Robert Mugabe- Crisis Chief

The Zimbabwean government may be incompetent in a lot of things but crisis management is not one of them. Infact, I would declare that they are proving to be talented in handling crises. (However, I wouldn’t say the same about their sanctions busting talents). Since year 2000, the year generally considered to have set Zimbabwe on the crisis path following very controversial land ownership reforms, that at present have no end in sight, I've marvelled at how the government of Robert Mugabe has managed to parry crisis after crisis. I doubt that many of Mugabe's critics all over the world imagined that he would last this long when things started going south. He has.


I've always said that it would take something extraordinary for the people of Zimbabwe to finally gather enough stamina and courage to launch Robert Mugabe back to his Kutama Village. Moreso when considering that, in one way or another, those who are able to lead any change process in Zimbabwe have been bought cheap over the years. A lot of would-be saviours engage in financial prostitution with Robert Mugabe's Zanu Pf on a daily basis.


Anyway, that something extraordinary may have arrived. Inflation in the hundreds proved to be just ordinary. But four digit inflation territory? It's the equivalent of the Trojan Horse. The Zanu PF wall can only but be breached finally. If Robert Mugabe comes out of this crisis unscathed, then expect that only an act of God or voluntary retirement will make him vacate the presidency.