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2 unusual facts about Mugabe


Mugabe's Zimbabwe

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Barry Bearak of the New York Times said that ‘the film seems a primer to the situation, something of value especially to those not yet familiar with Zimbabwe and its recent

Joseph Msika, the second Vice-president of Zimbabwe, Ms. Clare Short (British Secretary of State for International Development (1997–2003), Professor Arthur Mutambara (Deputy prime Minister of Zimbabwe (2009-present) and Leader of the Opposition Party Movement for Democratic Change and Archbishop Pius Ncube (Former Archbishop of Bulawayo Zimbabwe), a political refugee.


Amani Trust

In 2002, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa declared various NGO's illegal, including the Amani Trust; and also was accused of working with the British government to unseat President Robert Mugabe and destabilize the nation.

Cricket in Zimbabwe

In May 2007, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared his opposition to the political situation in Zimbabwe and the conduct of the Mugabe government by formally blocking the proposed tour to Zimbabwe in September 2007, by the Australian cricket team after discussions with Australian players.

Danny Stannard

His brother Richard Stannard, a former captain in the British Army Military Police, joined the Rhodesian Army shortly before Independence as a Lieftenant Colonel in Public Relations, later becoming OC ZIC (Zimbabwe Intelligence Corps) under Mugabe.

David Coltart

In 2003, Coltart met with the Zimbabwean cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga to discuss their plans for making a protest against the Mugabe regime at the forthcoming World Cup, and came up with the idea of the two cricketers wearing black armbands during the match, signifying the death of democracy in Zimbabwe.

Davison Maruziva

Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister Enos Nkala and Maurice Nyagumbo, the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).

Economy of Botswana

SADC's failure to distance itself from the Mugabe government in Zimbabwe has diminished the number of opportunities for cooperation between the U.S. and SADC.

Elson Moyo

Moyo was arrested on 7 June 2007 along with Major General Engelbert Rugeje and around 400 other military personnel for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Mugabe administration.

Grace Mugabe

Early reports indicated Bona Mugabe was a student at the University of Hong Kong.

Jabulani Sibanda

Jabulani Sibanda, in his capacity as the chairman of the war veterans association, indicated that the former guerillas would go back into the bush if Mugabe lost the 2008 presidential election to Simba Makoni.

James D. McGee

James McGee was threatened with expulsion from Zimbabwe by the president, Robert Mugabe, after McGee had told the press of politically inspired attacks by Mugabe's government against political activists in anticipation of the run-off election between Mugabe and his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai.

Joseph Msika

Msika dismissed Mugabe's past apology for the 1987 Gukurahundi killings, which was condemned internationally for the violence it unleashed on mainly rural Ndebele, at a rally in October 2006 in Bulawayo.

Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai

At the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare, Mugabe and Tsvangirai signed the deal to resolve the crisis.

Neil Parish

Parish acted as an election monitor during Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2000, where he criticised the conduct of Robert Mugabe's regime.

Nicholas Bailey

Bailey has also performed in the theatre, with roles including Robert Mugabe's security officer Gabriel in Breakfast with Mugabe, and The Duke of Burgundy in Richard Eyre's production of King Lear at the National Theatre, London.

Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

This position was abolished when the constitution was amended in 1987 and Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe, both the head of state and the head of government.

Trudy Stevenson

She was quoted as saying "Mugabe does not frighten me, I feel it is my duty to stand up for the rights of all." In July 2006, after attending a political meeting in the Harare suburb of Mabvuku, Stevenson was attacked and suffered panga wounds to the back of her neck and head.

Tsholotsho District

Tsholotsho is a well known “battle ground” of Zimbabwean politics with the latest event being the so-called Tsholotsho Declaration of 2005 involving leading ZANU-PF members and current Tsholotsho Member of parliament Jonathan Moyo in which they were accused of mooting a boardroom removal of President Mugabe.

Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005

In some notable local results, Emmerson Mnangagwa, speaker of the previous parliament, and tipped at one time to succeed Mugabe but recently fallen from grace, lost his seat Kwe-kwe to the MDC's Blessing Chebundo.


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