SA has strong words for Mugabe

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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,9294,2-7-12_2090644,00.html

Harsh words for Mugabe came from veteran Inkatha Freedom Party MP Albert Mncwango.

"Today we tell the tyrannical regime of Zimbabwe: time up! In God's name: Go!

"Modern history already judges us harshly for allowing the kleptocracy of Zimbabwe to terrorise and pillage this great country," he said.

The vast political, economic and social progress made in South Africa over the past 13 years had roughly coincided with the systematic destruction of the Zimbabwean economy.

Close to the heart of the crisis in Zimbabwe had been the perceived refusal of President Thabo Mbeki to use his considerable political leverage and prestige to try to halt the political and economic catastrophe.

"While not wishing to impugn our president, the harsh reality is that perceptions matter in the conduct of foreign policy; an area in which he has always excelled."

'Banish the old boys' club'

It was not too late for Mbeki to live up to the unique anti-apartheid heritage that brought him to power and to mirror its inherent morality in South Africa's approach to Zimbabwe.

"It is time to banish the old boys' club mentality and stop sheltering dictators because of their liberation credentials."

Cant agree more
 
Mbeki will end up giving Mugarbage asylum and he will live out the rest of his days in a mansion in Sandhurst and summer residences in Cape Town and Plett.

Paid for by the ever willing SA taxpayers of course.
 
Yup, wouldnt surprise me but nothing a roadside bomb wont cure.
 
Sneeky said:
Yup, wouldnt surprise me but nothing a roadside bomb wont cure.
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Maybe you should whisper that, Mugabe has cronies everywhere ... :D. But seriously, this waiting for him to die is getting a bit long in the tooth, he looks fit as a fiddle and I won't be surprised if he outlasts Mbeki himself.
 
Just heard on CNN that Mugabe is looking for another 6 years in office! He's not going anywhere, anytime soon.
 
IamCanadian said:
Mbeki will end up giving Mugarbage asylum and he will live out the rest of his days in a mansion in Sandhurst and summer residences in Cape Town and Plett.

Paid for by the ever willing SA taxpayers of course.
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I'd be happy to pay if it meant getting the fccker out of Zim.
 
Frag said:
In all honesty, I think that it won't be moraly wrong to assassinate Mugabe, and I also think there would not be many ppl at his funeral!
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I agree, but then it would also not be morally incorrect to assassinate Blair and Bush.
 
IamCanadian said:
Mbeki will end up giving Mugarbage asylum and he will live out the rest of his days in a mansion in Sandhurst and summer residences in Cape Town and Plett.

Paid for by the ever willing SA taxpayers of course.
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He will even offer him his JoB as Mugabe is good if not better at it. Screwing up a country.
 
Frag said:
In all honesty, I think that it won't be moraly wrong to assassinate Mugabe, and I also think there would not be many ppl at his funeral!
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i was at a "friend of a friend of a friend's" dinner party the other day and was speaking to an exchange student from Zambia. i was blown away at his perception of whats happening in zim. in short - he was completely convinced that mugabe and his guerillas are somehow immortal and is protected by supernatural forces.... now this was a law student who seemed capable of rational thought... :confused: but the thing i found most astounding was the fact that he spoke of the mugabe in absolute awe and said he'd love to meet him one day.:eek: i asked him whether he didn't think the country was a bit err, "badly maintained" and he assured me that its all just bad publicity. if this is the general perception of people in zambia and perhaps other surrounding countries - he might attract quite a crowd at his funeral.
 
Cara said:
Maybe you should whisper that, Mugabe has cronies everywhere ... :D. But seriously, this waiting for him to die is getting a bit long in the tooth, he looks fit as a fiddle and I won't be surprised if he outlasts Mbeki himself.
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I'm told by a close Zim friend that there are Mugabe 'spies' attending university here in SA keeping an eye on the Zim students here. He tells me that there are so many youth 'spies' in Zim these days that you if you are in a group of 4 people, chances are one person will report back on the conversation. Sick. :mad:

I hope someone downs his plane with an RPG when he gets back from Tanzania. :eek:
 
vespax said:
I'm told by a close Zim friend that there are Mugabe 'spies' attending university here in SA keeping an eye on the Zim students here. He tells me that there are so many youth 'spies' in Zim these days that you if you are in a group of 4 people, chances are one person will report back on the conversation. Sick. :mad:

I hope someone downs his plane with an RPG when he gets back from Tanzania. :eek:
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This is easily take care of if the individuals are known.

If this were Britain, the students would all be sent home as a prelude for further sanctions.

I don't believe SA is doing much beyond words. They have been prompted to say these things, which in itself is not right, so I doubt whether they are sincere.

I suppose the risk for SA is that if Zim is truly imploding, then they will be caught short if they are not 'on-record' speaking out.
 
Apparently uncle Bob said "Tsvangirai will never rule".
 
Dear World,

I am a 16 year old person living in Zimbabwe. I think the time has come for a more direct appeal, and so I am writing to you, the world.
Maybe, just maybe, there might be someone out there who can help us...
It's tough here now. The inflation rate is so high that if you don't change money within 6 hours you could get half the amount of foreign currency that you would have originally received.
We're starving now; people die around us. In the last year alone at least ten people associated personally with my family have died despite the fact that they were only middle-aged. Other people don't make it to middle age. They don't even make it past childhood.
Our once-proud nation is on it's knees. We flee or die. This beautiful, bountiful once-rich land has become a living hell. We have dealt with it until now; we have made a plan. That was the Zimbabwean motto: "MAKE A PLAN".
But now we can't make a plan. We're too tired, too broken, too bankrupt. We can't afford life, and life does not cost much, not really. We cannot afford to eat, we cannot afford to drink, and we cannot afford to make mistakes, because if we do we die. We don't have the capital to support ourselves, and those few who do, have to deal with the horror of watching their friends and family fall into absolute poverty as they cannot afford to help them.

Here is a poem I wrote on the January 2nd, 2007:

"NEW YEAR"
The rising sun finds us in yet another year,
And we look back over every disappointment,
Every bitter failure,
Every salty tear.

The future sits golden before us,
But we are afraid to hope or care.
We've been beaten down too many times before
And life holds no promises there.

At this very same instant every year
We glimpse the rainbow of hope above the street,
But every one of us nurses the very same fear
And faith lies dying at our feet.

Many men have perished,
Claimed by starvation, disease or another's hand.
A nation knocked down to its knees
Now desperately struggles to stand.

Perhaps this year will be different,
Perhaps a hero will come.
But deep down we know
That this cannot be so,
For if it were it would have been done.

There is no light to splice the darkness,
No dawn to dispel the night,
No one to see our struggle,
No one to pity us in our plight.

Who in this world will save us?
Who in this world will come?
Where will next year find us?
If God's will be truly done?

I think that this poem sums it all up. That's life in Zimbabwe. We're sick of struggling; sick of fighting. We're waiting desperately for a great hand to pick us up out of the dirt because at the moment we are outnumbered by Fate herself, and so we close our eyes and pray. We have fought for too long, and have been brought to breaking point. We simply stand, heads down, and bear it. Our spirit has gone; we are defeated. After a valiant struggle of over fifteen years, we have been broken. There is no will left, no spirit. Like a horse that has been beaten until it cannot fight anymore; we are the same, and, like that horse, we stand dusty, scarred and alone, with dried blood on our sides and lash marks along our flanks. Our ribs too stand out; our hide is also dull. Our eyes are glazed, our throats are parched, and our knees struggle to support us so that we stand with splayed legs to bear the brunt of the next beating, too dejected even to whimper...

This is my plea. The thought of picking ourselves up again is sickening; one can only take so many blows before oblivion is reached, and we are teetering on the rim of the bottomless void. One more push will be the end of us all...
There must be someone out there who can do something. There must be someone out there who cares! We are a destroyed nation, and the world sits back and watches, pretending they cannot hear our cries. I appeal to you all...
HELP US!
A 16 YEAR OLD ZIMBABWEAN.. ....
 
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