PRESIDENT MUGABE OF ZIMBABWE

Looks like Zimbabwe's politics remains pretty much the same and for 40 years nothing seems to have changed under the sun. The Zimbabwians were led to independence in 1980 by Mugabe and they have been stack with him ever since. Looks like his declaration of president for life relative to other African heads of states is becoming  a reality for Zimbabwe. Bob Marley performed a special song he wrote entitled 'Zimbabwe' and in it he opened by saying "Every man has the right to decide his own destiny." The question we all ask after 40 years of Mugabe's rule and counting because after all he has won another term in which he will serve 5 years and the old man is already 89 years. The country was ushered into dictatorship and then into a sort of democracy and now it looks more like a monarchy sort of. We saw what happened in Congo with death the of Kabilah and in Togo with the death of Eyadema. Both late presidents i have mentioned for their respective countries were succeeded by their sons. Zimbabwe could end up becoming one of those countries where upon the death of Mugabe the successor could end up being his son. This realities should put into the right perspective the role of the previous leaders who led their countries to independence. The case of south Africa and the role of Mandela has shown that it really matters to set the right tone and national vision to prevent excesses like we have seen in some subsaharan African countries. After alot of trial and error some countries will be limping from one era to another with hopes of finding the right political solution in a world that's getting more complex and challenging.  Read original article at http://www.mail.com/news/world/2288114-zimbabwes-mugabe-89-sworn-5-years.html#.7518-stage-set3-5