By Ian Ortega
In what seemed to be a battle for respect, Robert Mugabe took turns to hit at his sworn-enemy aka Nelson Mandela whom he termed as an idiot. Mugabe who did not mince up his words during this victory speech at a party held to celebrate his triumph asked Africa to praise him more than the betrayer, Nelson Mandela.
“My huge victory in these elections proves I am the greatest leader in the history of Africa,” Mugabe told supporters in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. “I have spent my whole life fighting for the Zimbabwean people and they continue to elect me.”
Mugabe went on in his trademark fiery speech to declare: “I am the greatest African who has ever lived,” Mugabe said. “The world should love me more than the idiot Nelson Mandela. F**k Nelson Mandela. As I waged war against colonialism, that coward sat on his ass in prison for 27 years. He’s a coward.
“I have been leader for 33 years. Mandela was president for five years. What kind of idiot gives up political power? Great leaders like me know how to stay in power.
“While Mandela sits comfortably in a hospital, I stand before you fit and healthy, ready to lead this country and the Zimbabwean people for at least another 25 years,” Mugabe added, referring to the 95-year-old Mandela’s ongoing treatment for a lung condition.
Mugabe also expressed disgust at South Africa’s Rainbow flag which he described as fake and one that shows that Mandela never cared about black interests.
“There is only one color allowed in Zimbabwe, and it is black,” he said. “I banned the color white in my country. Nelson Mandela told all the white people to stay in his ridiculous rainbow nation. He should have thrown all of the whites out of his country like I did. South Africa would be so much better off.”
