via New Malawi envoy called Mugabe an idiot 29/10/2014
MALAWI’S ambassador designate to Zimbabwe is a man who described President Robert Mugabe as an idiot and a horrible man in 2006 while he was an asylum seeker in Germany.
According to reports from Lilongwe, President Peter Mutharika has appointed Thoko Banda as the country’s new Ambassador to Harare.
In 2006, Thoko described Mugabe – the man he will present his credentials to – as an “idiot” in an interview with a Germany publication The Foreigner (Full interview available here).
He was explaining how he fell out with the administrations of Bakili Muluzi and the late Bingu wa Mutharika, developments that forced him to flee into exile.
Banda said Muluzi and Mutharika had been fighters for democracy before turning into oppressors once they made it into government.
Western countries did not respond with sanctions because both Muluzi and Mutharika were, unlike Mugabe, smart enough not to know they “had to be nice to foreigners”.
“You will hear about Zimbabwe, because Zimbabwe has an idiot. I am sorry, I know you are recording, but they have an idiot for president.
“This guy Robert Mugabe; I hope that he lives a very long time, so that one day he can go before an international tribunal. He is a horrible man.
“The only difference between Mugabe and some of the other leaders is that Mugabe hurts not only his own people but also foreigners. That is why they hate him so much in the West.
Analysts in Malawi said although he made the comments back in 2006, Banda’s unguarded utterances could undermine his working relationship with the Zimbabwean government.
COMMENTS
So what the wrong with the truth. ?????.Mugabish is a huge “IDIOT”.
Ran Zimbabwe into the ground. Sent the country ..back to the stone age. Killing his own people on the way. It is a hell hole so will the next 100 years
I Nyoni nduna thereby declare on behalf of all rational minded Zimbabweans that Robert Mugabe is a monumental idiot of gigantic proportions. THANKYOU.
Its not a new invention to call Mugabe an idiot. He has been an idiot since the 1920s and he remains so today. Just take a look at the wreck that he has left behind. Only if it affected just himself but it affects millions of innocent people and he doesn’t care. So idiot – yes he is.
that man definately is not sure because his comment implies that he does not care that our president is important
that man shows a sign of irrespect
Idiot: “a stupid person, of low intelligence, halfwit, imbecile…”
No, if there is one thing Mugabe has shown himself NOT to be, it is an idiot. But we know what Thoko Banda was trying to say. Perhaps “fool” would have been nearer the mark.
Fool: “a person who acts unwisely, imprudently, i.e. without a care for the consequences..”
Intelligent, cunning, crafty, all these Mugabe has shown himself to be – but not wise, not wise at all.
No, if there is one thing Mugabe has shown himself NOT to be, it is an idiot. But we know what Thoko Banda was trying to say. Perhaps “fool” would have been nearer the mark.
Fool: “a person who acts unwisely, imprudently, i.e. without a care for the consequences..”
Intelligent, cunning, crafty, all these Mugabe has shown himself to be – but not wise, not wise at all.