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OPINION: Grace Mugabe should have been allowed to lead Zimbabwe

In my village, there is an old adage that a girl child is like a couch grass-it meanders from the source to an unknown place. The old scoundrel men used this proverb to disinherit girls their wealth in favour of the boys. African culture for a long time has been ant-girl child independence.

The recent happenings in Zimbabwe have been the talk of everybody worldwide given the brutal way President, Dr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe led his country. He was a spiritual leader in the Southern country. He led with an iron fist and dealt with his opponents and dissenting voices. 

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