Coup in Zimbabwe?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

"Mugabe and the White African" explains a lot about the destruction of the Zimbabwean farm system.
http://www.mugabeandthewhiteafrican.com/

Mind you, redistribution and sale of the land is fine, but only if it was appropriated for farming purposes and not just to Mugabe's cronies and left to fallow.

When I was in South Africa 7-8 years ago I met some former farmers from Zimbabwe.

The stories they had to tell were horrific.

[Red Slinger]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

When I was in South Africa 7-8 years ago I met some former farmers from Zimbabwe.

The stories they had to tell were horrific.

I've heard probably the same stories from Zimbabweans. In many cases it certainly was not a peaceful and orderly transfer of ownership.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by Red Slinger

I've heard probably the same stories from Zimbabweans. In many cases it certainly was not a peaceful and orderly transfer of ownership.

Yup, heard similar. Basically get out or be killed by a mob.

Good news is he's done.

Bad news is it sounds as if he's just going to be allowed to walk off and live on his accumulated wealth in one of his many foreign properties.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42035981

[afc wimbledon]

He isn't going that easy, was supposed to resign on TV today, shuffled the papers around and ignored the pages that said

'This is the part where you resign or get shot out behind the storage shed'

Clearly he was supposed to resign and then just didn't!

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

He isn't going that easy, was supposed to resign on TV today, shuffled the papers around and ignored the pages that said

'This is the part where you resign or get shot out behind the storage shed'

Clearly he was supposed to resign and then just didn't!

It'd be easier for the military to do the or else. You didn't resign, here's a bullet for you and your wife and all of your family members and advisors. But you wish you would have quit.

[flamesforcup]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Yup, heard similar. Basically get out or be killed by a mob.

Good news is he's done.

Bad news is it sounds as if he's just going to be allowed to walk off and live on his accumulated wealth in one of his many foreign properties.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42035981

Well its not like he exactly has alot of years left to enjoy that wealth

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

Well its not like he exactly has alot of years left to enjoy that wealth

but his snake of a wife does.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

Well its not like he exactly has alot of years left to enjoy that wealth

How ever many he has left is too long.


This guy is a dirtbag.

[afc wimbledon]

and he's gone!!!

[CaptainCrunch]

I was hoping "He's dead"

But you get what you get, I wonder if the next leader will be worse.

[calculoso]

(sarcasm) Sounds like there are some really good choices as a replacement (/sarcasm)

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2.../22766436.html

Mugabe also was accused of allowing unpopular first lady Grace Mugabe to threaten to kill the recently fired Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other officials.
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Mnangagwa served for decades as Mugabe’s enforcer, with a reputation for being astute and ruthless, more feared than popular.
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Zimbabwe’s polarizing first lady, Grace Mugabe, had been positioning herself to succeed her husband, leading a party faction that engineered Mnangagwa’s ouster. The prospect of a dynastic succession alarmed the military, which confined Mugabe to his home last week and targeted what it called “criminals” around him who allegedly were looting state resources — a reference to associates of the first lady.

Mnangagwa was targeted by U.S. sanctions in the early 2000s for undermining democratic development in Zimbabwe, according to the Atlantic Council, a U.S.-based policy institute. However, J. Peter Pham, an Africa expert at the council, noted that some Zimbabwean opposition figures have appeared willing to have dialogue with Mnangagwa in order to move the country forward and that the international community should consider doing the same.