Zimbabweans in SA protest to SADC security & defence ministers

The protestors, who carried placards calling for urgent, but lasting solution to the Zimbabwe crisis urged both the SADC and fellow African nations to come to their rescue under the dictatorship of president Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980.
 
The protesting Zimbabweans were drawn from as far as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Capte Town and hosts Durban, who sang and danced at the main entry of the Durban’s International Convention Centre.
 
Renowned Durban based Zimbabwe musician, Timothy Rukombo called upon the SADC ministers  on the organ of politics and security present to seriously consider concerns being raised by millions of Zimbabweans currently living abroad as a result of political retribution by the Zanu (PF) regime.
 
“This is time to act for SADC and Africa as a whole. The situation in Zimbabwe requires support from fellow African nations if peace, stability and harmony would ever return,” said Rukombo.
 
Rukombo is known for singing liberation songs in his first album where he was backed by South African ladies, and he vowed to continue singing about peace, democracy and the rule of law until Zimbabwe becomes free once again.
 
Among other protesting was Misheck Muchinguri, who called upon the United States of America (USA) and its chief ally Britain to go ahead and impose sanctions against Zanu (PF) leadership if they refuse to exchange power with Morgan Tsvangirai, who earlier on won the March 29 presidential election.
 
“The issue of brotherhood must come to an end if Africa ever wanted or dreamt of attaining their own democracy in fulliest. The so-called quiet diplomacy does not work when dealing with African dictators such as president Mugabe.
 
“we need strong brothers and sisters from around the African continent, who could stand firm and defend lawlessness, undemocratic principles as well as condemnation of those that want to cling to power until they die, especially president Mugabe,” said Muchinguri.
 
Among other posters carried by the protestors read: “A Brave Africa can Save Zimbabwe”.
 
Meanwhile, countries that participated at the SADC conference for defence and security ministers include Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (host) Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively–CAJ News.