Strongman Mugabe is in a very defensive position — even the police and army, who have put up such an intimidatory display to cow demonstrators, are suffering from Zimbabwe’s seemingly endless economic decline.
The fallen African hero, now much maligned, is on his way out — one way or another.
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In 1980 he became the first black president of Zimbabwe in a deeply divided country. At the time, many saw him as a uniter and not a divider. Many of his early speeches mirror the rhetoric of the non-racial messages of the ANC in early post-apartheid South Africa. And even when Mugabe drew strong criticism in the 2000 for evicting white Zimbabwean farmers, he still found support or silent assent from his Southern African counterparts. Many analysts feel this was because of his liberation credentials.
Zimbabwe provided key support to the ANC liberation struggle in the Apartheid years and many saw Mugabe as standing up for Africa when he stands up against England.
It has been his trump card until now.
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