Get real. Do this where i really. Truly say we. Came to power as a Freedom Fighter we had to war with ian smith i dont believe in regard to. The north into the stars and years we have tried betsy resistance in the past people got rocked up people got shot everyone stressed to their hopes and dreams for a new Zimbabwe Mugabe inspired a nation brutalized and tortured tens of thousands of people and one of his biggest legacy was that he would lead the country into Economic Disaster i think what that being destroyed everything that could have been just cried and said Democratic Society in zimbabwe. Could have been the next nelson mandela. After more than 50 years of colonial british rule rhodesia known today as zimbabwe was pushing for independence from britain the British Government was prepared to work towards these with the rhodesians but only on the basis of no independence before majority rule meaning britain would not recognise rhodesia as independence before a majority rule was implemented as opposed to rule by the white colonial minority unhappy with britains conditions and the rising black nationalist movement the ruling white settler minority voted in the 1st rhodesian born Prime Minister conservative rhodesian front leader Ian Smith Smith set rhodesia on a path to independence which is something we are going to do that and it is our intention to maintain reducer. That we all know. The 965 he proclaims the unilateral declaration of independence a move that was denounced by british Prime MinisterHarold Wilson and the International Community. Mr wilsons answer to the declaration of independence has been do i draw the additional government under present through economic sanctions one of the most Ominous Development in the few days that the seed of this illegal action has been the progressive creation of a police state in the shape. Of. The black african majority now saw nothing for themselves in this white ruled rhodesia paving the way for conflict which would soon become open warfare it was insolence racist policies that started this. Which led to thousands of mostly blocks and dying in this war for liberation. People wash it up with the white minority government to be wild. Zimbabwe. And there wasnt one person. He represented a Brighter Future. He was seen as this fearless Freedom Fighter he managed to change the narrative and people in africa love him for that. Robert mugabe was born in 1924 in michaud no land in what was then the colony of Southern Rhodesia mugabe was a gifted boy and even trained as a teacher in his early teens. 4 years later a scholarship took him to south africa to complete further training it was here that mugabe became interested in politics attending political rallies. And he was influenced by gandhi teachings and his time at university in south africa the same universe to bed nelson mandela. Was turning point in his life. By 960 a yearning for freedom from white rule consumed mcgarvie so much that he quit teaching to devote himself full time to the cause. He aligned himself with the n. D. P. The National Democratic party led by joshua como in the fight against ian smith. Gabi spoke of african nationalism land and liberation and openly called for a guerilla war against the ruling elite in december 963. 00 he was arrested as an agitator he actually spent more than a decade as a political prisoner. Meanwhile some were growing frustrated with what they saw as a lack of action on the part of an komo and his party a new Political Party called zanu the Zimbabwe African National union was created and mugabe was appointed secretary general in absentia in there is only do. We need joint politics his popularity started to grow he was seen as the. A figurehead because of his Leadership Qualities and also because he was an orator you spoke very well he spoke very good english so he was able to explain whats in the blanks the bobbins really want to and he was seen as the liberation hero. Dictators sell themselves to the public as a man of the people who will solve their problems quickly and rapidly without all the other pesky rules that ox and other politicians and thats why people trust. Blacks made up 95 percent of rhodesia population and they now had Robert Mugabe officially fighting their cause. Thats. The snake under one. Of the questions. For mugabe there was only one way to deal with smith we are at war with the and smith. And the war must continue and. To tell the British Government and the. Before you surrendered. The fighting has proper continued. To combat in smiths despotic and racist policies mugabe formed an allegiance within komo together they set their Guerrilla Army on smiths Rhodesian Security forces escalating into what became known as the rhodesian bush war farms owned by whites were attacked while civil unrest erupted in towns and cities we have tried passive resistance in the past our people got locked up our people got shot. Various attempts were made by the british and americans to end the violence but talks ended in a stalemate smith refused to back down from his opposition to black majority rule there is some sign that the white traducing is willing to accept critics of an early vote to majority rule until that principle has been accepted but what would you change the British Government not to. Intend to take another initiative. And the photosphere United States system should be full support. Be given negotiation and underground a majority in the future i dont believe in the majority are. Not in the stars and here we havent come here to cause this to bring about this is far weve come here to determine whether we shall be free or not talks broke down and on the ground violent clashes became more frequent and widespread this is one of the latest atrocities in the guerrilla war it happened last month at a british run missionary on charlie in eastern ready 12 whites including missionaries their wives and children were dragged into a nearby field and murdered with the savagery of that was horrifying even by the standards of this brutal 6 year war the butcher it was widely assumed to be the work of the rulers belonging to Robert Mugabes son which is based across the border in mozambique. After 15 years of fighting the british attempted to bring an end to the violence once and for all on the 21st of december 1979 the lancaster house agreement was signed in london it stipulated the creation of a new country to be known as the republic of zimbabwe it was subject to 2 conditions firstly ceasefire would be declared secondly democratic elections would be held to form a new government. The black nationalist groups zanu and zafu who had been waging the increasing violent insurgency. Put forward candidates standing for who was just. And for zanu ally. We had. A. Lot of. People. Different expression the wishes. Mugabes party won the majority making him zimbabwes 1st Prime Minister. To. Do. That. To zimbabwe. Because of for the 1st time we had black majority rule in the country he came to power the moment of National Crisis and change when zimbabwe had attained its independence and people vested their hopes and dreams that he would create this new fresh zimbabwe that would deliver for the people he brought the whole. Nation that had suffered. Under. Its regime and he was a very charismatic leader. Mugabes rhetoric was exactly what the people of zimbabwe wanted to hear it mean ploy the struggle to achieve political independence now we must employ back political independence to achieve Economic Freedom most dictators inevitably are corrupt though they may initially try to act in the nations interest power always crops so in the case of he started off investing in education in health care in infrastructure everyone vested their hopes and dreams for a new zimbabwe and dictators exploited vulnerability so you have somebody like gabi who is. Its the end of colonialism and brings in a new form of government and absolutely transforms the system in a heartbeat. But it wasnt long before power and paranoia went to mccartneys head he was sacked accused of plotting to overthrow him removing homo was mugabes 1st step to one contested rule and dictatorship. Survival for any dictatorship finding out where the threats are and find those threats as quickly as possible. 980 zimbabwe was finally free from british and white rule thanks to the man hailed as a Freedom Fighter and man of the people Robert Mugabes. Gabriel. It was euphoria in the country independence. Finally. Free and people were free to do what they wanted and they really hoped and National News toward their promises. But while the black population were enjoying new opportunities cracks were already forming within the political sphere there is a lot of current between certain members of your party and his party. Are the people that we dont have. Existing. I spoke with hostility towards he. Invited him to join my government to do. The tensions myriad zimbabwes divided political allegiances. Just ruin comos. Lost the political battle in parliament against Robert Mugabes zanu faction but in his massive billy homeland and come over support was challenged and captured weapons showed that some followers of a coma went prepared to accept the on easy status quo. Oh my. To secure the loyalty of both his rivals and people mugabi focused his attention on building up the army. Life in the regular army will be quite different to that in the guerrilla units. About 25000 guerrillas have so far been formed into battalions the socalled super sausage machine is processing about 3000 men a month the training isnt comprehensive but merely the 1st stage right why oh why so i felt. At the top the 6 most senior positions in the new army are divided equally among the 3 factions. Who i wanted to project an image of strength and he did this by providing funding to the military he needed to keep the military happy to prevent them from staging a coup against but he also wanted to show to the world that zimbabwe was a strong country with a strong military. Be spared no expense. This large army has already put a strain on the economy there arent enough barracks for the men yet the government is already spending a 5th of its budget on defense. When the integration process is complete the new Zimbabwean Army will number between 6065000 men this is an enormous and expensive regular force for a country with a population of 7000000 military rebels against them theyre in trouble if you mean in uganda was aware of this he came to power in a coup so he knew a coup could replace him they have to coupe prove the regime they have to weaken the military we did this by creating parallel armies that could offset the power of the national. Guard even brought the north Korean Forces to train his infamous crack units the 5th brigade he didnt hesitate in putting his new army to use. Beginning in 1903 thousands of people in the provinces loyal to in coma were killed in what when known as the massacres Prime MinisterRobert Mugabe is determined to wipe out of position and much of the labor. Party and its leader joshua Government Troops swept through northern much of the land looking for the socalled supporters of joshua thousands are believed to have died or sustained horrific injuries during that search sadly in just a few years the freedom to change from one who helped to remove this brutal white minority government to actually brutalizing is people mugabe had a huge Security Apparatus and used them as a tool against his opponents he used them to kill over 20000 people and use them to torture and to brutalize anyone who opposed him. Numerous talks held between mugabe and in comal to end the bloodshed broke down. In regard to this relationship im sorry to say we have been full. On the question of unity and the Central Committee of my party is a recent. We decided that the talks to be discontinued for the are serving d no useful purpose i have suffered i have worked hard for this country. For him to. Work song. To make stick and this. Traitor. Meant. To. Insult this war by 987 an estimated 20000 people from the in their ethnic minority had been killed this violence largely ended after mugabe and in como signs the unity according to simba 987 zanu ends up to merged to become zanu p f bringing mugabe one step closer to his ultimate goal. The merger of zanu and sample was a recognition of the need to submerge traditional or philosophical differences and unite the country. But it also fitted in with mugabes ambitions hed long expressed the wish to create a one party state that was tied to a more democratic system during the 7 year lifespan of the lancaster house agreement. I think what that means the biggest threat was hint self you know while he was in power and hes really was on a piece of party the opposition had been weakened over the years and and silenced to some extent. The most dangerous type of dictatorship is a persons dictatorship or one man war and thats because theres no institution to check their power in these dictators tend to make their decision in isolation in the case of the babee he was trying to personalize the regime he was trying to make every decision on his own almost a cheap did. In late 1987 the position of Prime Minister was a. Polished and mugabe became president within como as Vice President mugabe was edging closer to one man rule but he did make some concessions all that remained was to find a way to appease or rendered harmless bizarre to dissidents and that too was achieved. I. Decided to grab the general atmosphere to do the following categories of. Political field to jeeves from justice 3 persons under detention or imprisonment for up or intimidated. And como was no longer a threat but mugabe needed to maintain the loyalty of his people. Usually dictators are able to stay in power to a point without using violence so long as they control the flow of information public hitler called the press looting press the line press he said that anyone who stood up to his narrative was effectively lying to the public he called them the enemy of the people words that were echoed by mao and stalin and so this idea that anyone who says anything that the dictator doesnt agree with is lying but there is some sort of force against the people its a common tactic to turn the public against those sources the challenge the dictator mugabi exiled critical zimbabwean journalists and foreign media was strictly controlled or banned its the mugabe governments efforts to close down the press both foreign and domestic plain and simple they dont want a Critical Press they dont want a critical overseas press and so theyre trying to stop. Being a has over the years managed to stay in power by controlling the media. Be shut down all but one Television Channel and heavily censored its output. During his rule that there was no freedom of movement no freedom of speech freedom of expression as generalised many a to. I you know just trying to have a demonstration you also get a good and beaten up or i restated you have to control the media because once you control the narrative once you control the information the public consumes you can control how they think about problems. But also take control of independent sources of information by shutting them off to the public and that means state media it means shutting down press outlets i criticize them and it means jail in their opponents and this way theres not really an alternative narrative for the opposition to exploit because theyve already been silenced the. Other areas of society were also beginning to feel the pinch in 1996 strict austerity measures prompted Civil Servants nurses and Junior Doctors to strike over poor pay. Despite the economic crisis at home mugabe sent troops to the democratic republic of congo in 1998 to fight in the conflicts that became the 2nd congo war as a result International Economic aid to zimbabwe was halted and the country was millions of dollars worse off. Than meant to the late 1990 s. Characterized by civil unrest student protests and this was really to do with Food Shortages and crippling economic crisis in the country at that time. The people of zimbabwe were beginning to rebel against mcgarvie and in 1909 he was faced with a new political enemy when one of his greatest supporters turned against him. For the people they see the light at the end of the morgan chang began his political career as an Ardent Supporter of mugabe and zanu p. F. In 1909 chiang or i cofounded the movement for Democratic Change or m. D. C. Party which was formed in opposition to. Mugabes rule. But mugabe was undeterred and turned his attention back to land reform for 20 years we had been seeking a more equitable distribution of land but progress was painfully slow and 70 percent of zimbabwes Agricultural Land was still owned by white farmers. Mugabe called for a new constitution that would allow the government to seize the property of white farmers without compensation. In view of. The world. If you as was about waiting for this view passed. Through all his weight against it ready. Ensure that it could. Distribution. Priority. In a referendum the new constitution was blocked mcgarvie was furious with his support a mix of Government Troops and vigilante groups began seizing white owned land by force. War veterans they were drunk. They were threatening to kill us one common pattern most detainer ships if they have to either manufacture or amplify a threat so in the case of hitlers jewish people. In the case of mugabi he amplified the threat from white farmers. And fight against the whites and such. Is that particular section of the right on the left of when the european columbus. They forced black people off their farms and took control over the countrys agriculture that. With the introduction of land reform this is a story you might not have heard before that reform is working landry for more is very important when this is 5 people went to war to take back from the white minority but when you decide to deal with this issue he was doing it for the wrong reasons and thats why we ended up with the disastrous policy we allowed disputes prisons to take. Without it that many of his cronies had multiple farms and did not believe the country and. The new occupants of confiscated farms often included prominent members of the ruling elite they were either inexperienced inept or disinterested in farming Food Production plummeted and the country nosedived into famine and economic decline. Up to a quarter of the population fled the country and 3 quarters of those who were left living on less than one u. S. Dollar per day. International sanctions were implemented against mugabes land grab policy. The sanctions are targeted not at the people of zimbabwe they suffered enough but against the leadership of the government. For mugabi the sanctions proved to be a convenient scapegoat. Most. Of. Them. Oh out scapegoating is essential for a dictatorship because it provides some political cover to deflect blame when things go wrong it wasnt my fault they say it was these enemy of the people but you should blame look at what britain is try to do mobilize the whole all of europe against us merely because the land christian right should be a. Protest group against mugabes dictatorship including from Opposition Leader morgan tsvangirai. This is our. View for the year for you with that. Groups she said. Their marriage always occupied such a very Important National position the general village thank you. I think i. Do the despicable. Chander i was proving a thorn in mugabes side and in the run up to the 2002 elections mugabe accused of plotting to kill him i was arrested. Mugabes tactics paid off. As. As i sit here. Robert mugabe is being sworn in as the president of zimbabwe after this bizarre. Situation in zimbabwe no one could possibly call it an election most in d. C. Leadership is in custody or on the run there are thousands of People Living up in the mountains in the bush they have been burned out of their homes. And terrorized mugabe managed to stay in power by controlling the state machine he controlled the army he also controlled the police and to a very large extent he controlled the opposition will or weekend inside him is that after years of fighting this brutal regime. When the country went to the polls again in 2007 before he could pose another threat to my god hes rule i was arrested again and severely beaten at 78 mugabi entities 27th here in power. The big difference between dictatorships of the past and today is that today theyre less brutal but theyre also more durable and one reason for this is they started to mimic the marcos they hold elections they have Political Parties they have judiciaries but they figured out clever ways to always ensure that they never lose power there is no no chance at all one could have imagined that this could be described as a Fair Election as a free election it was neither this is a breakdown in Civil Society it is a blood stained regime that is letting down its own people the whole International Community reflecting the outreach people feel about the violence the intimidation and the illegitimate son of holding by the mcgarvie government what weve agreed to is that we send you my submissions and voip it to press for change in zimbabwe and what weve also agreed is Financial Model sanctions that will be imposed a members of the zimbabwean. International. Nation had little effect. And that really seems they can shout as loud as you like from washington. Or from any other quarter. People only our people ringback will decide. Mugabe responded to sanctions by attacking his own people he withheld food aid from opposition supporters 4000000 people depend on foreign aid to feed themselves and their families but the mcgarvie regime has now suspended the work of the International Organizations that provide and distribute it observers say its a crude and illegal attempt to bully the electorate. I had the opportunity to do it before the Security Experts there for the money. The quantities of. Reports that my findings. Show all state of emergency food surveillance and the messages that we believe the government to send him to because we need to use god we hold to the pursuit of food and if you do not support the newbie if in this election you will be you will go hungry be has over the years learn to use the fear factor to control the masses with its controlling the media through how he controls information and communication through Food Distribution especially in the us if you dont support if you dont get food period the economic crisis deepens and mugabe responded by printing more and more banknotes by summer 2008 inflation had reached an estimated 200000000 percent severe Food Shortages continued and Health Services deteriorated coinciding with a cholera outbreak seen the lengths mugabi was prepared to go to in order to hold on to power. I had little choice but to withdraw his candidacy in the 2008 Runoff Election and concede the presidency to mugabe. You know that whatever we did he was going to lead to do it could to deliver. Discredit he was going to clear if we dont do you a little glimpse of this is what is up in. The world zimbabweans are saying. Its an exercise in delusion he cannot solve the economic problem you cannot solve. Percent inflation. Mugabi was sworn in for his 6th term in office. After the 2008 elections from want to be faced graceless electorate and he used the state machinery to silence perceived enemies of the state. Generalist opposition members Civil Society organizations even human rights organizations were not. Surprisingly in the parliamentary elections zanu p. F. Lost its majority in the house of assembly for the 1st time since independence in 1900. Forced to form a government of National Unity with the Opposition Leader morgan tsvangirai. Chiang or i was made zimbabwes 1st Prime Minister since mugabe had abolished the post in 1907 when he became president. I dont see any reason why i would go and Work Together as. We will all sons of the soil reset. The economic political situation stabilized for a while during this 5 year power sharing in zimbabwe when the country converted to the us dollar inflation dropped from 50000000000 percent to nothing. One night. 5 years later with a date set for the 2013 general election campaigning was in full swing. In the heart of zimbabwes capital the largest rally ever held by the opposition tens of thousands packed in to hear the final speech from the man vying to unseat president Robert Mugabe morgan chang derive believes he has the support to do it but fears this election could be bricked what so many people died so yes afraid to die. If i dont get this in my house. So whats with the counting here nearly complete theres a growing error of resignation that these official results will be anything but a true reflection of the voters wishes the opposition say very incensed by the vote rigging they claim has taken place by t. V. News has uncovered evidence from the Voters Register showing there are more than 100000 voters aged over 100 in a country whose average Life Expectancy is just 51. 2013 saw mugabe begin another term as president. Spearheaded by mugabi a significant new constitution was voted in which abolished change the rise role of Prime Minister for a 2nd time. After 33 years in power Robert Mugabes rule goes on and the hopes of those who dared to dream change was coming to zimbabwe have been deflated. Despite Health Concerns mugabi announced plans to run in the 28. 00 president ial elections. Dictators never give up power willingly theres not usually a peaceful ending or resolution to dictatorships but the fear that theyre going to be killed by an angry mob is sufficient to force them to use more and more we tell you the closer they get to their regimes demise. Brutalized me you know and left me forget i suffered more on my hands because i tried to protect my hip is a tyrant. Is someone who is seen many many crises is someone who has written many many people suffer you know what you are. The protest. And the crackdown is over the governments desperate answer to a crippling economic crisis that called bomb notes for the 1st time in a decade zimbabwe is printing its own money so overnight they queue for the banks to open hoping for some of this nations shrinking store of u. S. Dollars said bob was currency since the days of hyperinflation of the guesses the bomb note and the fear it will lead them back to those ruinous times. To zimbabwes leader the coming months will tell if this is a quick fix for economic failure or a final fatal folly in the lead up to the elections mugabe sacked his Vice President and. This field speculation that he was paving the way for his much younger wife grace to become his successor. Handing the power down from the way. They want to make it did in most my. Sometimes dictatorships are able to survive even after the dictator dies because theyve groomed a successor very often a Family Member so you have rumors of this happening in zimbabwe grace mugabi the successor to Robert Mugabe and this already have been. And in north korea were to replace his father kim jong il who has been groomed since birth for the eventual job of becoming a dictator zimbabwe decided that enough was enough mugabe was placed under house arrest by the Zimbabwean National army theres also the exit strategy of a military coup which ends very very badly for the dictators is its a good thing after a good cause it would. Be just this one was an. d expeditious intervention or in a situation introduced to. Be was given an ultimatum resign or face impeachment. All those rigs next and i know ill be happy for him describe everything that he has done to leave with dignity and to just walk away the gym a little bit more. And we did but he refused to do that. To the world surprised days later mugabe changed his mind and stepped down at 93 years old he was granted full diplomatic status he was given a mansion with up to 23 Staff Members and several vehicles. For the 1st time in 37 years general elections were held without mugabe as a candidate. I think the worst thing thats what got me in the digit was bringing this haydon to his own people i would never have thought i would spend more than 17 years living outside of my country because of him when he bent and group of journalists including myself. Millions of zimbabweans have had to live in country because of. The legacy that mugabe left or zimbabwe has been catastrophic its not just the fact that he led the country into economic disarray but he has left in its wake an authoritarian regime. If mugabe head. Balanced. And put in place proper. Political reforms. And really thought his people and not just. Wishes of a few maybe he could have been the next. Robert mugabe left a legacy of nearly 4 decades of political corruption bloodshed Human Rights Violations famine and guerrilla wars zimbabwe was left with a momentous time ask of rebuilding the country in hopes of securing a Brighter Future for its people free from dictatorship. The new president. Has promised to restore zimbabwes economy and corruption and promote human rights but in the wake of the regime change the challenge of rebuilding zimbabwe is proving to be a difficult one. On the 6th of september 2019 Robert Gabriel mugabe died after weeks of disagreement between his family and the government about where he should be laid to rest he was buried at his family home and given a heros funeral. Once a hero of zimbabwes struggle for independence Robert Mugabe has left behind a difficult legacy. Into the conflict year after year the war in yemen goes on with no apparent end in sight but whos really trying to stop it my guest this week here in munich is the countrys foreign minister Mohammed Dahlan of germany after thousands of civilian casualties be enormous human suffering all being for nothing. Conflict. 30 minutes. Or more. In the art of climate change. Conference much of. Whats in store. For the future. Comes pretty megacities to the multimedia inside. Im sure. This is d w news live from the u. N. War inside africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related deaths so far african nations have reported just a small fraction of the worlds cases but there are fears that the continent could see millions of infections in the coming months also on the program in Hong Kong Police arrest 15 democracy campaigners in connection with last years massive protests at least hear from the pro democratic opposition about what the crackdown