Zimbabwe is not a basket case, says Mugabe

I’m just telling you the reasons.  It’s because of sanctions mainly.

 
But everybody says it’s not because of sanctions.  It’s because of mismanagement.

Not everybody says so.

Most people do.  Most independent observers say that.

In Zimbabwe ... it’s not true.

 
How to get out of this now?  How to get out of this?  Do you think -- for instance, right now...

The sanctions ... sanctions must be lifted.  And we should have no interference from outside.  The continued imperialistic interference in our affairs is affecting the country, obviously.

 
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, said you destroyed a wonderful country, a country that used to be a breadbasket and has now become a basket case itself. How do you respond to that?

No, it’s not a basket case at all. Last year, we managed to grow enough food for ourselves.  We are not a basket case anymore.

 
One in fourteen people are malnourished.
No, no, no, no...

 
Your country is practically dependent on humanitarian aid.

... just now ... you’re not talking of the present.
 
I know things have got slightly better in the last year...

They have got much better in terms of food.

 
... but it’s still like a war zone.