Robert Mugabe is Indeed a ‘Goblin’

Dictator Robert Mugabe

Who said Robert Mugabe is a Goblin? That person is quite right. According to the dictionary, ‘ Goblins are demons of any size, usually in human or animal form, that are supposed to assail, afflict, and even torture human beings: “Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn’d, …” (Shak. Hamlet I, iv). Gnomes are small beings, like ugly little old men, who live in the earth, guarding mines, treasures, etc. They are mysteriously malevolent and terrify human beings by causing dreadful mishaps to occur.’

It is an indefensible description of a man who has raped the political and economic infrastructure of his people. He has deprived the Zimbabwean people of a decent way of life. He has strangled the economy of his country. Not only has he stolen millions to lavish on himself and his wife and cohorts, he has prevented his country from enjoying the economic wealth its citizens have worked so hard for. Robert Mugabe is an old man, far over the retiring age of most men in Africa. But his greed for power has displaced any semblance of common sense in him. He has lost his sanity. It seems his capacity to invoke a second-thought process has been severely disrupted by an undefined mental illness.

At 85, one would expect this old man of politics to have resigned from the thought of leadership and hand over power peacefully to the duly elected President Morgan Tsvangirai. He shamelessly rigged the elections and use his Zanu-PF thugs to intimidate opposition elements.  Mugabe’s actions against his people can only be viewed with pity for a man who has lost his pride, has no shame, determined to use brutal force on his opponents just for him to cling on to power. MP Douglas Mwonzora’s description of Mugabe as a Goblin is absolutely correct. In fact it is a lesser form of what this cruel animal of a man deserves to be called.  Douglas Mwonzora must be commended for coming up with a single word that offers a completeness in description of this brutal dictator. This MP has indeed made it to the shortlist of Africa’s Man of the Year 2010. He has coined a phrase for the media world and has helped save a huge amount of space on our print media when we make attempt to define the character of Robert Gabriel Mugabe. The charges brought against Douglas Mwonzora must be dropped. It is laughable. It is an embarassment to the presidency of Zimbabwe.

In my last installment on Mugabe I said, the people of Zimbabwe will continue to suffer if they don’t stand up and stop this man. He is not prepared to hand over power with benignity and respect. He is a dictator, and dictators have a tendency to cling on to power come what may. Dictators only look after their own interests and the interests of those who support their maniacal political agenda. The people of Zimbabwe must rise up peacefully and reclaim their country!



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