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Africa Subsaharan
Mugabe to be life president as country starves
2006-12-11
ZIMBABWE has the highest inflation and lowest life expectancy in the world, not to mention the highest percentage of orphans. So desperate is the shortage of food that President Robert Mugabe's guards have been spotted shooting squirrels in Harare's botanical gardens.
Mugabe has done "so many wonderful things" for Zimbabwe it was likely delegates to the conference would appoint him for president for life.
However, Mr Mugabe, 82, may be rewarded by being made president for life at his party's annual conference this week.
The very idea kinda takes your breath away, doesn't it?
Could always root for another case of intestinal cancer ...
Among the main proposals to be discussed is postponing the next presidential elections from 2008 until 2010. The powerful National Security Minister and secretary for administration in the ruling Zanu-PF party, Didymus Mutasa, said last week Mr Mugabe had done "so many wonderful things" for Zimbabwe it was likely delegates to the conference would appoint him for president for life.
Posted by:Fred

#8  "all thanks to one man and his rabid followers"

Well, you can thank the UN, too, rpg7... Such Thugocracies are sanctified and protected by the General Assembly - and the Secretariat.

Thanks for your comments. It's impossible to imagine the pain. We may find out when we find ourselves in CW-II. Since you're nearby, now, we'd be happy if you lent us a hand, so we can give Zim a hand... and a future. Regards.
Posted by: .com   2006-12-11 19:44  

#7  Wow! Thank u one and all for your warm welcome to the site, and I will endeavour to do my utmost to keep up with the high standard of postings that I have seen on this site since my first post.

Fever u actually had me blushing buddy - so I am now going to return the compliment by saying - it was thru guys such as yourself, and many others, some sadly who lost their lives for what they believed in, you are the ones that kept us safe and secure for so many years, so that we could be here today to give our side of the story - so for that I can only salute u, and to all who lost their lives - "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"


"Once in lifetime
a light shines so bright,
so pureÂ…That darkness is defeated in its presence.
Once in a lifetime
will an individual,
beyond all odds,
rise to meet the challenge.
Once in a lifetime
we will be given the opportunity
to honour them.
Let it not pass us byÂ…
Let us shine brightlyÂ…
Once in a lifetime.
Let us help all to rememberÂ…
That within the human spirit lives the ability to rise up and overcome all oddsÂ…
if but once in a lifetime"

(Author unknown)


I left Zim in 2001 & have seen my beloved country reduced to wrack and ruin - and left behind numerous family and friends, who through no fault of their own - either have no financial means of leaving or are just unable to get out! and it is all thanks to one man and his rabid followers!
Now I have to read that he could be there for life - omg! - my blood pressure is rising rapidly, so best I end off.

My thanks once again to you all.

Posted by: rpg7   2006-12-11 19:26  

#6  rhodesiafever, Zenster was speaking for all of us; we like new voices... when they have intelligent and useful things to say, as she does. Please tell RPG so.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-12-11 17:33  

#5  Zenster,

btw, a big thank you for your welcome to my friend RPG, she has seen a lot. Appreciated, and I'm sure she can illuminate the subject probably better than I.

fever.
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2006-12-11 14:07  

#4  Joe,

From the CIA World Factbook, updated 30 November, '06:

Transnational Issues Zimbabwe
.......
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; children may be trafficked internally for forced agricultural labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation; women and girls are lured out of the country to South Africa, China, Egypt(????, WTF?), and Zambia with false job or scholarship promises that result in domestic servitude or commercial sexual exploitation; there are reports of South African employers demanding sex from undocumented Zimbabwean workers under threat of deportation; women and children from Malawi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo transit Zimbabwe en route to South Africa; small numbers of South African girls are trafficked to Zimbabwe for domestic labor.

This is gross.

Posted by: rhodesiafever   2006-12-11 13:59  

#3  The Zimbabwe elite are major importers of European luxury goods.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-12-11 01:55  

#2  Are the women still trading sex for groceries + homestuffs???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-12-11 00:56  

#1  So, somebody there show some balls and help him end his presidency on his terms... (^8
Posted by: 3dc   2006-12-11 00:22  

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