Comments on: Zuma quietly shafts Mbeki from Zimbabwe mediation role

By: Tsuro

Tsuro — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:23:54 +0000

The announcement by Zuma is good news. It signals South Africa’s genuine commitment to resolving the problems in our country. To have serious negotiators on this team shows that South Africa means business and that the problems in Zimbabwe will take a lot of tough talking to resolve. They will be prepared to bang heads together.

By: JohnBMal

JohnBMal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:58:16 +0000

I think you have a serious thinking problem. The argument that this is a long overdue shafting does not hold water.

If you look at the record, Zuma has been harder on Tsvangirai than Mbeki. He has been on record calling for the lifting of sanctions – something Mbeki never did,

The problem with white South African analysis is that it is based more on wishful thinking than anything else.