President Robert Mugabe Is Still In Charge In Zimbabwe. Just As We Have Been Predicting

February 3, 2009

President Robert Mugabe Is Still In Charge In Zimbabwe. Just As We Have Been Predicting

How ironic that despite all the so-called ‘international indignation’ and all the tough talk on the part of Western leaders, lasting for the whole of the last year and the year before, President Robert Mugabe is still running Zimbabwe and no one seems to be able to do anything about it. The latest news coming from Harare is that Mugabe has struck a ‘powersharing deal’ with the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangari, which allows the latter to become prime minister in a government of national unity. The deal was initially hailed as a sign of progress and there was even talk that at last the days of Mugabe could be coming to an end. But here is the catch: Mugabe can sack Tsvangari at a moment’s notice, if he deems him to be incompetent. That sort of makes the future prime...