htly so given the weight of court documentation regarding fraudulent activities surrounding the 2002 presidential elections) to recognise him as the legitimate president of Zimbabwe.
This is no time for one’upmanship or for egos. With the country bleeding, millions of people hungry, sick and unemployed, children dying of malnutrition and preventable diseases – this is the time for statesmanship.
For goodness sake – please put the country first.
When he called for talks between the two opposing sides, at the behest of SADC leaders, President Thabo Mbeki urged the parties to come to the conference table with no pre’conditions.
As so often in the past, Mugabe has simply ignored Mbeki. And Mbeki has meekly shut up.
There was never any serious commitment to dialogue on the part of Mugabe and Zanu (PF). The appointed negotiators, Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche, have, on at least two occasions, not even bothered to pitch up at the scheduled meetings.
The ruling party’s continued tinkering with the defective constitution, as proposed under the 18th amendment, will not solve Zimbabwe’s problems.
Nothing short of a new constitution will do.
In the absence of any firm and practical commitment to saving the country of Zimbabwe on the part of SADC and/or Mbeki, the region faces an unprecedented slide into chaos – with the accompanying health, environmental and economic repercussions that will set back development by decades.
Previously eradicated human and animal diseases are already rampant in Zimbabwe ‘ and recognise no man’made boundaries.
Besides the resultant extent of human suffering, for the entire region to risk undoing years of development, and for the rest of the world to watch as billions of aid dollars go down the drain is unspeakable.
Word for Today
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven; blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted; blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth; blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled; blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy; blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God; blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ‘ Matthew 5
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