So, Mugabe has gone.
After much pushing and shoving, Robert Mugabe, a man who should be in prison for his assorted acts of brutality, fraud, theft and much more, has resigned as President of Zimbabwe. Having terrorised his country for 37 years, he's left it in a parlous state that will no doubt have the aid agencies coming round with the begging bowl, while Mugabe himself clears off with his stolen billions. If it wasn't true, you couldn't make it up.
Mugabe's replacement as head of state will be his erstwhile deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa who was vice-President until Mugabe sacked him a few weeks ago. Given that Mnangagwa is one of Mugabe's oldest associates one has to wonder whether there will be much real change; the dominant force will still be the ZANU-PF political party and there must be a fear that all that's happened is a transfer of power from one thieving tyrant to another.
The next weeks, months and years will show us just how much the country-wide celebrations of recent days were justified.
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