The only thing that comes out when western media refer to president Mugabe is an image of a mad man who is always out to get white people. No-one underlines the fact that he was jailed for 10 consecutive years by the fascist white government of Rhodesia.


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Robert Mugabe mocks praise for rival Morgan Tsvangirai

President Robert Mugabe has mocked Australian praise for rival Morgan Tsvangirai after Prime Minister Julia Gillard said he was a "hero" like Nelson Mandela.
By Peta Thornycroft in Johannesburg
1:45PM BST 27 Jul 2012

Mr Tsvangirai, prime minister in Zimbabwe's difficult inclusive government visited Australia and New Zealand this week to press for removal of western sanctions imposed against Mr Mugabe and his colleagues after violent presidential elections ten years ago.
At a luncheon in his honour Ms Gillard said: "You are a hero, like Nelson Mandela, like Aung San Suu Kyi, like Xanana Gusmao – you are one of the remarkable figures of our times." Mr Tsvangirai was showered with praise by Australian media which described him as a "democracy champion."
On Thursday, Mr Mugabe, long envious of Mr Mandela's status, warned Mr Tsvangirai he would be a "fool" if he allowed the praise to go to his head: "Being equated to Mandela!" he exclaimed.
"You're being used to cause divisions among your own people. Some of us have scars inflicted by the colonial settlers during the period we were fighting against them, but some of us forget that, and get carried away by being described as good leaders.
"If you choose to side with the West and do not realise that you are being used, then you are a fool." Mr Mugabe served ten years in detention during the war to end white Rhodesian rule.
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It is not ignored it is irrelevant. madiba spent more than 10 years in prison and yet he had only a wish to unit the land together.