Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabeis the current President of Zimbabwe, serving since 22 December 1987. As one of the leaders of the rebel groups in opposition to white minority rule, he was elected Prime Minister in 1980, serving in that office as head of the government, until 1987, when he became the country's first executive head of state. He has led the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Frontsince 1975...
NationalityZimbabwean
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth21 February 1924
CityKutama, Zimbabwe
CountryZimbabwe
We are a democratic country and my party enjoys overwhelming support. The two gentlemen who purported to have withdrawn actually found it very tough to compete with us. We will win this election,
The prophets of doom are prophets of doom. Their prophecies are doomed,
We have sought to address this inequity, ... And what has been the response from former imperialist quarters? Staggering beyond description. My government, my party and my own person have been labeled land grabbers, demonized, reviled and threatened with sanctions in the face of accusations of reverse racism.
We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.
True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.
Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.
Is it not obvious that Britain, under the regime of Tony Blair, has ceased to respect the Charter of the United Nations?
So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.
It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
We will have no mercy for white people regarding the land, they cannot own our soil.
We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.