Mugabe sold his soul to the devil for that presidency. The people wanted Joshua nkomo, but his policies were about getting cacs to share the new zimbabwe which obviously wasn't what the cacs wanted. It was wasn't about land grabbing like what happened under Mugabe but it was..I will say this again..everyone in Zimbabwe to have equal opportunities.
Mugabe agreed with what cacs wanted, and remember he wasn't even the one who was gon be in power..There was two another nikkas above him but as someone clever he managed to get one of the nikkas murked like he always does to any threat for him to be second in line. Top guy was just a prime minister (canaan banana) whose rep was later destroyed by this black leader. Since his soul already belonged to the devil, he had to do right by them and let them flourish with no problems for the next 20+ years.
see the devil is clever, as long as he is getting his..There are no problems. The devil knew what was coming and started slowly to migrate to other countries ie Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and overseas.
when the people of zimbabwe started whispering, this man got a re - writing of the constitution where he would have power and incase he was dethroned would not be put on trial for corruption. ....but then it was too late, the people had woken and seen enough, workers unions helped ignite that fire in zimbabweans and so people voted against the new constitution.
After losing this vote, confidence was low, across the country people started shouting, they weren't whispering anymore..They started reminding him of the genocide and crimes he committed against his own people (and the ndebele who were always pro - Joshua nkomo). In football stadiums people started singing liberation songs (same songs sung against cac rule before independence) and yes the general election was about a year away..opposition parties gained momentum (ZUM and MDC)...The man was gon lose his power, he was gon lose his wealth and was facing a possible trial for corruption and murder etc..His masters were losing faith in him and the country once dubbed "the bread busket of africa" was in debt, and his own people had turned against him..workers were going on strike and people losing their jobs. What else could he do with an election a few months away?
Yep he manipulated his own people into believing he was trying to do good buy giving all war veterans 50 000 dollars each with some getting more depending on their rank in the army, this was a lot of money back then..I think zim dollar against the British sterling was 1 pound sterling: 8 zim dollars so that was a lot of money for a country going downhill.not that paying these people was wrong, they fought for the peoples freedom but the timing wasn't right..could have been done withing 10 years of getting the country back. So after all these payments to gain an extra vote war veterans and dumb youths were given a go ahead to violently take land without being given deeds for said land or without and support of how to handle this land etc so a further fortune was lost in export etc...I'm tired now..elections came and he won. People still have to land and are worse than before, agriculture is dead. There is a reason cacs love zimbabwe, it's a rich country in the wrong of corrupt people drunk with power.