Mugabe told the Zanu PF 12th annual conference that the slain Libyan
dictator only managed to donate four camels which he is keeping at his farm.

In his address before his party, the ageing leader spent over an hour talking about the NATO attacks in Libya and the Arab springs and strongly sounded fears that similar events could unfold in Zimbabwe soon.

He said since European countries and the United States were facing economic woes, there was a danger that they may end up attacking even Zimbabwe to get the diamonds. Zimbabwe has vast diamond fields in Marange which are said to be dirty because soldiers have been abusing civilians in the Chiadzwa area.

“Gaddafi tried to please them by taking his money to their banks. He even sent his children to Oxford University and accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombings. Gaddafi and the West were friends and we wondered what was happening but to our surprise he was killed in broad day light,” said Mugabe.

“Some of the things that Gaddafi was doing showed that the man was ignorant,” he said.

On Indigenisation, Mugabe said that there was delay in implementing the empowerment regulations in mining and other sectors as Government was still occupied with land redistribution:
“We left the mining and manufacturing sector to go on without application of indigenisation and empowerment because we were dealing with the land issue.
“For years now, even before I was born, our mining resources have been disappea- ring.

“We want to reverse that completely. We insist our people will not get less than 51 percent. They must pass the ownership to us,” President Mugabe said.

Mugabe also appeared to challenge Zimbabweans to use the opportunity presented by the indigenisation and economic empowerment policy not only to have shares in foreign firms but to also create new companies.

Signaling the end of the GNU, Mugabe said Zanu PF wants elections next year to end the shaky coalition government he formed in 2009 with his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

“The inclusive government shouldn’t continue any longer. Time has come now for us to prepare for elections and we have got to have polls next year without fail,” he said.

He was backed by the ZANU PF chairman Simon Khaya Moyo who in a different speech said that corruption would be heeded out of the party as it prepares for elections.

MDC-T and the civil society are insisting that elections must be held after the implementation of critical democratic reforms.

Mugabe also preached peace and urged his supporters to shun political violence that has rocked Zimbabwe in recent months. Zanu PF militia stands accused of terrorising Mugabe’s political opponents. 

By Special correspondent