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Mugabe dismiss uprisings in Zimbabwe
24 Nov 2011 at 15:36hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has dismissed possibilities of uprisings similar to the ones witnessed in North Africa saying the most likely possibility were coup d'état.
Speaking during the launch of the Unki Tongogara Community share trust scheme here in Shurugwi at Unki Mine, President Robert Mugabe said he was certain that the uprising that happened in North Africa will not replicate in Southern Africa.
He said the most that Southern Africans could do was coup d'etat as Southern African people can never be influenced to rise against their leaders.
Mugabe said that what was experienced in North Africa could only happen in an Arab state.
"What happened in North Africa is only peculiar to Arabs and cannot occur in Southern African countries. It can only be the Arabs that are told to violently remove their leaders and they just follow without questioning" added Mugabe.
Mugabe also blamed his usual enemies for the Arab spring that saw his close friend Muammar Gaddafi being toppled and assassinated.
Speaking during the launch of the Unki Tongogara Community share trust scheme here in Shurugwi at Unki Mine, President Robert Mugabe said he was certain that the uprising that happened in North Africa will not replicate in Southern Africa.
He said the most that Southern Africans could do was coup d'etat as Southern African people can never be influenced to rise against their leaders.
Mugabe said that what was experienced in North Africa could only happen in an Arab state.
"What happened in North Africa is only peculiar to Arabs and cannot occur in Southern African countries. It can only be the Arabs that are told to violently remove their leaders and they just follow without questioning" added Mugabe.
Mugabe also blamed his usual enemies for the Arab spring that saw his close friend Muammar Gaddafi being toppled and assassinated.
Source - radiovop
