World: We Are Socialist'

The living room of Prime Minister-designate Robert Mugabe's new home in suburban Salisbury is filled with the furnishings of its former owner, a white businessman. A nondrinker, Mugabe is oblivious to his surroundings, which incongruously include a massive cocktail bar. Instead, his attention is consumed with his dream for a socialist Zimbabwe. In the only interview he has given to an American publication since his election, Mugabe discussed his plans for the future of his country with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William Me Whirter. The meeting was interrupted just once, when a diplomatic...