I have just watched the Mugabe interview on CNN…………. what a disaster. I dont know if this went horribly wrong for Christiane Amanpour “CNN Chief International Correspondent” or for the aging dictator. Christiane was ill prepared, not much homework went into that interview, everything Geriatric was spewing is plastered on News sites and papers everywhere (blah,blah,blah) Geriatric Mugabe has not given in to major News networks like CNN in a longtime and for Christiane to give him such an easy ride is unforgivable.

I don’t expect Mugabe to tell us anything new, he always has the same story (change  the record Bob) what I do expect is for those interviewers to sink their teeth in, after all he has agreed to the interview. However Geriatric Mugabe did show us another side of him that we had been waiting to see……Where is George Charamba when you need him!  You cant exactly say the President was not ready for this, he is just getting on in life, how embarrasing was that Robert “G” eriatric Mugabe lost for words this a first, stummering  mumbling all over the place about Bennetts charges. I never thought I would live to see the day when Mugabe doesn’t not have anything to say, the years have caught up and the fat lady is singing it is time to let go.

You see Mugabe normally leaves it to George Charamba aka Nathaniel Manheru aka “the Violet Gonda Violator” to embarass him,  he is the man with permanant verbal diarrhea, he is the one who normally blurts out obscenities to foreign media. If Robert “Geriatric” Mugabe thought this interview was going to be his way of worming back into peoples hearts it did not work and I am sure his peers are scratching for answers right now.

I wonder if Jonathan “Political Prostitute” Moyo still thinks ZANU is the way to go……

The Political tug of war between Mugabe and Tsvangirai continues.

The old man blighted by dementia and stubborness he carries on to take and  forget, his latest victim being the Nelson Chamisa  Minister with no Portfolio who for a few weeks was “ The Minister of Information, Media and Publicity“ (or still is depends on who you ask). Certain responsibilities have been taken away from Mr Chamisa because they are of “interest” to the ruling Gorvenment oh sorry to ZANU PF. With Nelson incharge of these “interests” ZANU are not able to fully utilize some “tools” of the Ministry. I guess when Bob handed over the ministry he had a bit too much wine to drink celebrating the union with the Prime Minister or dementia had just kicked in, we can understand your Excellency. 

The other half, understandably were not pleased by this sudden withdrawal by Baba Vakuru and has been one of the reasons for the continuing tension between two. This was supposed to be a Unity Government but when working with Robert Mugabe expect the goal posts to move now and again. Chamisa has so far threatened to quit if his Ministry was not left intact but I do not see the President losing sleep over this, in fact i do not see Chamisa quiting his job because if he did he would have to give back that lovely Mercedes Benz that gave him all the Power he currently posses.

On the other hand the Prime Minister is having to deal with rebelious members of his party who are refusing to hand over or refuse the luxury vehicles handed to them whem they came in “power” distributed by Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono. Some members have even threaten to quit the Party (but i ask myself will htey still be entiled to the vehicles if they walked out). That greed settled in so quickly he is now having problems taming his crowd. Currently the Prime minister bounces from emergency meetings to crisis meetings earning his hard earned dollar.

The pressure on the Prime Minister right now is immense beside biting his tongue working the most difficult boss we can imagine  he is having to deal with Land invasion issues which are on the increase, the Roy Bennet issue, the Zimbabwe Constitutional issue with the National Constitutional Assembly, issues relating to farming disruptions, Mugabe has got this man running around.