ROBERT MUGABE IS DEAD.

Robert Mugabe is dead, at last.

For the best part of 35 years, Mugabe ran his country into the ground. After waging a guerrilla war against the government of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 1970s, Mugabe finally gained power in 1980, initially as Prime Minister and then as President. Under Smith, Southern Rhodesia had been a prosperous, if badly flawed nation, but under Mugabe, the renamed Zimbabwe became one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world. Almost the worst part of the story, and one which is largely glossed over, is that the international community, in a misguided pursuit of supporting supposed 'racial equality' over all else, strongly supported this evil man for many years, despite being well aware of his actions. 

Mugabe stole whatever he could, leaving his people housed in appalling conditions, uneducated, without healthcare and starving. He used shocking violence against his opponents whether they were black or white; he authorised the illegal confiscation of the farms of white owners, having them murdered if they resisted. Political opponents were terrorised, beaten up and worse.

Robert Mugabe was, without doubt, one of the most heinous and vicious national leaders of modern times. He was utterly corrupt and was prepared to do anything in order to retain power. Sadly, he was not alone, being but one of many similar leaders to emerge in Africa over recent years; even the once prosperous and successful South Africa has suffered a similar decline since it came under the control of Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, with the western world once again supporting supposed 'equality' over common sense.

Mugabe wasn't the first and won't be the last evil dictator to emerge in the world, but are there not lessons to be learnt from his time in office and the imbecilic approach of the supposedly civilised world towards the less advanced, in pursuit of the ambitions of western liberal policies ?