Zimbabwe: Wikileaks - Mandela Asked Mugabe to Step Down in 2007

29 September 2011

Former South African President Nelson Mandela advised Robert Mugabe to step down in 2007 as a way of preserving his 'liberation war legacy', or run the risk of being disgraced like Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who later faced criminal trials.

This is according to a US diplomatic cable revealed by the WikiLeaks website.

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