The wife of Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, has said that he is so popular that if he died, he could run as a corpse in next year’s election and still win votes. Grace Mugabe, 51, was addressing a rally of the governing Zanu-PF party. Mr. Mugabe has governed Zimbabwe since the end of white-majority … Read more
President Robert Mugabe has given the strongest indication of his candidature for the next presidential elections in Zimbabwe. According to the 93-year-old leader, the people wanted him to stand and for so long as he had the capacity to continue, he will not turn the people down. “Of course if I feel that I can’t … Read more
The wife of Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, has said that he is so popular that if he died, he could run as a corpse in next year’s election and still win votes. Grace Mugabe, 51, was addressing a rally of the governing Zanu-PF party. Mr Mugabe has governed Zimbabwe since the end of white-majority … Read more
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, 92, is talking about retirement but the question people are asking is whether he means it. Over the weekend Mr Mugabe told a meeting of about 400 non-combatant veterans of the anti-colonial struggle that if he were to retire he should be allowed to do so “properly”. He also criticised some … Read more
Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political and economic implosion since 2000 is dragging down the whole of southern Africa, Botswana President Ian Khama said. Despite his reputation as one of Africa’s most outspoken figures, Khama’s remarks are certain to raise hackles in … Read more