Zimbabwe is free of Robert Mugabe, should the world celebrate?
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Zimbabwe may be free of Robert Mugabe, who has been deposed in an apparent military coup, but the celebrations occurring in the country's capital will be short-lived. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man who may end up in charge, is every bit as nasty as his ex-boss, and the economic turmoil that the country is in will not be easily fixed.
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President Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980. At first he was lionised as the man who ended white minority rule. Then he sent his special forces to slaughter the Ndebele, an ethnic group that didn’t support him.
His 37-year reign has been marred by economic free fall, land seizures and violence against anyone who spoke up against the regime.
But the military has staged a coup and forced him from power. These were the scenes in Harare the day the tanks rolled in. Zimbabweans hope that with the tyrant gone, their lives will improve. But will they?
The coup comes after months of political unrest, sparked by speculation that Mr Mugabe was planning to hand the presidency to his young wife, Grace, like a family heirloom.
Grace Mugabe, who once allegedly spent £1 million in Harrods in a single visit, earning her nickname Gucci Grace, has maneuvered to succeed her husband in recent years.
At her behest, the 93-year-old president sacked Emmerson Mnangagwa, his vice-president and presumed successor. Mr Mnangagwa fled the country, but now he’s back, with the army behind him.
Known as ‘the crocodile’, because he bides his time before biting, he was Mr Mugabe’s henchman when Grace was still a child, and is every bit as ruthless. He has helped to rig elections to keep Mr Mugabe in power. He also encouraged the violent takeovers of white-owned farms, destroying the country’s largest industry. This caused economic chaos. The government printed money to pay its bills, leading to hyperinflation.
Silvanos Mudzvova is an activist whose one-man plays depict the corruption that has blighted the country.
Mr Mudzova managed to escape the country, but that night is the last time he saw his wife and children. He is now in exile in Britain and paints a bleak picture of what living in Zimbabwe is like.
The Mugabes have been sidelined. But the ruling party, Zanu PF, who are just as much to blame for Zimbabwe’s plight, remain firmly in charge.
Zimbabwe could thrive if it were well-governed. Its best hope is for donors to insist on free and fair elections. Unfortunately, the opposition are disorganised. And the ruling party has never played fair. The danger is that the coup will just replace one tyrant with another.
The country is stuck in a deep ditch, into which Robert Mugabe drove it. Getting out will not be easy.
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Yes , but someone else will fill the power gap and nothing will change
@steven_003
6 жыл бұрын
+morareduard Let's give it a try.
@crimsoncorsair9250
6 жыл бұрын
morareduard yeah we can't just not give it a chance, maybe if it is someone bad we'll get rid of them this time.
@PairsOfDuals
6 жыл бұрын
Right now that something appears to be the military. These places sadly never change...
@DrSeanKennedy
6 жыл бұрын
Well, if they had your attitude, of course nothing will change.
@aaronbuffalo7769
6 жыл бұрын
that was what this whole military coup style deal was about, the power vacuum was going to be filled by grace mugabe supposedly after they fired the vice president, of which the mlitary and opposition said oi no you don't get a free pass on this out you go.
gucci grace
@morax1030
6 жыл бұрын
Yuh
Nothing will change in Africa until tribalist corruption is somehow brought under control, until elected leaders finally decide that it’s time to build working government institutions and infrastructure instead of enriching themselves and their families. Corruption is the single biggest problem facing the developing world.
@jzk2020
6 жыл бұрын
Nah, it isn't corruption that is the biggest problem. Its poorly educated leaders.
@yqisq6966
6 жыл бұрын
Exactly corruption it is. However, contrary to popular belief, democracy can't combat corruption in these countries.
@benc640
6 жыл бұрын
Bantze Hotep What a lazy argument. What exactly is ‘the white man’ doing to keep Africa from developing?
@fakeapplestore4710
6 жыл бұрын
Nether opinions in this thread is true, just pure speculation
@ldarksong
6 жыл бұрын
Africa is not an undeveloped continent nor are her nations undeveloped and the need of white help. The propaganda that says she is otherwise is just that. People in this country want to believe in the myth that Africans nothing more than a bunch of sticks stones and mud huts. Because the reality is far more terrifying than they wish to believe. If left alone the African nations would rival the rest of the world in power both political and economic. If her Nations had control of their resources you lot would be in so much trouble. Have to go to a Black Man in order to get your Precious Minerals. And that concept just each you up. Oh and apparently this celebration is a bit premature. Y'all may want to take a look in that. Oh and what's this about Trump wanting to export ivory from Zimbabwe? Wouldn't that put elephants on the almost extinct as a result of this?
Thank you for finally paying some attention to our humble little country. This is long overdue. Please do more.
@yengub
6 жыл бұрын
Your name doesn't sound like you come from Zimbabwe.
@bennetmontgomery4083
6 жыл бұрын
TechnoKnightGaming there are Europeans living in Zimbabwe, some of whose families have lived there for over a century
As a Zimbabwean, I really do not care what the world feels. We are happy as Zimbabweans that he is gone and as of now, that is the most important feeling.
@chiedzamanikai6243
6 жыл бұрын
Freddy Chikwiri 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Let our people’s voices be heard! We will not be silenced
@eristaylor9936
6 жыл бұрын
Will Rich, why would a having a European at the head of the country be a problem, it shouldn't matter what race they are and its not like all westerners are automatically greedy, controlling and like Mugabe. and why did you call them brain damaged?
@freddychikwiri
6 жыл бұрын
@Will We all dream of a future where we control our own resources and investments are made in our terms.
@eristaylor9936
6 жыл бұрын
Will Rich Can you please tell me the name of this person who killed all these Africans and then please tell me how what they did has anything to do with me? "You shall reap what you sow" *I* have sown nothing, *I* have done nothing wrong. *You* on the over hand, are a racist and a narcissist.
@eristaylor9936
6 жыл бұрын
Will Rich this man was a disgusting, vile waste of humanity but why do you think that makes me a bad person just because i have a similar skin color to a man like this?
Zimbabwe will get out of this for a better situation! I hope!
Hope fair democracy comes to Zimbabwe...
@amiel3159
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah no, not american democracy
@danieldan3254
6 жыл бұрын
atomykDestruction Like Libya?
@amiel3159
6 жыл бұрын
All of you know exactly what i mean... A FULL democracy, not some corrupt anocracy/a dictatorship that pretends to be a republic
@architecture.w
6 жыл бұрын
atomykDestruction ...and the USA too.
@amiel3159
6 жыл бұрын
He was so strong he inflated your currency into a joke. If i had to choose between living in poverty and being controlled by the Europeans i would choose the latter.
Mugabe was never interested in working for the continued prosperity of Zimbabwe, only in lining the pockets of his ruling junta. He ran it into the ground until all the wheels fell off. We will have to financially assist the new regime (though it may be materially almost identical to Mugabe's collective) on condition that they improve their human rights and listen to external diplomatic offerings and implement sound economic advice. There is no Nelson Mandela there but we can hope that this change will be for the better.
@peter-johndejong9880
6 жыл бұрын
Cathy Vanasse nelson mandela chanted the kill the boer song even after apartheid
@peter-johndejong9880
6 жыл бұрын
Kevin Dominic he massacred innocent children, mothers, people with his terror attacks
@akhonantungwa4673
6 жыл бұрын
Peter-john De Jong please do your research, Mandela was part of Umkhonto Wesizwe (a rebel group formed as a result of the sharpville massacre), they were fighting apartheid government and there were unfortunate deaths because people die in war. If he is a terrorist why didn't he chase out white people (as Chris Hani and other guerrillas wanted) when he became president? Why did he call for equality? Do I need to remind you that Mandela was in jail when "innocent people" were being massacred?
@Yasin462900
6 жыл бұрын
cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel - Che
@mohmhk
6 жыл бұрын
Keep dreaming. You think the people in high places in Zimbabwe are fools. Keep thinking. It might be the end for Mugabe's run but don't think for once that the hierarchies in that country have lost their minds.
"I told you so" -Ian Smith
...until the people change their mindset, they deserve the leader they get. Robert Mugabe gone, Emmerson Mnangagwa in! Mnangagwa is a chip off the same old block of Mugabe.
YES WE SHOULD! Thank you!
I'm Zimbabwean. in Zim and we don't care what you guys out there think.. we have fucking happy. Zim is going to change so much.. Zanu will never be the same..
If at all people Zimbabwe should enjoy, no foreign interference.
Lacoste advert as an intro was hilarious
Oh I just pray for Zim, that somehow it comes out of its troubles and a good leader takes Mugabe's space
While nothing will change with this coup any transition of power from a long time ruler will usually weaken repressive regimes. This might be an opportunity for the opposition to organize itself and take more active role in Zimbabwean politics
I love you my people...my black bros and sisters ..i'm with you
No matter how much 'others' and people inside country say against, I feel after seeing this we have vibrant democracy in India.
The same political party will remain in power, so no we shouldn’t celebrate.
@The Economist. That first clip looks more like Apollo Obote of Uganda. Am I wrong?
Exactly, in power for 37 yrs and how would he manage this? With military support is how. The military is just changing shirts. Celebrating? People are thick.
Damn..that pic of VP aka the crocodile at 2:15 looks like Keith David....but only there in that pic
despite the suffering may his soul rest in peace..
Lol, they introduced by showing president Obote Milton of Uganda. :)
0:10 That is not Robert Mugabe but rather Milton Obote of Uganda..Similar spectacles but that is about it
The people in zimbamwe is celebrate but the zionist international is in outrage.
It's absurd to suggest one should celebrate,all the Zimbabweans are agreeing to or allowing is a switch from one tyrant to another ,it's beyond a joke.
Well they certainly can now he’s stopped breathing 👍🏼
Why is there no mention of China's relationship with Zimbabwe and ZANU-PF in this news piece?
1:22 No those are old videos from years ago, they are not from the day of the coup!
Talk is ship but the spirit of God will go over the pres to step down im always pray fot him.We new generation lets do thing with respect is true is overdue
Where is General Aladeen ???
Alot of New Zealanders are sympthyising with you through our ties ...with Garfield Todd ...Long Live Zimbabwe..Rise Up Again...love u my Zimbos
It’s time Zimbabwe returns to its former glory
best leder america has ever had
in one of these clips I saw grace holding magus hand now was that a sign of love or was she a prop to hold him up ?????
The ethnic minorities will certainly be pleased.
Remember Rhodesia.
Will the sanctions on Zimbabwe now be removed?
Wait @Economist #Econimist, your opening footage is of Multi Obote of Uganda that guy is not Robert Mugabe!!!
He's been there for almost 40 years. Time for change.
Power is power. Asonaba Kwabrafoso Obuasi
is it the economist or the politicians?
ROBERT MUGABE is no Saint and I do not endorse his methods but, LISTEN PEOPLE, we are about to witness LIBYA all over again. MARK MY WORDS!
African dictatorship failing one by one ☝️ good luck Zimbabwe Hope the best for you guys
Rhodesia doesn't seem too bad anymore does it?
And the UN does nothing for a conrty they could really help. Why? Zimbabwe has no oil.
Well, it's unlikely that whatever comes after Mugabe is not an improvement but It doesn't seem like real positive change is in course. It could even get worse somehow, in politics It can always get worse (brazilians should learn that ). But I would bet on throwing Mugabe out, it ' s an opportunity of improvement.
As an African I am celebrating that no blood was shed during the coup in the name of this fool.
The people who have outside interests want Mugabe gone , because he won't allow the foriegmers do what they want to do in that country. He is a product of the chaos that is in that area. If your soft and weak you will be dead. Your enemies will look like you with foriegmer puppeteers pulling the strings. I hope and pray that whomever they put into offce to replace him has the interest of the people that are native to that area.
South Africa and Zambia should take it over
@jzk2020
6 жыл бұрын
It should be controlled by South Africa, but sadly South Africa is mismanaged by corrupt, inept, greedy, cowards that won't stand up for their own people (stand up to the elite white albinos that hold most of the wealth of the nation).... so they are in no position to do anything.
@daisyn.s2136
6 жыл бұрын
No it should be governed by Botswana until a new election is ran and the should use Botswana's systems of governance which would greatly stabilize and benefit Zimbabwe in the long run and very quickly.
We stand with Mugabe
We must bring back Rhodesia.
The one in the red Shirt on 0:11 is Uganda's Obote not Mugabe
I predicted this would happen
If this is the quality of the economist I will never read it again - your journalism is shocking
GUYS, WHAT?!? When did this happen, lol, a coup was carried out against Mugabe? Where have I been living? Wow.
"We used to be the bread basket but now we are the basket-case of Africa"
whenever countries go like this, they should be taken and carved up by their other more stable/ less corrupt neighbours.
MY PEOPLE ARE FINALLY FREE THANK YOU GOD BUT LET US BUILD OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT YOU KNOW WHO TRYING TO STEAL IT UNLESS WE WORK TOGETHER LIKE SOUTH AFRICA
Why America want to tell our hero bob was our hero
9 seconds into this video, the man in red is (Uganda's first Prime Minister) Milton Obote, not Robert Mugabe. As a millennial might say: huh?
why should the world celebrate when Cameroon is still under Biya
The British so loved Zimbabwean land that they hoped in dreams for Mugabe to be couped. Soldiers were so thoughtful that they knew couping their liberator was not an option.
Guys, the one at 00:10 it 00:13 is NOT Mugabe.
Why should you European celebrate?? It makes no sense, the only people who have the right to celebrate are the ones in Zimbabwe.
@TsholofeloMoumakwe
6 жыл бұрын
It actually makes sense for Europeans to celebrate as they will rush back to suck Zimbabwes blood some more because Mugabe was their hinderance
@chinogambino9375
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe they hope Zimbabwe will stop asking for food aid every fucking year.
@4ndyr0g3r50n
5 жыл бұрын
We have the right to celebrate, but perhaps not the reason.
The Economist ought to be more perceptive.
Not so fast. Don't jubilate so quick. Hence your jubilation get cut short. Even when Mugabe is gone. How will the next leader be?
Lesson of this story: You do not pissed off a "crocodile".
I know everybody was happy about the end of apartheid in whole Africa, but did anything get better after it anywhere?
Africa achieving independence from the european powers was one of the great tragedies. They done fucked up.
The Economist, why do you have Milton Obote who died in 2005, a Ugandan political leader in the beginning of this video as Robert Mugabe? Re edit the beginning couple of shots as they are two different humans.
Celebrate what? It's not your achievement.
It's not a coup. *Stop saying that*
How much did they pay the guy to speak..!
Maybe he wasn't great leader, but dethroning a dictator prematurely is lethal. We've seen it everywhere. The middle east, somalia etc
Have trade policies that are fair to the Zimbabwe nation. Don't try to control their financial institutions or there industries they can do that for themselves. Stop undermining/corrupting some of the leadership whose wants power. Peace
Not sure you can call Grace his "young" wife. Younger wife yes, (substantially so since he's in his 90's) be she herself is in her 50's.
i like how that black man said were starving they kick out the farmers then he runs to a western country. i don't understand this hypocrisy!
be careful who you overthrow, you think you're making your lives better, yet you may be opening the door for someone far worse in fact. 😔
TL;DW, Yes.
I am glad we got him out of here
Many people commenting for África. talk talk But..... Not even 1 ( ONE ) DO shit for África.!! xiomara
Really waaaw
Rhodesia 2.0 anyone?... no? oh..
@Bruno-hd9qo
6 жыл бұрын
Regisseur der Propaganda. New Rodesia
@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva
6 жыл бұрын
*Get your short shorts and FALs, we've got work to do*
@georgeorwell3532
6 жыл бұрын
Matthew Panini oh please. You aren't half the men you're forebears were.
@0744fxg
6 жыл бұрын
yes, as soon as possible
@rdp3123
6 жыл бұрын
Will Rich. Point taken I respect your opinion.
It's too late they took too long
Wait. At 0:08 you show footage of Uganda's Milton Obote yet you are talking about Robert Mugabe? That's just sheer recklessness. Shame on you, Economist.
mnangagwa was there for a purpose God kept him for purpose & God uses the same people you think their evil . God is in control.
21 November. Its official, He's out
2019 Zimbabweans wish Mugabe was still in power , they now struggle more than they did during Mugabe era
@user-xg8yy7yl1d
4 жыл бұрын
They really wish it was still Ian Smith. At least they had food water clean streets and medical treatment
What is the world has to do with mugabi who cares if he goes or stays the media is making it big deal
Wat?
0:08 to 0:12 is MILTON OBOTE (Former President of UGANDA) NOT ROBERT MUGABE!!!!!
Prediction: not much will change in Zimbabwe, maybe the economy will begin to recover, if only because it is hard to be even worse at handling money than Mugabe.
He's got some fancy suits
0:10 that’s Milton Obote not mugabe
Hey! The Economist, the first images in this video (0.09 to 0.12) are of Apollo Milton Obote (the first president of the Republic of Uganda) not Robert Mugabe. The rest of the film is alright, but please get it right with the faces, guys!
This sounds like the worst Bond movie ever.
God is good all the time. bye bye Goliath
that x wat lybia foolishly did,Zimbabwe we r watching u too Africans will never learn