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For how long? Mr President

President Mugabe of Zimbabwe is clinging on to power, as if, his rule will last forever. What he and his cronies are forgetting is that no earthly kingdom or nation lasts forever. History informs us that there was once great nations, Egypt, Perisa, Greek, Roman and the list is endless, but they have all disappeared. In Africa we had leaders who wanted to rule forever, Mabuto - Zaire, now DRC, Kaunda - Zambia, Banda - Malawi, and many other rulers of Africa and other parts of the world, they have all gone, if not erased from memory. Why is this the case? It is because these earthly kingdoms or nations are built on love of self. This is what the government of Mugabe is. Quoting one of the greatest African Theologian, Augustine in one of his greatest works, The City of God , he says, "there are two [nations] each built on love as a foundation. The nation of God is built on the love of God. The earthly nations is built on the love of self, only the nation of God will remain". Th