Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa

Origin date: 6 September 2019
Updated: 6 Sep 2019

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Summary

The king is dead, and we were wrong. He had not discovered the secret to eternal life; he was not the Bionic President. Robert Mugabe was an ordinary mortal like the rest of us, albeit one who shaped and twisted an entire nation in his image, and now he’s gone to join the others in the Great Presidential Palace in the Sky. The devil had better watch his back.

“I have died many times – that’s where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and resurrected once.” – Robert Mugabe, on his 88th birthday.

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01Allison, S., (2019). Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts , from Daily Maverick, 6 September. Available at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za online. Accessed on 6 September 2019.

Last updated · 6 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, September 6). Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149562

South African History Online (2019) 'Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa', South African History Online, 6 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149562 (Accessed: 19 October 2026).

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South African History Online. "Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa." South African History Online. September 6, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0149562.