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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe: The Rise and Fall of Grace Mugabe
2017-11-24
[All Africa] WHEN President Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
 exchanged nuptials with Grace Marufu amid pomp and fanfare in August 1996, few would have guessed that she would after two decades make such a dramatic impact on the country's political landscape.

Just a typist at the Office of the President and Cabinet, Grace married Mugabe in an extravagant ceremony, making her the country's First Lady. In recent years, her influence had risen as she had become the power behind the throne.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The Beest, but she follows Winnie's footsteps
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-24 08:29  

#1  "There might have been a residue of sympathy for Mugabe, but many were repulsed by Grace's brand of politics. She was brash and condescending, with a penchant for humiliating adults in public. Many dreaded the prospect of her presidency."

Whom could we possibly compare Grace to in the west ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-11-24 07:24  

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