Mandela, Mugabe legacies worlds apart

AFTER the death of anti-apartheid icon and democratic South Africa’s first president Nelson Mandela –– whose story hogged worldwide media for 10 days, except on ZBC and Zimpapers of course –– I skimmed through a wide range of television and radio channels, as well as newspapers, online news and social media platforms to see how this momentous event was covered.

The bottom line was that everybody generally agreed Mandela was a towering and extraordinary historical figure. Even his most rabid critics also agreed with this conclusion, albeit grudgingly.

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