HAVEN'T we been here before? "Talks about talks"; the search for a "settlement";
bud...I know you said that tongue in cheek but I can honestly see it happening...these guys are desperate and it is very palusible they will embalm the poor bastard after he kicks the bucket and employ the services of a skilled ventriloquist or something and get him to utter the same hate filled rants that we have all become so accustomed to of late. I can nominate one individual here who is still trapped back in the 60's when he was working as a gardener somewhere in borrowdale or something and his master insisted he call him Baas...he cant drop that term from his lexicon try as he might poor sod!
Commenter Prem is quite right here (as well as a couple of other articles); I’ll add a couple of points. First is that the Butcher of Harare and his bloodstained cronies did not sign the MoU for any reason approaching altruism, or even common decency. With the sanctions being tightened on them, what little access they had to foreign currency (since their own is worthless) is fast drying up; they don’t want to have to live like the average citizen and even with multi-trillions of Zdollars, they can not purchase the luxuries they have come to expect as their ‘right’ and their children are being removed from schools all over the world and deported home. (They scream about the evil of the ‘west’, yet they wouldn’t dream of having their own children be educated in their own country.) Second, Since they have built their house on lies, deceit, and the innocent blood of their countrymen, they want to make sure that when the inevitable lose of power occurs they will have had time to put in to place immunity clauses for themselves, for surely they are guilt of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide. I would ask all to join me to continually pray that the Good Citizens of Zimbabwe will have their travails lifted, and that the Basket Case may again become the Breadbasket of Southern Africa.
Your analysis is quite pertinent. However, the title of your article suggesting that there is only one way, that is heading towards an independent Zimbabwe may be ignoring Mugabe's monstrous ideas how to cling to power at all costs!
There are speculations that Mugabe's negotiators have made it clear that the legitimacy of Mugabe"s election during the one man run-off was not on the agenda for any discussions. What then? Will the talks collapse under a secret wish of maverick Mugabe so that he could lay the blame on the back of the opposition. Will Tsvangirai got his fingers badly burnt?
Will maverick Mugabe then unleash his cronies to spread terror in the ranks of the opposition across the country?
Anyway, Mugabe's waterloo is fast approaching! If he cannot read the writings on the wall, well so bad for him and his cronies.
Should he succeed to fool Mbeki, he will have to put up next year with an angry ANC with Zuma at the helm of affairs in South Africa.
Zuma and the people in South Africa will not allow Mugabe to destabilise the country's socio-economic fabrics by a further influx of millions of refugees.
Will maverick Mugabe, while clinging to power through further intensification of terror, end up like Mobutu, Idriss Déby, Charles Taylor?
That is the point I wanted to argue about given your view of "only one way". Better be prepared for more tricks from maverick Mugabe.
May God hear our cry and give marching orders to maverick bloodstained Mugabe to clear the stage for people with clean hands to take over and to harness the will of the people to bring Zimbabwe to prosperity.
Leave our President alone. You would not like to open a can of worms, would you ??? Remember all those rhodie murderers and killers in Perth, Australia and elsewhere!! How about all those who had the freedom to shoot and l kill in Soweto and other areas ?? Why clean only what you perceive as rubbish or is it that you have a selective mindset, baasi murungu ???
Leave our President alone. You would not like to open a can of worms, would you ??? Remember all those rhodie murderers and killers in Perth, Australia and elsewhere!! How about all those who had the freedom to shoot and l kill in Soweto and other areas ?? Why clean only what you perceive as rubbish or is it that you have a selective mindset, baasi murungu ???
Leave our President alone. You would not like to open a can of worms, would you ??? Remember all those rhodie murderers and killers in Perth, Australia and elsewhere!! How about all those who had the freedom to shoot and l kill in Soweto and other areas ?? Why clean only what you perceive as rubbish or is it that you have a selective mindset, baasi murungu ???
Ooi DREAMER !!! Baasi I you realise that that you are dreaming. Your negative patronising mindset of a muzungu who cannot manage to live in Europe. You wish you were a BWANA MAMBO surrounded by spear wielding natives waiting to be civilised. How you wish!! God bless Gt zimbabwe leadership ...president RMG and his trustworthy proactive military men and the patriotic team of Biti/Chamisa/Tsvangirai.
Right on, Akapfunde! The greedy racist are pulling for failure in the Zimbabwe talks in hopes that they can implement plan M in hopes of hanging on to the ill-gotten resources of Zimbabwe and taking the land back that Mr. Mugabe and his party distributed to 300,000 indigenous families. In any case, the Zimbabwean leaders need to make some strong alliances with some militarily strong friends because these people have no qualms about attacking small un/under-armed countries in "their interest".
I cant believe you actually think Zimbabwe is worth attacking! Its nothing but a banana repubic with a worth less currency and tin pot dictator that murders to keep himself in power. And You're right, Mugabe did a great job with the land redistribution. thats why the economy is doing so well with food on the table for everyone. Good Job Mugabe, keep up the good work.
I think you guys are now getting out of hand.. Please keep the comments to the article.. Don't let the pressure of the situation make us concetrate on that which devides us, but that which unites us.. And even though I do not support the state Zim is in and the regime, it is something, much more than a Banana republic, it is something.. Home for those who live in it and are from it, and a God given Heritage for the children of Zim..
akapfunde1, u're a dictactor thats why, killing people for no reason. I think mugabe is your best friend especially when it comes to murder, u'll pay for that.From the day that zimbabwe had independence, somebody was sloughtered by mugabe because he thought that man could be infront of him, and indeed that man was deserving to be inforefront. you know Mugabe u've got too much blood in your hands, thats why you suffer from mental health problem.
Was this the Biti that was just in prison the other day on the orders of mugabe?? and Morgan who suffered serious beatings at the hands of CIO thugs....and Mutambara who has just been released from prison also having been slung in there on trumped up charges??? Wow...what a cuddly chappie mugarbage is!! yes indeed...pamberi nemugabe...pamberi ne 500billion dollar note and whatever is the next value or should it be DEvalued note coming next week..pamberi indeed!!!
you seem to see the future and trust Zuma so much just wait and see... Anyway thanks a lot for your thoughts they are most unwelcome you parthetic (whatever you are human or alien).We do not need your thoughts keep them to yourself. You seem to have gone through the dictionary and come across the word Marvrick which seem to exite tou so much. Only illeterate people who come across "big" words frequently use the to look learned. Drop the line you silly.
Chiki and others who do not agree to how I see things about the talks are heaping insult on me. Readers would rather like them to argue how and why maverick Mugabe who failed the last 28 years would now suddenly turn into a new leaf and make Zimbabweans prosper under freedom and justice. You need to respect the readers and give them food for thought, not cheap slogans praising a hero turned murderer.
Prem, these are the Mugabe cheer leaders who are SO brain-washed. They have no minds of their own, have no ambition for their country, have no strategy as to how Zimbabwe can be raised from the dust. They have no clue. Instead look at your once powerful and economically strong country and see what it has become. A beggar. You cannot say you are free if you rely on some one else for your next meal,or if you are beaten or killed when you seek your rights to be free. You are abused. So like you, I cannot imagine how any sane person can support the likes of Mugabe.
"Only illeterate people who come across "big" words frequently use the to look learned" Well that certainly did make me laugh. The use of maverick is hardly a big work and quite commonly used in every day english. The fact that you havent heard it makes you the "illeterate" one! Haha. Learn how do spell loser!
Chiki clearly hasnt seen topgun either haha.
I've followed events in Zimbabwe since the first election that was actually fair. I knew Zimbabwe when it was Rhodesia, rich and abundant. I have lost dear friends who have lost their ranches and farms and some lost their lives. And yet I read comments defending Mugabe. It is obvious that Zimbabwe has been taken over by the military and is being run by a military junta. I am so sorry because it was once a very beautiful place. But I see no hope for the future based on past actions of SA which is too timid to do anything. The talks will fail, and people will starve. Mugabe will see to it.
absolutely. Mugabe is only negotiating (lets use that word very very losely here) to appear to be doing something. He wont give up a thing. And the people are the ones that suffer. I just hope that Tsvangarai gets a big enough foot in the door, so that the next election can be run freely and fairly, so the people of Zim can finally be heard, 5 years too late, but at least it will be peaceful (fingers crossed)
Only one way out,why cant somebody round up mugabe like they did to saddam.period.and give morgan to run the show after all his the majority faverite.
The reason Akapfunde dos not want to open the can of worms is that he is afraid his president, Mugabe, will crawl out.
Don't worry , nothings going to change.The whole thing's a crock, a sham and an insult to the intelligence of any average soul.The "Generals" drag out the poor tired and worn out old bogeyman Mugabe wave him about as if he's the "man",and I suppose when he dies they'll have him stuffed and cart him through a couple more elections.