WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ZIMBABWE?

[rudolphlboy]

I  would like to say hello friends, i am back again. now this time with a humanitarian cry. what is happenign in Zimbabwe?. what hs gone wrong?, i think time has come for all of us to take action. 


The last arrest of Morgan tsvangirai the leader of oppostion and others is a clear intimidation and absence of humane by the Mugabe regime. i am not a pro opposition in Zimbabwe nor have any feelings about the ruling regime. NO. all i am crying for is justice and equal rights in Zim. this country has been there before during the Smith era, the Gukura wondo times and i dont beleive the Zims want to see theis again. they are thrown all over Africa, but Botswana and South Africa bear the brunt of this hegemony.

what will the summit in Tanzania do, what has quite diplomacy done for SADC?, why is SADC leaders mum about Mugabe, guys did u see morgan's photo after he was severly beaten a week ago, where are the Zim citizens, why are they still loyal to Mugabe, for the sake of their future generations, they need to act now, this political crisis will dent the Zim economy for years to come.

I want to call all Zims living in Zim and in the diaspora, to put their hands and heads, hearts and mind together, priests and preachers, Bishops and nuns to pray for Zim.

I would like to call upon the chinese govt to say something about this, since it is close to Mugabe one way or the other, pliz help intervene and help a dying nation which is eating on itself.

[khabzela]

What's happening in Zimbabwe is Robert Mugabe! Once one of Africa's sons, Mugabe has slowly evolved into a wreatched creature that has an insatiable appetite for power.

Land redistribution is no longer THE issue in Zimbabwe. A brutal regime is THE issue. Mugabe and his cronies are doing any and everything to hold on to power regardless of the massive scale of suffering it's causing to ordinary Zimbabweans.

I am from Botswana. I have seen with my own eyes the effects of the Mugabe regime. Zimbabweans illegally enter Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and the rest of southern Africa looking for jobs, however menial. Out of desperation some of them commit crimes in these countries. This creates tensions between citizens of these countries and Zimbabweans.

At the beginning of the land redistributions I supported Mugabe. I was impressed by his firm stand against the west, he was justified in most of what he was saying. Now however the situation has spiralled out of control. It is no longer about imperialism, western arrogance or anything like that. It is purely a question of a regime that denies its people the right of option. This has to stop!

I plead with all of you who are reading this post to please familiarise yourself with the current political situation in Zimbabwe. You should know that a man who professes himself to be one of Africas greatest leaders is busy murdering and starving his own people. It tears my heart to pieces that when most of the continent is making immense progress in all spheres, there are still those imbiciles who choose to regress. A leader should know when it's time to quit! Mugabe has done his bit for Zimbabwe it's time for him to go!

Had he left 5 or so years ago Robert Mugabe would have gone down in history as one of Africa's greats. Now it is too late! He should go!

[purplepens]

I've been following the situation in Zimbabwe. In the beginning, I thought it justice that the land should be removed from the white farmers and redistributed to Africans. However, I then read that those that had been given the land were ex-soldiers who supported him politically. Now, I'm not an expert on farming and food distribution, but it seems to me that if someone is given a large industrial farm to manage with little or no experience - they might not be successful. Hence, inflation of food prices and food shortages. Who was it that said?: Power corrupts absolutely. I don't think African government will ever be healthy until term limits are imposed. It seems that the longer one stays in power, the worse they become. It seems that they develop a hatred and contempt for their own people.

[rudolphlboy]

i echo the same sentiments with all of you, i pitty the Zim brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, children of the soil of Africa, which was once the food basket of Africa. Realy Mugabe has gone beyond his limitations, i never supported the land redisdtribution at all coz it had no plan, there was no plan at all, it was a substitute and excuse if not a scape goat of a failing govt. its sustainability was vague, who is to get what and how much, was not spelled, not only that, this just to mention a few.


Thus said and done, what has silent diplomacy done for Zim neighbours?, the SADC leaders met last week in Tanzania, and in Zim, they reelected Mugabe for another term! . what is going in on in t he ZANUP-F circles, maybe the solution is not outside Zim, i think it is in the hands of the Zim citizens, they have all the power to seat and unseat this great leader who turned into a pradator. But you see, the problem i find is in us people, citizens of Zim and citizens of neigbouring nations, when we are out like this, be we are overseas in academics reaosons or any other, why cant we meet and draft a plan tht save our nations, not drafting a coup "NO", we can meet and chart ahead how to get our nation out of crisis economically and politically.

But iam still suprised why do people in Zim still reelect Mugabe, or he is not elected, but he imposes himself, i should beleive so. Please Zims, take action while you still can, Save Zim from disaster, Zim cant afford another civil war?.

[purplepens]

Many Zimbabwe people have tried to protest and there have been opposition movements against him; but he jails, beats them and destroys their offices and residences. I imagine its quite hard to mobilize a populace that's been going hungry, are in fear for their lives and that of their families in the face of such brutal oppression.

[MingHei]

Oddly enough Mugabe was supposed to receive an honorary doctorate degree from my university nearl 10 years ago when I was BSU (Black Student Union) president.  This caused great uproar among the gay community on campus and even divided the Black Students...there were supporters and those who didn't want anything to do with him coming.  Eventually, the ceremony was cancelled...considering what's happened since then I am happy it was. 

[purplepens]

Yes Minghei, me too. On college campuses, there's always this issue of freedom of speech; but I don't think that dictators should be honored; not when you consider how much suffering and disruption they cause.

[rudolphlboy]

 ::)mmmhhhh!, i also realy dont see any reason why we should honor dictators. dictators spoils people's lives, honorign them is setting a bad and wrong example, i would like to salute the students who stood up against his visit and honoring.

But the question and the task on our hands is where do we see Zim in the next year?, what do we do, we might not be Zimbabeans but they are our neighbors, and there is a ripple effect on our nations. the way the situation is in Zim, i am not a specialist but i foresee the inlfation rate climbing up again, it will be over 2000% in the 6 -12 months, and where do this leave the many poor Zims, even those who were said to be rich, cant bear the brunt now. i am not in Zimbabwe, but in an economic situation like this one, what they call Black Market becomes King of currency exchange. No one will go the legal route of banks, this is so coz the exchange rate at the banks is lower compared to balck market, e.g US1.00 at black market can give you may be Zim$20 000, but in the legal route, US$1 will give you Zim$200, so where would you go? obviously black market.

So, this situation is leaving many people fraudsters, and risking thereby are likely to face the unforgiving jaws of the Zim's kangaroo justice.

[purplepens]

I think that the only country strong enough to confront Zimbabwe is South Africa. In fact, S.Africa in combination with all of the neighboring countries should have a diplomatic intervention with Mugabe. They should threaten to withhold aid, isolate him and possibly put together a combined military force. The instability will eventually affect their countries as well. But I don't understand why African leaders always seem so passive when conflict erupts within the continent. Can anyone tell me why militias can form WITHIN African countries to attack those in their own country but there can never seem to be enough military power to confront threats within the continent? I've never understood this.