Retarded ostrich extends term in office....again...and again... and again.

[w1z4rd]

Veteran Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, who is due to step down in 2008 after a 28-year rule, has endorsed the idea of his presidency being extended by another two years.

In comments published by the state-run Herald newspaper, 82-year-old Mugabe said it would make sense for presidential and parliamentary elections -- scheduled for 2008 and 2010 respectively -- to be held simultaneously.

"I think it is better to have the two together ... and we synchronise the system of elections. Then there is harmony and that's what we want," said Mugabe, in power since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980....

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He is not even pretending its a democracy anymore. Zimbabwe is one of South Africa`s greatest shames. Looks like the Zimbabweans will still be massively adding to the crime wave come 2010. There's a surprise!

 

[werner]

could this be a new record for a "democratically" elected leader? I mean, bob will be on 3 decades in power when 2010 comes around...I dont think any other elected leader anywhere ever has been so *cough* popular.

Maybe he just wants an entry in guiness book of world records?

 

[xtermin8or]

How is Zimbabwe one of South Africa's greatest shames, it is a sovereign country, not a province of SA - how we handle the matter, now that's another story - I think the African Union with their Peer Review Mechanism should step in here and put a stop to this - Mugabe is giving them opportunity after opportunity to prove themselves and they are just not grabbing it

 

[bwana]

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He is not even pretending its a democracy anymore. Zimbabwe is one of South Africa`s greatest shames. Looks like the Zimbabweans will still be massively adding to the crime wave come 2010. There's a surprise!

I think its more a blight on Southern Africa as a whole.

 

[w1z4rd]

Who supplies the Mugabe dictatorship with electricity?

 

[xtermin8or]

and your point is ?

 

[w1z4rd]

and your point is ?

Without power Mugabe would fall quickly.

 

[xtermin8or]

Without power, the whole of Zimbabwe would suffer even more than they are suffering now, leading to an even bigger influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa - we won't be able to handle that - also I might be wrong ( please correct me if I am ) Zim still has a very potent Defence Force - Hawk Fighters etc. and Bob can and just might f**ck us up if we mess with him : therefore I say the AU has to step in

 

[jontyB]

Without power Mugabe would fall quickly.

really?

 

[w1z4rd]

Thats an interesting perspective to live by.

 

[jontyB]

Without power, the whole of Zimbabwe would suffer even more than they are suffering now, leading to an even bigger influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa - we won't be able to handle that - also I might be wrong ( please correct me if I am ) Zim still has a very potent Defence Force - Hawk Fighters etc. and Bob can and just might f**ck us up if we mess with him : therefore I say the AU has to step in

Oh please. Been to Zimbabwe recently have you? Robert Mugabe is the cause of Zimbabwe's people suffering. End of discussion.

 

[xtermin8or]

Oh please. Been to Zimbabwe recently have you? Robert Mugabe is the cause of Zimbabwe's people suffering. End of discussion.

That is blatantly obvious, but cutting their power, would make them suffer even more, once again the AU needs to step in - It will help them be seen as a legitimate body and they will help the people of Zim

 

[Nod]

Electricity doesn't mean much if you don't have food, clean water, sanitation, etc. You know, the basic stuff.

 

[xtermin8or]

Electricity doesn't mean much if you don't have food, clean water, sanitation, etc. You know, the basic stuff.

interesting, so cutting power would have no impact ?

 

[Nod]

interesting, so cutting power would have no impact ?

How many people outside of the major cities have electricity? How many live without electricity every day in any case? What do they use electricity for?

IMO, only businesses and government will feel it if they don't have electricity.

 

[xtermin8or]

yes, that seems true, but there will still be a massive detrimental impact on South Africa and the other neighbouring states if we were to suddenly plunge them into darkness ?

 

[telkomsuig]

How is this news? Any way the majority of voters voted for him so leave them to suffer.

 

[Nod]

Well, they do owe us a huge amount of money, it's not like SA is the charity organization for Africa. We have our own power problems.

The AU should put their collective foot down, and sort Zim out.

 

[xtermin8or]

Cutting their power could even hurt us more than them

South Africa and Zimbabwe have maintained strong economic ties, despite the often mismatched political dispensations on either side of the border. Zimbabwe is South Africa's most important trading partner in Africa and one of the 15 countries, globally, with which South Africa exchanges the highest volume of trade. There is a significant South African business presence in Zimbabwe. About 27 of South Africa's biggest listed companies have operations there and a number are also listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

SA Institute of International Affairs

 

[Leitmotif]

Zim still has a very potent Defence Force - Hawk Fighters etc. and Bob can and just might f**ck us up if we mess with him : therefore I say the AU has to step in

I'd like to see how long Bob's fuel lasts, particularly if he has to use it to power an army without electricity. He might have a day or two at the outside. That's not even enough to *plan* a decent strike. However, consider the constant fuel shortages in Zim and the fact that if we cut off our supplies to Zim then the shortages will get even worse...

The Nazis understood that you can't run a war machine without fuel. That was the whole point of the North African campaign. Let's see if mad uncle Bob realises the same thing.

I say we cut off everything until he steps down. Zim is SA's black mark. We should have dealt with the problem long ago.