"unless they are just completely abandoning the goal of self governance altogether."
That may be exactly what they're doing. Mugabe can't live forever, and his cronies could well be selling the country off to China, with an exit strategy in place to spend the rest of their lives in comfort in a third country.
That may be exactly what they're doing. Mugabe can't live forever, and his cronies could well be selling the country off to China, with an exit strategy in place to spend the rest of their lives in comfort in a third country.