And initially he was a very good leader. But lately, if you listen to his speeches, he is downright senile. And he can hardly walk on his own. That's why the general convention of serving a maximum of 2 or 3 terms is so important.
This is the real reason for a maximum of 2 or 3 terms. Power corrupts.
It's still easy to be gamed, see Putin-Medvedev-Putin switch.
When? What did he do that was good? He didn't implement democracy; that would have been good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe#Prime_Minister_o...
Largely to me it seems he started with genuinely 'good intentions' that didn't work out, vs being a 'good leader'. Good to me includes both vision and execution.
Even today, here in neighbouring South Africa, there is a big gap in the average literacy rate of Zimbabwean and a South African.
Mugabe totally stuffed up the country later. But credit where credit is due.
There are multiple cases in developing countries where the family/friends takes over in case of someone powerful going senile.
Evil is a choice, not a consequence of time. He destroyed that country, at the expense of the poor and to the profit of his cronys.
I wonder if this will impact North Korea. Zimbabwe is a major source of hard currency in exchange for weapons.
I smell CIA. :- )
In many countries these days, you are simply voted out of office or leave it when your term is up.