President Robert Mugabe is hanging on to power because he is more worried about his physical security than financial security because he has more than enough money for him and his family.
This was said by the late Masipula Sithole more than a decade ago when he predicted that the Zimbabwean leader would have an unhappy exit.
Mugabe is still in power and there is no end in sight as to when he will retire.
Sithole said when people take to the streets, Mugabe will have an unhappy exit.
Opposition parties and civic organisations took to the streets calling on Mugabe to step down but police rushed in to ban demonstrations, though the ban has now expired.
“Mugabe knows he is unpopular and is worried about his physical security — otherwise he would not be clinging to power so desperately,” Masipula Sithole said.
Asked about Mugabe’s financial security, Sithole said this was not Mugabe’s primary concern. He already had more than enough money for him and his family.
Sithole said what Mugabe needed was an acceptable exit package which he said should include ultraloyalists like Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Sithole, who said he used to jog with Jonathan Moyo in the United States and at the University of Zimbabwe, said Moyo could direct the transition if he was properly approached and given similar exit incentives.
Below are the Wikileaks cables that mention Moyo’s name:
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