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 will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad and let the commercial farmers tell that to their constituency or constituencies overseas.
There are things one must do for oneself.
I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.
We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.
We will have no mercy for white people regarding the land, they cannot own our soil.
It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.
Is it not obvious that Britain, under the regime of Tony Blair, has ceased to respect the Charter of the United Nations?
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.
We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
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.
The prophets of doom are prophets of doom. Their prophecies are doomed,
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 The two gentlemen who purported to have withdrawn actually found it very tough to compete with us.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,