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From the “I hate to say I told you so, but…” department, Thursday’s Zimbabwe Independent has details of Nelson Mandela’s warnings to Mugabe about the dangers of standing for re-election:

Details obtained from sources in Zimbabwe and South Africa showed Mandela had contacted Mugabe by telephone via his advisors on March 30 — on the very same day that Zanu PF spokesmen misleadingly claimed Mugabe was endorsed as the candidate for this year’s poll — to advise him to quit before the election.
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Mandela reportedly indicated that his advice was also the view of a number of influential African National Congress (ANC) leaders. ANC stalwart Tokyo Sexwale supported Mandela’s initiative. Sexwale, then an ANC presidential hopeful, has said on several occasions Mugabe has made his contribution to Zimbabwe and should leave office.

There’s plenty of evidence that Mugabe and Mandela have never really seen eye-to-eye, so it’s probably no surprise that he didn’t take the advice. To say that’s a shame would be a monumental understatement.