Mugabe has a deep love for the British, journalist says
23 December 2012
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“All Mugabe wants from the British is respect.”

ZIMBABWE’s President Robert Mugabe has a deep love for the British people, and all he has wanted from them is respect says the late author and legendary journalist Heidi Holland.

In what could be a revealing interview, the Holland who was the last white journalist to hold an exclusive interview with Robert Mugabe, suggests that Mugabe’s relationship with the British government was only sustained by what she calls ‘respect’.

She even appears to suggest that Mugabe held the British royal family like his own family.

Says Holland,

“…its a fascinating insight that all this goodness was possible from this same man because he felt reassured and he felt respected and if you look at Mugabe today what he is howling up for all the time for years now is for British respect; that’s what he wants.

“And its such an irony because underneath this publicly expressed hatred of the British, is a deep love for the British. When I talked to him at state house he nearly cried when I mentioned the British royal family; he really got tears in his eyes and he talked about the Queen and how she had stayed with him at various times at state house and her sister had come, and her mother had come and her children had come.

“And he talked about them as a family that he was friendly with,” she says.

Heidi Holland’s interview clip is from the documentary film by Kevin Harris, titled: “Zimbabwe – Past the post … on a dark horse”.

Holland is author of the book, “My dinner with Mugabe” and in this interview segment talks about President Robert Mugabe’s relationship with Lord & Lady Soames, the Royal Family and his conflicted, torn & bitter yet ironically also sweet struggle with the British. Holland was a white Zimbabwean who grew up in the country went to Ellis Robins school in Mabelreign, Harare and then worked for Illustrated Life Rhodesia, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and The Guardian. She was also the author of Dinner with Mugabe, an account of her meetings with Robert Mugabe stretching from Rhodesian times up to 2007 when she met him for the last time. Since that meeting with Mugabe in 2007, the president has not entertained any other white journalist at Zimbabwe’s state house to date.

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28 Replies to “Mugabe has a deep love for the British, journalist says”

  1. Oh! I am Ok Mosses how about you my firend? Papa W0mgoodoyi I only positively identified you so why insult me?
    Vincent you find the queen’s praises refreshing? You are happy and even say something to the effect that she is your all weather friend. You are a big belly crawler like all you kins men.

  2. The queen said mugabe is a true english gentleman,her majesty only eats beef straight from zimbabwe. Mugabe has no grudge with the royal family but with the PM’s. Queen ndovakatengera ZRP madefender wani. The relationship that those two share can never be destroyed.
    chematama is merely an idiot in the queens eyes.

  3. Jumpdak mushaki wako.Mbwa yemunhu.is it difficulty to understand kuti zimeye guys refering to readers.NXA mai vamai vako.

  4. I wouldn’t give a toss even if the coffin dodger thought of himself as an alien from wagaduguland. I want the madafukker dead…..yeah…….you heard that right…….Dead……….Even hell would not welcome this old fart.

  5. Kikiki Vava womgodoyi who are the Zimeye guys? A stupid cut throat dog lost its master and is barking in the wilderness with no clue as to which route to follow. go back the way you came and find your master.

  6. ANYWR POLITICS ASIDE. WISHING ALL zimeye guys a fantastic Xmas ie Xolani,naked,makwembere,Grey,miki,chando,Tsano,chegotsi,etc. from Papa Wemba and acc to naked papa wenja.kikikiki

  7. I told u b4,Tibili is a selout.he mustnt hate Britons but he shld stop copying them,wishing 2 be 1.

  8. I’m really tired now of you Editor abusing my name. I can’t stand this foolish barbaric act anymore.

  9. Alex behind you as in manyowa staera, chete vanhu vezanoo ndiwo mafungiro enyu. You are full of metaphorical rhetoric and pragmatic actions.

  10. Ngaaende ka kuna Queen wacho. The old fart should just go away. Akakurira munhamo and he finds him with all these toys and he wants them all. Look at the way yaanofarira birthday shows akakura asingariziwe. Back to you cave Matibili

  11. I think the validity of this stupid woman’s claim is evident by the link to the article about her “suspicious” death. What a complete load of rubbish.

  12. Having dinned with President Mugabe does not put one on a platform to say he/she knows the leader very well. Out of shame now that her stupid publication did not take her the length she assumed would travel, she decides to kill herself. The shameless ***** who also dubbled as a street market prostitute as well as lesbian must quickly be forgotten and her death is just like the death of any other dog, good riddance and no regrets. She is now at the hands of her brother Lucifer and may her unrepeantant soul burn into pieces.

  13. Its true- the old f*rt portrays himself as an “English gentleman” see how he always prefers to wear western style suits as opposed to traditional clothing (usually only at elections)see how he prides himself on his spoken English and etiquette- truly parti leader ye zanu has deep love for British.

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