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...demise of Zimbabwe were clearly irrational. He is a dangerous person. The world must be reminded not only of his political ineptitude but also of the blood on his hands. I am thinking particularly of his treatment of the Matabele supporters of his erstwhile opponent, the late Joshua Nkomo. It is estimated that Mugabe's troops killed as many as 20,000 people while he was in the process of securing his absolute power over the nation. I hope that the International Court of Justice will investigate. Mugabe has become so mentally deficient as to be permanently incapable of rational...
...demise of Zimbabwe were clearly irrational. He is a dangerous person. The world must be reminded not only of his political ineptitude but also of the blood on his hands. I am thinking particularly of his treatment of the Matabele supporters of his erstwhile opponent, the late Joshua Nkomo. It is estimated that Mugabe's troops killed as many as 20,000 people while he was in the process of securing his absolute power over the nation. I hope that the International Court of Justice will investigate. Mugabe has become so mentally deficient as to be permanently incapable of rational...
...sought to counter a climate of lawlessness that has disrupted business and international aid. Several companies, including a Danish candy firm, ceased operations and Canada called for sanctions after a series of attacks by ruling party supporters demanding money on behalf of laid-off workers. Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo said more police would be deployed to protect businesses from what he called "criminal elements...
...that the result is likely to make much difference to the immediate plans of the man who has ruled Zimbabwe as a personal fiefdom for the past 20 years. "ZANU-PF will form the government whatever the results," the party's national chairman, John Nkomo, vowed over the weekend. "Mugabe can have a cabinet of just five if he wants. Mugabe is an institution." But the president faces reelection in 2002, and Tuesday?s result may portend worse to come for the ruling party. The immediate danger is that the greater the challenge Mugabe perceives, the more desperate he becomes...
DIED. JOSHUA NKOMO, 82, Father of Zimbabwe; from prostate cancer; in Harare. Nkomo spent years fighting Britain and later White Rhodesia for independence. Despite Nkomo's leadership, his erstwhile ally Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister in 1980. A subsequent split led to bloody clashes that ended with a 1987 peace accord and Nkomo's appointment to a powerless vice-presidential post...