The apartheid regime in South Africa and Ian Smith’s minority government in Rhodesia were, rightly, condemned for their racial policies. These offended human dignity. The same applies to Mugabe’s racial rhetoric – it stinks.
We condemn racism in any shape or form. There is no justification for it whatsoever. It is evil. It is wrong. That kind of behaviour belongs to the dustbin of history.
For a president of a country to stoop so low shows how bankrupt of ideas he has become. A leader of a nation should be a unifying force – enabling and supporting his countrymen and women to work together to improve the quality of everyone’s lives.
Not to make life miserable. Not to bring about disunity. Not to fuel racial animosity.
Given Mugabe’s hatred for whites, it is surprising that Zanu (PF) was at the weekend parading before the South African media a white supporter, Joshua Sacco, to give the false impression that Zanu (PFO is a non-racial party. How deceitful!
We were surprised to read at the weekend that Jonathan Moyo, speaking on behalf of Zanu (PF), is trying to extend an olive branch to the British Government – a country both he and Mugbabe have denounced for years.
It appears that the whites in Britain are now okay – and Moyo and Mugabe want to re-engage with them. But the same does not seem to apply for those whites living inside Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans rejected Ian Smith’s racism, and we will reject Mugabe’s racism.
Post published in: Editor: Wilf Mbanga