More than 3000 Malawians signed a petition declaring Gandhi made disparaging remarks about black Africans.

It’s not clear what the Gandhi Must Fall campaign will do to bilateral relations between Indian and Malawi.

The statue was to have gone up at a cultural centre in Blantyre to which India has contributed  $10-million.

Malawian campaigners maintain the Indian independence activist did nothing for Malawi and undermined the confidence of black Africans.

Their efforts are reminiscent of the struggle to get the statue of Cecil John Rhodes removed from Cape Town University.

India established diplomatic ties with Malawi in 1964 and has become a major donor to the Central African country.

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He says they are inexorably entwined. South Africa and Zimbabwe can stand together or fall together – but he doesn’t fear the will fall.

Robert Mugabe hour long tirade kept journalists Cabinet minister and officials crammed into the briefing room at the Union Buildings alternatively sweating and guffawing.

To the media that painted him as a dictator he says thanks for the publicity.

To Chinese friends who smoke most of Zimbabwe’s tobacco he advises caution but says if they want to ignore doctors orders , he promises his farmers will grow more of the leaf.

He thanked a South Africa for sending what he calls that odd fellow Cecil John Rhodes to his country.

The imperialist’s statue can stay in Cape Town, he says, Zimbabwe will keep his remain deep underground in the Matopos.

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