Robert Mugabe was reported to have died on Friday morning in Singapore aged 95 years.
Robert Mugabe was the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980.
He started out well as a liberator but later turned into a dictator. Mugabe died on Friday in Singapore where he was receiving treatment.
The current President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the death of Robert Mugabe on Friday morning.
https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa/status/1169839308406054912
CNN reported that Mugabe was a “brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished.”
Grace Mugabe
Grace Mugabe also nicknamed “Gucci Grace” was married by Robert Mugabe in 1996 in a lavish ceremony.
Mugabe’s reputation as a despot started in 1983. That year he sent the 5th Brigade to Bulawayo to kill the dissidents. Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans were killed in that sad event.
Grace Mugabe is known for her infamous shopping trips to Europe which made her to be nicknamed “Gucci Grace.”
Citizens raised their concerns when Grace Mugabe who isn’t known for any academic exploits was awarded a doctorate degree by the University of Zimbabwe.
In 2017, Robert Mugabe was overthrown by the military and at that time he was 93 years old.
Despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa calling Robert Mugabe a hero, there were mixed feelings expressed on Twitter for example one Professor Makau Mutua said the following:
No one should mourn Robert Mugabe. He’s going straight to hell to join Idi Amin, …Bokassa, Muhamar Qaddafi, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, …Pinochet, Joseph Stalin, – wrote Professor Makau Mutua on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/makaumutua/status/1170032752143548417
In 2000, he chased away thousands of white farmers to pave way for Africans. This specifically made social media users declare that Mugabe was able to deliver land to Africans as opposed to Nelson Mandela who left his people landless.
