Tag: Samora Machel

• Friday, November 17th 2017 - 06:58 UTC

  Mugabe tarnished the jewel that is Zimbabwe, now is its chance to shine again

  

  By Boris Johnson - The most accurate description of Zimbabwe in the era of Robert Mugabe came from a fellow leader of the struggle against white rule. It was Samora Machel, then president of Mozambique and a fervent enemy of colonialism, who told Mugabe in 1980 that Zimbabwe was the “jewel of Africa”, adding: “Don’t tarnish it!”