Gabriel. Do swear that i will. Truly say that we. Came to power as a Freedom Fighter we had it was always be unsweet i dont believe in regard to your theory but. Not in the stars and here we have tried that should be spending the past people got rocked up people got shot everyone stressed to their hopes and dreams for a nice and bob boy who got inspired a nation brutalized and tortured tens of thousands of people and one of his biggest legacy was that he led the country into Economic Disaster i think what got me destroyed everything that could have been just cried and said. 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 the stuff that and it is our intention to maintain the real danger. That we all know so. In 1965 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 rhodesian government and oppose it through economic sanctions one of the most Ominous Development in the field if he did this illegal action has been the progressive creation of a police state and the ship. At the rate. 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 incidents of racist policies that started this war 2000 mostly blots and dying in this mission. People. 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 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. He was influenced by gandhi teachings and his time at university in south africa at the same university bad nelson mandela. Was turning point in his life. By 968 the 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 income oh and his party a new Political Party called zanu this in bob way African National union was created and mugabe was. Appointed secretary general in absentia in those early days when he joined politics get his popularity started to grow he was seen as. A figurehead because of his Leadership Qualities and also because he was an orator he spoke very very good so he was able to explain. What the bloods and loved ones really want to. He was seen as though it were racial here. 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 box 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. Me and one. For mugabe there was only one way to deal with smith were at war with ian smith. And the war must continue until hes able to tell the British Government and. It in the end it before your surrendered. The fighting has to continue to combat the and smiths despotic and racist policies mugabe formed an allegiance with in como 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 have tried passive resistance. Asked people got rocked up 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 just chill and there is some sign that the white traditions are willing to accept the principle of an early move to georgia rule until their principles feel accepted but what would you change the British Government should not intend to take from that another initiative. That photosphere United States system should be full supposed to. Be a good resumption of negotiation designed to prevent the majority in the future i dont believe in majority or. Not in a 1000 years we have been coming into courses to bring about a cease fire we have come here to determine whether zimbabwe 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 mission tali in eastern ready 12 whites including missionaries their wives and children were dragged into a nearby field and murdered with a savagery 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 religious 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 suffering who had been waging the increasing violent insurgency put forward candidates standing for stop who was just shooting komo and for zanu comos ally Robert Mugabe. We have. Elected. A lot of what you are now though it was. A different expression the wishes. Of. Mugabes zanu party won the majority making him zimbabwes 1st Prime Minister. They. Do swear. That i will be safe. There too early to zimbabwe and. That he was so popular. 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 to hope to nation that had suffered for a long time and. Its regime and he was a very charismatic. Mugabe his rhetoric was exactly what the people of zimbabwe wanted to hear employed 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 mugabe he started off investing in education in health care in infrastructure. Everyone festered their hopes and dreams for a new zimbabwe and dictators exploit the vulnerability you have somebody like me gabi who explodes 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 como was sacked accused of plotting to overthrow him removing was mugabes 1st step to uncontested rule and dictatorship. Take years survival for any dictatorship is finding out where the threats are and find those threats as quickly as possible. 980 zimbabwe was finally free from both british and white relief thanks to the man hailed as a Freedom Fighter and man of the people Robert Mugabe he. Gave. Me was euphoria in the country independence just finally. Free and people were free to do it in the way they wanted and they really hoped that National Minister will deliver on the promises. But while the black population were enjoying new opportunities cracks were already forming within the political sphere theres a lot of current between certain members of your party and his party. Most of them towards other people that we dont have. Existing between. I spoke with hostility towards him. Invited him to join my government accepted to. The tensions mirrored zimbabwes divided political allegiances. Doorsill and. She 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 show that some followers of a coma went prepared to accept the uneasy status quo. To secure the realty 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. Mcgarvie 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 man 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 they did this by creating parallel armies they could offset the power of the national. Guard even brought the north Korean Forces to train his infamous crack unit 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 como were killed in what were known as the good because 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 mali to be looking for the socalled do this or that 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 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 and. 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 fire. On the question of unity and the Central Committee of my body 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 into. The war oh work song. To record our independence stick and this. Trade. Many. Much. Insight swore by 987 an estimated 20000 people from the in their ethnic minority had been killed this violence largely ended after mugabe and include signed the unity accord into simba 987 zanu and 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 he had 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 that theres a big constraint was hidden self you know while he was in power and hes really. 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 rule and thats because theres no institution to check their power in these dictators tend to make their decision in isolation in the case of he was trying to personalize the regime he was trying to make every decision on his own and the almost achieved it. In late 1987 the position of Prime Minister was a. Polished and mugabe became president within como aspirants 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 render harmless the stop of dissidents and that too was achieved. I. Decided to grab the general amnesty through the following categories of. Visit and sit. Up with the political field to jeeves from just do is create persons under the to you know your prison remain Forward Operating with disabilities. 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 the leading press or 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 the dictator doesnt agree with is lying that there are some sort of force against the people its a common tactic to turn the public against the source of 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 there was no freedom of movement no freedom of speech no freedom of expression as generalised many a to. I you know just trying to have a demonstration you also get. 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 to criticize them and it means jailing their opponents and this way there is 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. The mint to the late 1990 s. Characterized by civil unrest student protests and this was wrong 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. You cleared off for the people they see the light at the end of the morgan chiang mai began his political career as an Ardent Supporter of mugabe and zanu p. F. In 1999 chiang or i cofounded the movement for Democratic Change or m. D. C. Party which was formed in opposition. 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