Robert Mugabe insists that his age is no deterrent to seeking re-election and continued despotic rule in Zimbabwe. Citing his excellent health in the face of claims to the contrary, he says that doctors have told him they are amazed and his good bone structure: perhaps he misinterpreted their diagnosis. He has ruled with such an iron fist that his bones, and brain, must have calcified by now, rendering him incapable of anything but rigid thinking.
