1. One Man Rule in Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe
By: Maggie Beller, Cindy Ortega, Grace Pfisterer

2. Picture of Robert Mugabe

3. Problems People in Zimbabwe are unhappy that Mugabe is so controlling
Whites are being kicked off their land
White population is decreasing from 250,000 in 1976 to 40,000 now
Mugabe had been accused of using violence against people who disagree with him
Zimbabwe was in a drought in 2001
People are starving because of inflation

4. Problems Prisoners suffer from violence, AIDS, and malnutrition
An independent News Paper the “Daily News”, began to report these problems & Mugabe tried to stop them- has been bombed 3 times in the last 2 years
People are worried that Mugabe will not retire in 2008 and steal another election like he did in 2002
Inflation is now at 395%
Loaf of bread now costs Z$3, times average daily wage

5. Inflation Graph

6. Zimbabwe Corn Yield

7. Other Countries’ Reactions
South Africa’s President, Thabo Mbeki (Mugabe’s Only friend in Politics) has been urging Mugabe to begin dialogue with the MDC (the Movement for Democratic Change)

8. Map of Zimbabwe

9. History of Robert Mugabe
Born in 1924
First President of Zimbabwe and has been since 1984
Educated at University of Fort Hare in South Africa from 1950 to 1951
Mugabe was the first prime minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987
Became the president of Zimbabwe in 1987 and still is today
Was the publicity secretary for the National Democratic Party (NDP)

10. History of Robert Mugabe
NDP was banned in 1961 and Robert Mugabe became secretary of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU)
Zimbabwe became a free country in 1980 from England

11. Political Cartoon about Mugabe

12. People Waiting to Get Food

13. Interesting Facts One Zimbabwe $ = 0.0180343 US $
One US $ = Zimbabwe $
The official language of Zimbabwe is English

14. Cures For Diseases

15. Zimbabwe Currency

16. Political Cartoon about Robert Mugabe

17. Bibliography
“His Exellency- Robert G. Mugabe (The President)”. Official Homepage April
“Robert Mugabe- Zimbabwe Strongman” BBC News February 15,

18. Bibliography (cont.)
“President of Zimbabwe- Biography”
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