President Robert Mugabe has threatened independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni with unspecified action.

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Speaking at a rally at Maungwa Secondary School in Gutu South, Mugabe said he would make sure to deal with Makoni.

"Zvakaitwa naMakoni zvine ngozi (what Makoni did is very dangerous) He has lost the ideology of the struggle, overlooking how we fought for this country in blood.”

"Blood was spilled for this country. Let me warn him that what he did is a deadly move," said Mugabe.

He said he would not let the country that was won through bloodshed go easily adding that blood could also be shed to maintain the sovereignty of the country.

Mugabe said opposition parties wanted to sell the country to former colonial masters but he was prepared to strongly guard against re-colonization.

"We lost so many gallant sons and daughters in the struggle, some of them buried in mass graves in neighboring countries now. So let no-one try to come and challenge us now saying we are abusing human rights, when the same human rights were also abused during the colonial era.

"Leave us alone. Leave Zimbabwe to Zimbabweans," said Mugabe.

He however did not give clear solutions to the country's economic woes sticking to his traditional rhetoric of blasting the West for everything bad in the country.

The rally saw people being ferried by buses from throughout the provinces with many being forced to attend.

Mugabe's support has been depreciating in rural areas where he believed to have much support and his bootlickers have made it a point to force people to attend rallies to give impression that the aged dictator still had support.

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