Mugabe saw his defeat as an unacceptable personal humiliation. He deemed it a victory for his Western, and in particular British, detractors, whom he believed were working with Tsvangirai to end his political career
Mugabe adawona kugonjetsedwa kwake ngati manyazi osavomerezeka. Iye adawona kuti ndi chigonjetso kwa azungu ake, makamaka a British, omwe amatsutsa, omwe amakhulupirira kuti akugwira ntchito ndi Tsvangirai kuthetsa ntchito yake ya ndale