The Mugabe Era Is Over. But He May Remain as a Figurehead Ashish Kumar Sen Newsweek
... Second, Mugabe is still a figure held in reverence by many of the veterans of the liberation struggle. His thirty-something years in power has worn out the respect, but he is still regarded not only inside the country but across the region as a hero of the fight against the white minority domination of what was then Rhodesia under [then-Prime Minister] Ian Smith ... https://www.yahoo.com/news/mugabe-era-over-may-remain-212042728.html
The House of Mugabe crumbles – but it's too soon to celebrate in Zimbabwe Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London The Conversation•November 17, 2017
... Any new government will not start on a firm foundation, perhaps Grace Mugabe will try to somehow organise a comeback; it’s not clear if Zimbabwe still has enough of an economic base to start rebuilding itself in earnest, and the military may yet try to extract a price for its role in bringing Mugabe down. Should that price be too high, Zimbabwe might fall prey to the old Turkish phenomenon of “tutelary democracy”, where for decades a powerful military peered over the shoulders of a weak government ... https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-mugabe-crumbles-apos-too-134813608.html
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