ROBERT MUGABE CALLS NELSON MANDELA A COWARD
SERIOUSLY, MUGABE, HAS NOW LOST HIS MIND!!
Robert Mugabe blasts ‘coward’ Nelson Mandela
Mandela served as South Africa's president from 1994 to 1999 and is highly regarded at home and worldwide for his role in ending apartheid and becoming the country's first democratically elected leader.
Robert Mugabe blasts ‘coward’ Nelson Mandela
Zimbabwe's
President Robert Mugabe blasted Nelson Mandela as a "coward" and
"idiot" during a rally today to celebrate Mugabe's record seventh
term in office following his victory in the country's disputed elections last
week.
In one of his trademark fiery speeches, the 89-year-old Mugabe -- who
has led the southern African country since 1980 -- claimed that he should be
hailed as an African hero instead of Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon and
former president of neighboring South Africa.
"My huge victory in these elections proves I am
the greatest leader in the history of Africa," Mugabe told supporters in
Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. "I have spent my whole life fighting for the
Zimbabwean people and they continue to elect me."
Mugabe tightened his iron grip on power in last week's
elections after he received 61 percent of the vote while his ZANU-PF party won
a two-thirds majority in parliament, though there are allegations of widespread
fraud and violence against the opposition.
"I am the greatest African who has ever
lived," Mugabe said. "The world should love me more than the idiot
Nelson Mandela. F**k Nelson Mandela. As I waged war against colonialism, that
coward sat on his ass in prison for 27 years. He's a coward.
"I have been leader for 33 years. Mandela was
president for five years. What kind of idiot gives up political power? Great
leaders like me know how to stay in power.
"While Mandela sits comfortably in a hospital, I
stand before you fit and healthy, ready to lead this country and the Zimbabwean
people for at least another 25 years," Mugabe added, referring to the
95-year-old Mandela's ongoing treatment for a lung condition.
Mugabe also mocked South Africa's multicultural
"rainbow nation" in his speech, claiming that Mandela didn't care
about the interests of black Africans.
"There is only one color allowed in Zimbabwe, and
it is black," he said. "I banned the color white in my country.
Nelson Mandela told all the white people to stay in his ridiculous rainbow
nation. He should have thrown all of the whites and homosexuals out of his
country like I did. South Africa would be so much better off."
The Lord of MisruleMandela served as South Africa's president from 1994 to 1999 and is highly regarded at home and worldwide for his role in ending apartheid and becoming the country's first democratically elected leader.
Similar to Mandela, Mugabe played a pivotal role in
the struggle for black-majority rule against the white minority-controlled
Rhodesia, which became Zimbabwe.
In recent years, however, Mugabe and his government
have plunged the country into diplomatic and economic isolation due to
corruption, authoritarian rule, political violence and human rights abuses.
Mugabe drew international condemnation in particular over his land
redistribution policies, in which prosperous commercial farmers were chased off
their land by violent mobs.
South Africa, which borders Zimbabwe, has pursued a
policy of silent diplomacy with Mugabe, appeasing him in public while
supposedly criticizing him in private.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, who congratulated
Mugabe on his presidential victory, said he would review Mugabe's remarks
before making an official statement.
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