Robert Mugabe

“We have wasted the country’s money on these rats we call athletes. If you are not ready to sacrifice and win even copper or brass medals (referring the 4th and 5th positions) as our neighbors Botswana did, then why do you go to waste our money” he said.

”If we needed people to just go to Brazil to sing our national anthem and hoist our flag, we would have sent some of the beautiful girls and handsome guys from University of Zimbabwe to represent us.”

He will be the only president attending this meeting where 50 countries have already registered to participate.

His advance party including that of 5 other African nations are already in Port Moresby doing preparatory work for the arrival of their delegations.

4 other vice presidents, 13 Prime Ministers, 1 deputy prime minister, 1 Speaker of Parliament, 14 ministers and 16 ambassadors from the 50 registered ACP countries will also lead their delegation to Port Moresby for the meeting next week.

The killing of the popular lion by an American hunter, which triggered outrage far beyond Zimbabwe's borders, has strengthened resolve here to enforce hunting regulations, but there's no talk of fencing the huge reserve or an outright ban on hunting.

President Robert Mugabe said this week in a major speech that Zimbabweans failed to protect Cecil. He also criticized "vandals who come from all over" to steal the African country's resources.