Mugabe clung on to power through vote-rigging. The system is inherently biased and needs overhauling before we can have free and unprejudiced electionsTo fully understand the euphoria that greeted the news on Tuesday night that Robert Mugabe had finally resigned as president of Zimbabwe,consider the case of Mathanda Mbo-Dube. A few years ago, Mbo-Dube was enjoying a drink with friends when Mugabe, and then 88,appeared on a TV screen in a sports bar near Bulawayo. Mbo-Dube commented that the president was “too old”. Overheard by members of Mugabe’s secret police, Mbo-Dube was arrested and jailed for the crime of “undermining and insulting the president”.
Mugabe’s removal after nearly 40 years is currently uniting all shades of opinion in celebration. But what will it acquire to trot the country forward now, and after decades of crisis?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk