20 years to train his people and make smooth transfer of power from white farmers to the blacks. Instead he wasted this time and then kicked out the whites who were the backbone of the economy without having the people to staff and run these farms. Like with AMIN in Uganda.

 

He should hav taken the route charted by the ANC in south Africa a gradual incremental change.

[Geel_jire]

I really admired the man during the land redistribution lakin wuu isku xaaray hada

[Fabregas]

Mugabe is an African legend as much as Maggie Thatcher is an British legend. Now, the conservative party is credited with seeing the country through a recession and handling the disaster in Maastricht. Yet, Maggie Thatcher is still considered a British legend in her own right.

 

 

Mugabe is a legend in that he led the people to victory against the racist supremacists of the so called Rhodedsia! His enemies will acknowledge that the man has a special place in African history as JB pointed out!

 

Duke, the farmers issue and the handover wasn't as simple as people make out. Mr Mugabe is reported to have told the British right after he he came to power that he intended to redistribute the land from white farmers. This was only logical as the man was elected on the mandate of the Black population. Again, reportedly the British agreed they would take the leading role in accomodating these farmers and create the structures needed for some of them to leave( to Britain).

 

Many years passed and they failed to deliver. The farming and most of industries was still in the hands of the white minority. Thus, Mugabe took the law into his own hands and forcefully removed the farmers( in the old African style). What followed was a disaster for two reasons.

 

1. The economy wasn't ready for that sudden loss of whites who were carrying vital jobs and skills needed to run the country. And more importantly,the people he put in power of the farms and wider economies were clearly not equiped to run it!

 

2. Sanctions must have had a effect on the economy!

 

All in all, Robert Mugabe is an African legend of his age. Who was failed by his latter policies, lust for power and the failure of the British government!