Zimbabwean farmer Paul Retzlaff stands on April 12, 2000 in front of a broken window at his home in Arcturus, Gormonzi district, 30 km east of Harare, a day after clashes broke out at his farm when drunken would-be squatters invaded the property before being repelled by black farm workers. Retzlaff said shots had been fired by the invaders, including a leading veteran of the war against white rule in the 1970s. The couple was saved after black farm workers from neighbouring farms responded to a call for help over ham radio. His wife Liz said the invaders were shouting that they had president Robert Mugabe's permission to invade the property. Alexander Joe / AFP
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and leader of the ruling party ZANU PF greets a crowd of about 15,000 people at a golf course in Chinhoyi town 120Km northwest of Harare during a pre-election rally in 2002. Alexander Joe / AFP
Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe, right, gives a press conference, on October 29, 1976 in Geneva. AFP
The leaders of the Patriotic Front, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, Lord Carrington the British foreign secretary, Sir Ian Gilmore and Bishop Abel Muzorewa the prime minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, at Lancaster House. The occasion is the signing of the agreement on the independence of Zimbabwe on December 21, 1979. Central Press / Getty Images
Robert Mugabe, newly elected president of Zimbabwe, holds a press conference in his garden in Mount Pleasant, Salisbury on March 6, 1980. Keystone / Getty Images
From left: Robert Mugabe, secretary for information and deputy of the African National Congress (Anc) George Silundika, and leader of the Zapu Party (Zimbabwe African People Union) Joshua Nkomo at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in the 1960s. Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, left, and former president of Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) Joshua Nkomo raise their fists on December 22, 1987 in Nairobi. Mugabe, Zimbabwean first Premier in 1980 and president in 1987, was born in Kutama in 1924, formerly Southern Rhodesia. Largely self-educated, he became a teacher. After short periods in the National Democratic Party and ZAPU, he co-founded the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). After a 10-year detention in Rhodesia (1964-74), he spent five years in Mozambique gathering support in preparation for independence in 1980. Alexander Joe / AFP
From left: Zimbabwean MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) breakaway faction leader Arthur Mutambara, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, opposition's leader Morgan Tsvangirai and South African Thabo Mbeki pose after signing the power-sharing accord on September 15, 2008 in Harare. Mbeki said the region and Africa had to extend a helping hand to Zimbabwe and that getting seeds, fertilizer and fuel to the country was a matter of urgency with rains approaching. Desmond Kwande / AFP
Robert Mugabe, the prime minister of Zimbabwe, visits Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London with his wife Sally on May 20, 1982. Rob Taggart / Central Press / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Zimbabwean farmer Paul Retzlaff stands on April 12, 2000 in front of a broken window at his home in Arcturus, Gormonzi district, 30 km east of Harare, a day after clashes broke out at his farm when drunken would-be squatters invaded the property before being repelled by black farm workers. Retzlaff said shots had been fired by the invaders, including a leading veteran of the war against white rule in the 1970s. The couple was saved after black farm workers from neighbouring farms responded to a call for help over ham radio. His wife Liz said the invaders were shouting that they had president Robert Mugabe's permission to invade the property. Alexander Joe / AFP
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and leader of the ruling party ZANU PF greets a crowd of about 15,000 people at a golf course in Chinhoyi town 120Km northwest of Harare during a pre-election rally in 2002. Alexander Joe / AFP
Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe, right, gives a press conference, on October 29, 1976 in Geneva. AFP
The leaders of the Patriotic Front, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, Lord Carrington the British foreign secretary, Sir Ian Gilmore and Bishop Abel Muzorewa the prime minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, at Lancaster House. The occasion is the signing of the agreement on the independence of Zimbabwe on December 21, 1979. Central Press / Getty Images
Robert Mugabe, newly elected president of Zimbabwe, holds a press conference in his garden in Mount Pleasant, Salisbury on March 6, 1980. Keystone / Getty Images
From left: Robert Mugabe, secretary for information and deputy of the African National Congress (Anc) George Silundika, and leader of the Zapu Party (Zimbabwe African People Union) Joshua Nkomo at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in the 1960s. Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, left, and former president of Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) Joshua Nkomo raise their fists on December 22, 1987 in Nairobi. Mugabe, Zimbabwean first Premier in 1980 and president in 1987, was born in Kutama in 1924, formerly Southern Rhodesia. Largely self-educated, he became a teacher. After short periods in the National Democratic Party and ZAPU, he co-founded the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). After a 10-year detention in Rhodesia (1964-74), he spent five years in Mozambique gathering support in preparation for independence in 1980. Alexander Joe / AFP
From left: Zimbabwean MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) breakaway faction leader Arthur Mutambara, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, opposition's leader Morgan Tsvangirai and South African Thabo Mbeki pose after signing the power-sharing accord on September 15, 2008 in Harare. Mbeki said the region and Africa had to extend a helping hand to Zimbabwe and that getting seeds, fertilizer and fuel to the country was a matter of urgency with rains approaching. Desmond Kwande / AFP
Robert Mugabe, the prime minister of Zimbabwe, visits Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London with his wife Sally on May 20, 1982. Rob Taggart / Central Press / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Zimbabwean farmer Paul Retzlaff stands on April 12, 2000 in front of a broken window at his home in Arcturus, Gormonzi district, 30 km east of Harare, a day after clashes broke out at his farm when drunken would-be squatters invaded the property before being repelled by black farm workers. Retzlaff said shots had been fired by the invaders, including a leading veteran of the war against white rule in the 1970s. The couple was saved after black farm workers from neighbouring farms responded to a call for help over ham radio. His wife Liz said the invaders were shouting that they had president Robert Mugabe's permission to invade the property. Alexander Joe / AFP
Robert Mugabe through the years - in pictures
We take a look back through the image archives of Mugabe's life
The National
15 November, 2017
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