Mugabe's R12.9m birthday bash

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MASVINGO - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest leader, hosts lavish celebrations to mark his 92nd birthday on Saturday at a time of severe drought and increasing friction over his succession.

Tens of thousands of party loyalists, officials and members of the public are expected to attend a day of concerts, street parades and parties in Masvingo in the southeast of the country.

"Organisers have been working flat out to ensure the celebrations are a success,"

Mugabe, who turned 92 on Sunday last week, has ruled for 36 years during an era marked by vote-rigging, mass emigration, accusations of human rights abuses and economic decline.

On his actual birthday, state media poured praise on his leadership since independence from Britain.
In its 16-page special supplement, the Sunday Mail said on its front cover: "Thank You Bob, We now have a voice, since 1980".

The main party on Saturday will be held in a large tent at the Great Zimbabwe ruins, a Unesco world heritage site that was built in the 13th century as the headquarters of the Munhumutapa empire.
Cattle and wild game will be slaughtered for the feast, with organisers claiming that as many as 50,000 guests are expected.
The scale of the celebrations, costing a reported $800,000 (R12.9-million) this year, attract annual controversy in Zimbabwe, which recently declared a "state of disaster" due to the drought and widespread food shortages.


"There is very little to celebrate for a 92-year-old who has presided over the collapse of the economy, reducing the country to a nation of vendors and beggars," Takavafira Zhou, a political analyst at Masvingo State University, told AFP.
"There will be wining and dining at the venue while all around people are starving."
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SlowInternet said:
Idiots waste money while their people are starving. Disgusting !
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The starving people are bigger idiots. I feel nothing for them anymore. Ask any one of them and they'll say something along the lines of he deserves it, he's the president, we love him, its his right, bla bla bla. They are to blame.
 
Zim/SA both ruled by contradictory policies. Never seen two states so utterly governed by complete policy confusion.
 
This proves, that poor economic situation does not affect the one in power who let it happen.
 
Few leaders have subjects who are so willing to suffer so their president can be having it. That is loyalty beyond self.
 
The OAU sing Mugabe's praises. Zimbabwe is a shining example of success; the benchmark by which all others compared.

In order to be successful in Africa and gain the respect of your peers you need to aspire to one or more of the following achievements.

1. A despot in power.
2. A cooked economy.
3. Rampant crime and poverty.
4. Pillaged natural resources.
 
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