Robert Mugabe Part 2: The Leopard’s True Spots…

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mugabe is now the leader of independent Zimbabwe. But behind the façade of democracy, he is already governing through fear. Emboldened, he unleashes a campaign of genocide on his opponents. For now, for the most part, the international community turns a blind eye. But the arrival of a new prime minister - not in Zimbabwe but in faraway Britain - will herald Mugabe’s first great crisis… A Noiser production, written by Duncan Barrett. This is Part 2 of 4. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's just after midnight on April 18, 1980.
0:06.0	We're in Salzburg, the capital of Rhodesia's in Barbue.
0:11.6	The Rufaro stadium is packed to the rafters, and all eyes are on a single piece of fabric.
0:19.3	After a century of white rule, the Union Jack is being run down the flagpole.
0:25.9	Robert Mugabe and his Zanooki Rilis have finally brought true independence to the country.
0:33.1	And the people have rewarded him by making him Prime Minister.
0:38.6	The British flag has folded away, and a new banner has run up in its place.
0:44.6	As the red, yellow, black and green stripes of Zimbabwe flutter in the bright lights of
0:49.8	the stadium, soldiers fire a 21 gun salute.
0:57.5	The crowd erupts in ecstatic cheers.
1:02.2	Everyone is there to share the historic moment.
1:05.6	Prince Charles, India's Prime Minister, Indragandi, Australia's premier, Malcolm Fraser,
1:12.3	UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, Bob Mali and the whalers on hand to serenade the
1:17.6	crowd with their anthem, Zimbabwe.
1:21.8	Mugabe addresses his people, and a vowed Marxist, with ties to North Korea and China, he
1:28.8	knows he must win the trust of the conservative white population, not to mention the international
1:34.2	community.
1:36.7	The wrongs of the past must now stand forgiven and forgotten Mugabe announces.
1:42.9	If yesterday I thought you as an enemy, today you've become a friend.
1:48.8	If yesterday you hated me, today you cannot avoid the love that binds you to me and me
1:55.5	to you.
1:57.0	They're powerful words, and for a country still reeling from 15 years of civil war,
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