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Post by NZBC on Nov 6, 2007 20:32:02 GMT 12
www.listener.co.nz/issue/3521/features/9898/o_zimbabwe.htmlThe 27-year reign of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has seemed a nightmare without end. But Stephen Chan, a professor of international relations at the University of London, is prepared to name a date when the freedom fighter-turned-autocrat will go. ~{!0~}In March next year, Mugabe will win the presidential election,~{!1~} says Chan, speaking by phone from London. ~{!0~}But afterwards he will retire in a blaze of glory, having been validated one last time by his voters. He will then arrange for a sympathetic successor who will forgive him all his crimes and the South Africans will provide him with a very luxurious, safe, and out-of-the-way retirement home.~{!1~} The full text will be available online on 17/11/2007. Subscribe to the NZ Listener online.
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