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Mugabe plots to expose Ian Khama
03 Oct 2016 at 09:56hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe will this week travel to Lesotho for the volatile southern African country's 50th independence celebrations, just a week after he snubbed a similar invite from his Botswana counterpart, Ian Khama, as hostility between the two leaders intensifies.
Mugabe cancelled a scheduled trip to Botswana after Khama told an international news agency, Reuters, that it was time the 92-year-old Zimbabwean leader steps down due to old age.
Khama said Mugabe had overstayed in power and was now a liability to Zimbabwe and the Sadc region.
But a State media columnist, revealed to be Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba, at the weekend intimated that Mugabe would use his Lesotho trip this week as a way to hit back at Khama.
Mugabe cancelled a scheduled trip to Botswana after Khama told an international news agency, Reuters, that it was time the 92-year-old Zimbabwean leader steps down due to old age.
Khama said Mugabe had overstayed in power and was now a liability to Zimbabwe and the Sadc region.
But a State media columnist, revealed to be Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba, at the weekend intimated that Mugabe would use his Lesotho trip this week as a way to hit back at Khama.
Source - Newsday
