- Title: ZIMBABWE: ROBERT MUGABE'S RULING ZANU-PF PARTY STAGE ELECTION RALLY IN HARARE.
- Date: 18th June 2000
- Summary: HARARE, ZIMBABWE (JUNE 17, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/MV: ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS JOGGING AND CHANTING (2 SHOTS) 0.20 2. GV/MV/CU/ZOOM OUT: BANNERS SAYING " ZIMBABWE WILL NEVER BE A COLONY AND "NO RHODESIA AND RHODESIANS" (3 SHOTS) 0.44 3. MV: EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIALS CHATTING (2 SHOTS) 0.51 4. SV/MV: CROWD/ ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE ON STAGE (2 SHOTS) 1.03 5. GV/CU: MUGABE ON PODIUM WITH HIS WIFE AND OTHER OFFICIALS (2 SHOTS) 1.15 6. CU: SOUNDBITE (English) MUGABE: "But a future of racial harmony yes, provided they (whites) agree to live alongside blacks, yes retaining their culture, but accepting that the black man is ruler in this country." 1.35 7. GV: PEOPLE CHEERING 1.41 8. CU: SOUNDBITE (Shona) MUGABE: "Forward with ZANU-PF. Forward with togetherness and winning elections. Down with the MDC. Down with the British." 1.59 9. GV/PAN: WOMEN ON THEIR KNEES OFFERING WATER AS PART OF CEREMONY 2.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: HARARE, ZIMBABWE
- Country: Zimbabwe
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- Story Text: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has offered whites a
place in the country - but only if they acknowledge that, as
he put it, "the black man is the ruler".
Mugabe acknowledged for the first time on Saturday
(June 17) that his ruling ZANU-PF faced a significant
challenge in parliamentary elections next weekend.
The visibly angry president told about 5,000 people in a
Harare stadium where, on his return from exile in 1980, more
than 100,000 gathered to cheer him that the election day would
be a "real battle".
Mugabe again blamed the country's one per cent white
minority for the economic decline that has led to fuel
shortages, soaring inflation and unemployment and the
suspension of foreign aid.
Using the metaphor of tribal relationships, Mugabe said
whites could be citizens and residents, but never family, and
that they should accept that blacks would rule.
He said: "But a future of racial harmony yes, provided
they agree to live alongside blacks, yes retaining their
culture but accepting thatthe black man is ruler in this
country."
Mugabe, who is now 76 and has been in power for 20 years,
spoke three hours after the scheduled start of what was to
have been the major rally before elections on June 24-25.
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