As Robert Mugabe celebrated his 86th birthday yesterday, we sent our SMS subscribers this text message:

Kubatana! What gift do you think Mugabe should give Zimbabwe on his birthday? SMS back or email info@kubatana.net Replies will be put on www.kubatana.net

We received over 200 replies, with the vast majority of responses saying that the best gift Mugabe could give the country is his resignation.  We share the responses here:

• Voluntary resignation.
• No gift at all except talking about GPA and economic hardships.
• Freedom to choose on these issues: Gono, Tomana, Bennett and children’s right to education.
• Mugabe should simply abdicate, resign and relinquish from power as a gift to Zimbabwe. Yes political power is sweeter than just power. Taneta naye isu.
• Announcing a principled successor
• Statement of resignation.
• A RESIGNATION would be the most invaluable gift the man can ever give Zimbabweans.
• The announcement of his retirement from politics with effect from 28 February 2010.
• A resignation.
• Mugabe should simply resign because at 86 he has even lost memory. That’s the best present he could give Zimbabwean people.
• Retirement. The best gift Sekuru can give Zimbabwe is retirement.
• I don’t think Mugabe has anything to give Zimbabwe on his birthday other than stepping down to pave the way for new and capable blood.
• His death will be a proper one.
• Give other players in the political front a chance.
• Mugabe must just resign from politics.
• He must step down, that’s a very special gift to Zimbabweans.
• His retirement.
• Pay civil servants what they deserve.
• Maybe he may resign because he is now too old to rule the country.
• Resign.
• He should hand back sovereignty and rule of law.
• The best gift Mugabe should give Zimbaweans is by showing them his back for the sake of progress.
• He should resign.
• To save his face, Mugabe must pronounce his resignation to the people of Zimbabwe as a gift of his birthday!
• Retirement and respect children’s rights to quality education, health, etc.
• New set of balls.
• He should step down for the good of the nation.
• Resignation letter.
• Poverty, hunger and more suffering. Or a knobkerrie to finish off Zimbabwe. This is only what Mugabe can give to Zimbabweans on his birthday.
• He needs to give us an encouraging message about AIDS.
• Announce his retirement from politics so the country can move forward. They have played their part already.
• Unite and be proud of our own country.
• Exit.
• Stepping down from the presidency
• An apology for his violent rule
• He must quit politics.
• He wont give anything
• RESGNINATION, STEPPING DOWN
• The only gift mugabe can give is retirement.
• Retire
• Mugabe shld giv the pple of Zim their sovereignty that was taken away on the ballot.
• Freedom and true empowerment
• his retirement
• Democracy, independence and respect.
• His resignation
• He should give independence as a gift to zim.
• He should retire from politics for zvimba gwereza
• Owning up that he has destroyed Zimbabwe through his leadership! He must resign! That would be a great gift to the nation!
• HE SHOULD RETIRE
• He shld resign and retire. thts a gift 4 the whole country
• What d w expect  other an’ misery@perhps poverty again
• Money for Drought relief and freedom.
• There’s no gift bigger than resigning to the able boded.
• To give power to Hon MORGEN RICHARD STVANGIRAI as a gift.
• Retirement
• The gift of retirement!
• His resignation!
• HE SHOULD RETIRE THATS THE BEST GIFT WE CAN EVER WANT(CHARMAINE)
• resignation
• He must give us a chance to write a free constitution without his party’s interference.
• Retirement
• Retirement
• Should tell us when he is going to retire we are sick and tired of waiting for this great day on earth
• He should graciously step down.
• Only to retire
• He must give back the presidential powers to the president of Zimbabwe Hon. SAVE MORGEN TSVANGIRAI as a gift us people of Zim.
• THE MUGABES GIFT TO ZIM IS ONLY SHOUT OUR PRESIDENT R.TSVANGIRAI
• To retire
• The only gift that we can openly accept is resigning
• I thing he is going to give maize seed.
• He should give zimbabwe his resignation
• Cde Mugabe  must  give  enough  salaries  and  allowances  to  all  state  workers   thanking  God   for  long  life  he  lived
• HE IS GOING TO ANOUNCE THAT HE WILL NEVER CONTEST AGAIN .HE IS GOING TO RESIGN
• Retirement will b the best gift! There is nothing sick lyk overstaying ur welcome.
• RESIGN
• He shud retìre
• A resignation surprise
• Freedom
• To retire and concentrate on farms Dairy farming (Gushungo dairy)
• His resignation could be a fitting gift for a start
• Announce retirement date
• He should resign from politics.
• A realistic understanding of the plight of the majority
• Bob shld tender his resignation to Zim as a present.
• He must just understand his people and also end the ongoing talks by surrendering his powers
• To increase civil servants salarys up to 500us per mth as a minmum
• HE SHOUKD STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT OF ZIMBAAWE AND THIS WIL B TGE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT 4 ALL ZIMBABWEANS
• Retirement
• He should give a gift of step down
• his resignation
• He must give power 2 Tsvangirai and è rest of zimbabweans.we need è same thing as wat mandela did 2 SA.thanx 4 gvng me é opportunity.
• An artwork of a Zim like cake wth dilapidated infrastructure,  emaciated people,  decapitated & tortured limbless masses; wth Mugabe wishing many more years.
• Mugabe must retire and hang himself as a gift 2 zim on his birthday.
• The BEST gift Mugabe should give ZIM is to surrender this country to the peoples choice ‘chingwa chevana.’ Enough is enough.
• Mugabe should give back democracy as a present to the pple of Zimbabwe.
• He must give the nation a retirement package ez early ez sunday morning.
• Retirement & take the advisory position to the Presidium.
• Resignation from power & politics or an apology on the oppression from his brutal rule.
• Conclusion of all outstanding GPA Issues
• Love every Zimbabwean and not members of party only
• Best present mugabe can give zimbabwe is his resignation
• Retirement
• His resignation would be a good start for a present
• The best gift for Mugabe to give Zimbabweans and be respected is to quit his position and let Zimbos decide the next leader Mkanya
• Retire because of old age.
• To resign and go to gushungo estates
• Mugabe holds hunger n deaths in his handz.He shld take opportunity to thank morgan who rescued him frm being killed by his own thugs. Power hungry mgabe shld now go n rest to his rural zvimba home.
• His resignation!
• Peace, rule of law and a resignation letter
• Exit package
• Apologise 4 misgovernance start 2 democratise n step down
• Mr Mugabe should give Morgan Tsvangirai the presidential sit of our beloved country
• Give the people of Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe & the civil service what they are worth decent working & living condition & a salary stop looting our resources
• balooning civil service w gabage most important retire 2dy.
• Give zim to president tsvangirai  and free benet .
• He must resign & give chance 2 others.what wil surprise he is going 2 crictise, speaking nonsence abt targeted sanctions& blame MDC_T. 4 Resign totenda dzamwa dzaswera nebenzi .happy birthday 2 him may god gives him many more years akazorora AMEN
• Political retirement for Zimbabweans to be able to progress
• The greatest gift he can give is telling pple when is he retiring
• he shld give the country back to zimbabweans
• 1. RESIGN AND LEAVE MORGEN IN POWER.2. GIVE CIVIL SERVANTS $600 USD
• step down and free zimbabwe
• HUNGER AND STAVETION.
• He should quit and rest because he is old.
• Mugabe should resign 2 save Zim.
• MUGABE HAS NOTHING TO GIVE ZIMBABWE ON HIS BIRTHDAY
• STEP DOWN.
• The best gift Mugabe has to give is a resignation message to the people of Zim
• his slow painful and humiliating death
• State house. We nèd 2 put our president there
• SUCESSOR
• He should give ZIMBABWE BACK TO THE PEOPLE!
• To give  civil servants money and resign
• Nothing but only his bone mealp
• gift of peace, unity, anti-corruption & freedom of expression to fellow zimbabweans.
• He should anounce his emideate resignation not only from presidency but from politics
• Gve more money to civil servants
• His appearance at the ICC.
• RETIRERING FROM THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
• Leave office and concentrate on prayer for  NATIONAL RESTORATION  if he  HEARTILY  loves  us.
• Right to choose without intimidation
• Nothing (gift) he can give Zimbabwe
• His life bcz we dn’t wnt 2celebrate it again
• Nothing touchable but his good 4 nothing lies
• Zim-dollar, loadshedding,  gala & high rates on electricty, water bills. Also return P.O.S.A.
• Mugabe must step down, never to be seen again near ZIMS political circles thats wat we want
• Mugabe should allow handover takeover with Morgan.
• RETIREMENT
• He should honour the agreements of the G P A
• The best gift is to resign or give us a nearby date for his resignation.
• The only gift which he has and wil always promise zimbabwe is non other than abject poverty.
• Let Mugabe give Zim the vital gift
• Personally, id like to wish our president a happy birthday and the best gift he could give our beloved Zimbabwe is Freedom!
• His retirement before the next election.
• His retirement wld be the best
• 2 KOL IT QUITS
• A BREAK.
• His resignation!!!.
• The best gift would be him announcing his retirement wth immediate effect!
• Resign as Zimbabwe’s President.
• Limiting our years.Coz we are starving & he is enjoyin @ é expense of us.
• Resignation
• He should resign from politics.
• HE SHLD CONTINUE TO GIV GUD GOVERNANCE, SO THAT WE ZIMBABWEANS WIL LIV WITH INFINITY JOY.
• Life. Our people need to be people. We need to be able to be proud again. But we need life to enable us to live. We need to have hope.
• Retiring from politics and gvt.
• The most precious gift that Mugabe shld to Zimbabwe on his birthday is to step down.
• He should fulfill the GPA
• He must resign
• He should retire from being the country’s president Great king Elie
• Commitment to fulfil the GPA in full so as to bring true democracy in Zimb. If should announce his retirement from active politics.
• Resignation
• He greatest gift he can give Zimbabwe is of stepping down as President of this country
• stepping down as president
• mugabe must resign i think its a very good present
• Genuine love
• Stepping down is the only gift mugabe should give zimbabwe on his birthday
• Our rights
• Mr Mugabe should resign on his birthday as our gift as ZIMBABWEANS.
• Democracy and respect is all we want.No one is bigger than Zim, Mugabe included
• He should leave office chete as a gift to the country.
• the grtest gift he can 2 zim is 2 surender his office key 2 MDC-T.
• A WELL DESER VED BIRTHDAY PRESENT 4 BOB 2 THE NATION IS 2 RETIRE.
• Nothing.
• Retirement and permanent exile abroad and maybe buy himself a grave in malasia or china
• He give the speech only.
• A resignation
• The biggest gift is resignation from presidency. Zim will celebrate with him
• Announce his immediate retirement
• Mugabe should resign on his birthday, and let M.D.C.T.rule.
• $100 to each citizen
• Retirement letter
• New busses
• Retirement. Please pass on the baton. This is a relay.
• To give isu mapenjeniya mari
• To step down and watch from the terraces.
• To resign.
• Fulfillment.
• Resigning!
• Freedom
• Fulfill all GPA outstanding issues.
• To retire
• 86TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO THE NATION BY MUGABE IS TO RESIGN AS A PRESIDENT. SURE RESIGN FOR ECONOMY TO PROSPER!
• Give back all he has looted and stashed away including farms etc – that includes his cronies as well and PLEASE GO!
• The gift of his retirement.
• I think a casket would do as a 86th birthday present. In African society buying someone a casket (bhokisi) as Shonas would call it – show great love. Last respects are very important in any society. In any case he has killed many people, and it is his time.
• He should resign
• Nothing new, maybe retirement
• He must retire forthwith and go KwaZvimba to enjoy his booty from 30 years of pillaging the Zim economy. There he’ll inevitably hear the calling to join his ancestors
• He should retire
• Retirement letter
• Bobo must tell people of Zim about his exit plans he can’t tell us to obey to our parents whilst he is the problem, he too has failed to listen to our plight to leave the country.
• The best gift he can give Zimbabweans is to retire from being President and spend time at Gushungo Farm
• Should go and rest kwaZvimba till death do us part
• The old man should just retire and give others a chance

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