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Original Post Date: 2004-05-17 Time: 13:18:09 Posted By: Jan
[I never trust this sort of story. Mugabe has been about to retire for the last 4 years. Most Rhodesians believe he will rule until the day he dies. I believe they put these stories out to give his opponents a bone – to keep them off his back. Then they wait, fruitlessly for the old bastard to die – but the Devil keeps him alive. Jan]
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said he was having trouble finding a successor to take over from him when he retires but would not seek re-election when his current term expires in 2008.
In an exclusive interview with the Kenyan newspaper, the East African Standard, Mugabe said he would concentrate on writing books when his current term ends in 2008.
He seemed to make it clear he has no plans to step down before his current term expires, contrary to expectations that he would relinquish power at the Zanu-PF five-yearly congress in December.
This is probably the first time that Mugabe has made his retirement plans categorial. But the interview, reproduced by a Zimbabwean newspaper, has angered many who would rather have Mugabe relinquish power now than in 2008.
‘I want to retire from politics. I have had enough’
Many analysts see Zimbabwe’s continued slide towards perdition continuing as long as Mugabe hangs on. But because he does not wish to seek re-election in 2008, Mugabe said he was not “clinging on”.
“I want to retire from politics. I have had enough,” Mugabe told the East African Standard’s Caroline Mango. He said the whole succession issue was “causing power struggles in the top leadership of the Zanu-PF party” and berated top members of his party for consulting witchdoctors in a bid to succeed him.
“Even educated people are seeking the consultation of n’angas (witchdoctors) expecting to be possible candidates,” said Mugabe.
It is believed Mugabe is having problems getting a successor because his preferred choice, parliamentary speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been implicated in several high profile corruption cases.
This article was originally published on page 3 of The Pretoria News on May 17, 2004
Source: Independent Online (IOL)
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=84&ar…/p>