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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe's Mugabe says tired of ruling
2012-05-21
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Zim-bob-wean President Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to retire but fears his party would disintegrate, an independent weekly said Sunday.

"From what we discussed, Mugabe said he is tired and wants to retire but he cannot do so now because ZANU-PF would die," Enos Nkala, a former minister of defence in Mugabe's late-1980s government, told The Standard newspaper after meeting with the 88-year-old president Friday.

"He cannot leave when the party is in such a state. What is holding him now is managing and containing ZANU-PF to prevent it from disintegrating," Nkala added.

Mugabe's spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on Nkala's statements.

Nkala, who has been a staunch critic of Mugabe in recent years, met with him privately for an hour in Bulawayo, 430 kilometres (270 miles) southwest of the capital Harare, The Standard said.

Nkala warned that Mugabe's succession remains a delicate issue that if not handled carefully might result in "chaos or civil war".

"It's easy for people to say Mugabe must go, Mugabe must go, but most don't know that he is the glue that has been holding this country together," he said.

Mugabe, who has ruled the southern African country since independence in 1980, has already been endorsed by his party to stand as a candidate in elections expected after the end of a power-sharing government formed in 2009 in the wake of disputed elections.
Posted by:Fred

#4  I have a Ten Million Bill, worth NOTHING.
So much for Zim-Bob.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-05-21 14:24  

#3  Live ZANU tribute and nano violin music below:

Klik
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-21 09:35  

#2   "chaos or civil war". That's all Mugabe has been. He turned it into a beggar nation so he can suck it.
Posted by: newc   2012-05-21 01:59  

#1  He says he fears the party would die? I think it's more likely that he would die. Or live in fear, at least.
Posted by: gorb   2012-05-21 01:00  

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