F Thorburn

Just yesterday I received news by telephone of friends who were severely beaten by ZANU PF thugs in Mashonaland. A 73 year old man beaten outside a church last Sunday and a young man, in Masvingo, only clinging to life.

Meanwhile, I hear Zimbabwe officials and even Mugabe himself, brazenly deny their sponsorship of terror and violence.

If SADC can not openly condemn this fascist dicttorship (which is far more brutal than that of Idi Amin)then it loses all credibility.

Fthorburn (Canada)

lulu

Thabo Mbeki will obviously pay the price of looking on and doing nothing to aid Zimbabwean’s in their plight against Mugabe.
Mugabe has been in power since 1980. A rational person stays in power for a maximum of 8 years. But, oh no, not my man Robby, 28 is not enough. How different is he from Ian Smith? Not at all, well Ian Smith, was a colonial leader, and honestly I think it hurts more when a person who promised democracy impinges on those rights he promised people. Ian Smith did not promise us anything. I remember in the 80’s Mugabe going on and on about Born Frees..the kids norn in after 1980.One may ask, what did these kids amount to?..for the most part nothing, either they died of AIDS, or were killed trying to go abroad or across the Limpopo…Mugabe has destroyed our contry , but mainly he betrayed a generation…those so called born free’s. Thank God I was born in 1979

Paul

A small and independent elite force like the Blackwater security teams in Iraq should be deployed to assassinate Robert Mugabe. Then US and UN military should move in to help secure Tsvangirai’s party in the governmental seat until a fair democratic election system can be established. The civilized world’s tolerance of Mugabe’s undisguised oppressive regime is an affront to humanity.
In the absence of a small military force to perform this task any passionate individual should try to liquidate Mugabe by any means necessary. That person will surely have done the world a great service.

don

I am bewildered by the Zimbabwe situation and by the lack of condemnation by other African Governments they are all compromised by the status quo Mugabe MUST go but they close ranks and it is as if they applaud what he and his hench men do. President Thabo Mbeki’s is like the Lion in the Wizard of OZ only he has lost his teeth and is more of a coward. people are dying and he sits on his hands doing nothing perhaps he secretly enjoys seeing torture and rape, murder and mayhem on is doorstep makes SA look relievedly a haven of peace and calm.

Ettu

The world stands by and looks on, since there is nothing they want/need from Zim! It’s a total disgrace!

Sidenote to Paul: Please do not invite the US to invade another country! They have their fingers in too many pies already!

Paul

I in no way up hold America or the UN as the noble knights of Justice. I just think it would be good to let Mugabe know their are bigger bullies than he. And maybe curtail a little oppression/rape/murder/torture into the deal too?
I can only laugh (in desperation) that political correctness has reached such mammoth extremes that their is some kind of global conscience which says one nation cannot try to intervene to stop the oppressive regime of another nation because it would appear to be some kind of Colonialist invasion force. It’s ridiculous. Unfortunately, the ones that are suffering are the native Zimbabweans who would welcome some outside help to enforce some real justice. If your daughter was raped by Mugabe Loyalists to suppress your opposition to his 20 years of mis-rule; or if your son was had his testicles electrified for questioning the dogma of the Government; maybe then this issue of political correctness preventing outside intervention wouldn’t seem like a farcical joke but would seem more like a horrendous nightmare colouring the world as a brutally uncaring place where each person is out for themselves.
By our apathy, each of us perpetuate this nightmare for native Zimbabweans. Each of us our complicit in the horror by saying: “Oh, it’s SA’s responsibility…”
Let’s just sail in the gun boat and blast the tyrant out of his tower. It really can be that simple. Better yet. Give him a real Western punishment:
10,000 hours of community service.
Make him sweep the floors in a woman’s shelter. Something really debasing to his mammoth pride. That would be far more satisfying.
Rig him up to some kind of massive hamster wheel to supply a small village with electricity or some similar Sisyphus style punishment.

alex stevenson

Expel them from SADC!

Secondly, watch out for DRC war number two. The Namibian Chief of Staff jets in to Harare, Mnangagwa heads to Luanda, Kagame in Rwanda starts to get hawkish and Museveni tells Mugabe to get ready to leave power. Same Alliances. Same War. Same Prize (The colonisation of Katanga) Different front. Zimbabwe will never be a colony again! But it is chief coloniser of The Congo….

don

I agree with Paul when he says “By our apathy, each of us perpetuate this nightmare for native Zimbabweans. Each of us our complicit in the horror by saying: “Oh, it’s SA’s responsibility…”” SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

don

wow wee England has awoke the mighty Lion has spoke
almost poetic. “Mr Mugabe you are no longer worthy of your Knighthood ” I can see that really worrying him. We have a killer and murderer and the best they can do is remove a knighthood he never earned nor deserved. The Nation and its people slip further into despair and the world watches on Mr Mbeki’s policy of “quiet diplomacy” has been criticised for its failure to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe. Criticised it should be condemned as an utter waste of time. mbeki wake up and smell the dried up blood of a dying people and force a change in Zimbabwe before your people force a change of president closer to home

Paul

I can see why gestures such as the stripping of Mugabes knighthood might seem empty formalities when real action is required, but Britain is a nation whose actions begin with small formalities. We’re a sovereignty. Whilst the queen holds little political power she does set the tone for international relations and set a precedent to be upheld by the ruling Government.
Her withdrawal of Mugabes knighthood has been followed by Zimbabwe’s cricket team being banned from playing in England, the Primeminister has said he “does not recognise Mugabe as the official leader of Zimbabwe”. Sanctions are being negotiated by the UN. These are all steps in the right direction. I would hope SA follows with similar sanctions, driving Mugabe into a corner like the rat he is. Eventually, I would hope his own people turn on him, having seen undeniably the destruction of their country at his hands.

steven

This dog should be hung from the nearest birch

Paul

This is a man whose ego is so blind to its own monstrousity that he wears a t-shirt with a picture of himself on it. He married a woman 40 years his junior who spends millions of pounds shopping in Paris and building mansions in Harare while millions of Zimbabweans starve.
A man who rules a country for 28 years and thinks nothing wrong with such a term.
A man who enters a presidential campaign against… no one… no opposition at all… and thinks it a triumph when he wins.
What an ***.
He should be shot simply for his own crassness and stupidity let alone his crimes against humanity.
I wonder what his first presidential act will be when he is amazingly re-voted in?
Perhaps he’ll declare a national holiday?
Mugabe-Day?
Release a pop record?
Lord knows nothing is beyond the scope of his grotesquely pathetic ego.

Nhlanhla E. Dlamini

Why is the world watching while innocent people are killed by the so called democratic dictator, Robert Mugabe of Zimbambwe? Is SADC waiting for all the people of Zimbambwe to die, and then expel Mugabe from SADC? He must be removed immediately in order to show the world that Africa,SADC,African Union, has the potential to take care of its political problems and protect its citizens