The people will fight their revolution

The international community is, in principle, against coups. They have their “international diplomatic reasons” for this, but they do very little to help the citizens under dictators like Robert Mugabe, Bashir al-Assad of Syria, and Rodrigo Duterte of the Phillippines.

At times sanctions will be imposed, which is more detrimental to the poor citizens than the rich dictators and their cronies.

Mugabe, pictured, was dethroned via a coup ... a very “professional/soft coup” (if ever there was something like that). He was president for over 37 years and I will bet not all those years were as bad as his last decade or so.

Mugabe was a founder of the Zimbabwe freed from British colonialism. He was at times considered a comrade, someone who contributed immensely to the struggle. A highly educated man with several degrees and even knighted by the queen nogal. Yes, he has fallen from grace – deservedly so. He became a monster.

But what is the way forward for Zimbabwe? Uncertainty, if it could be described in one word.

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My prayers are for the new leaders to know that people will fight their own revolution. And I doubt if they will wait another 37 years to say “enough is enough”.

Papla v Nantes,

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