WHEN one studies the events in Zimbabwe starting with the lead up to the March and June elections and the current situation clearly shows that Thabo Mbeki is a real political genius.
The South African leader’s quiet diplomacy has paid off. Not in the sense that the western media has been drilling in the minds of everybody exposed to it but a triumph for the billion Africans of all races and tribes who have been on the receiving end of slavery, colonisation, dominance and exploitation by Europeans and their allies for close to two decades.
Mbeki realized that to take on the Europeans and their allies head on was going to be tough so he applied his guerrilla tactics with ingenuity. When he announced his policy of quiet diplomacy most people assumed he meant to use it against and to topple Mugabe and Zanu PF.
Instead the tactic has exposed the true enemy of the freedom loving people of Africa . No, it has not exposed Morgan Tsvangirai and MDC as such but rather and more importantly that they are also victims of blatant blackmail, exploitation and manipulation by the Europeans using their legacy from Rhodes’s, Mussolini’s, Hitler’s, Blair’s, Bush’s.
The weapon used is now THE WESTERN MEDIA.
Quiet diplomacy exposed that the turning point for the worse for Zimbabwe was 1997/8 exactly when MDC was formed with the Western Media going to bed with them and diverted from representing the interests of workers to those of employers instead. It was after the formation of MDC that the polarization with Zanu PF government was born, that the economy started to slide, that sanctions were muted and executed, that the campaign of demonizing Mugabe began and sustained, the resistance to land reform began, a campaign to white wash the evil side of capitalism put in place, a return to divide and rule tactics re-emerged.
The fact that now MDC wants a transfer of power where power sharing has been offered after an election they did not win in spite of blackmailing a whole nation with starvation and economic battering clearly shows who indeed does not respect democracy and the rule of law. The only vociferous voices you now hear against Mugabe, Zanu PF, Mbeki and other progressive forces are those of the son of a British mother in Gaborone and a terror leader from Kenya. Even the Western media is subdued as the unfolding of events expose the true colours of Morgan Tsvangirai’s treachery to genuine African interests.
All the sons and daughters of Africa of all races say "Pamberi na Mbeki" and quiet diplomacy.
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n/a • n/a Subject: n/a Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:17:22 • Some Zimbos living in the diaspora never cease to amaze me! We all know that the world is supposed to be a global village, another term for global corporatism which has its roots in the west, but this does not mean to say that without it countries cannot do well. China did not subscribe to this stupid notion. All, if not most, of its very successful companies with a global outreach are state owned and not private owned. What is needed is just good business acumenship which is built or premised on astute strategic thinking. China is not under sanctions can trade with whomsoever it wants, but remember, what they did was to first trade with the developing world setting up their stalls there before engaging and beating the thieving corruption ridden western businesses. Yeah, let the zeroes come back, but you know what, Bob should have an even stronger spine and starts to nationalise all those businesses owned by those countries who have imposed sanctions on us! We can sell these cheaply to the Chinese in exchange for the foreign currency we need. China trades with the west and gets money from them but Zim as a small country can trade with only one Chinese province and still be able to get all the things we want, forex, machinery, technological transfer etc as their companies now have a stake in most of the financially debt ridden and loss making western companies. Saka mazero itemporary but chinodiwa manje is to shite on the heads of those who have decided to shite on ours. Bob panyanga dandara (MT) musango kusvikira zvanaka!
Mhofu • freezim08@yahoo.com Subject: Tongai tione Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:05:19 • The zeroes are marching back, Mugabe is showing his normal arrogance and idiocy by appointing Governors and senators against the peoples will, it just boggles the mind and is utterly disgusting to read this article by St C, and the supporting commentary. While it is acknowledged that the West is evil in its own way lets not forget that today's economy is based on a global village concept, and as much as we may want to vilify them , we need the west and everyone else, (it is an issue of GIVE AND TAKE). If this was not the case why bother with a GNU??, Keep looking east like idiots whilst East happens to have a look West policy , all because they acknowledge the reality of a global village.
Mbeki is an unmitigated failure thus far and South Africa has paid and will pay in future for his ineptitude.
Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots! Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:59:56 • Indeed, Mbeki is to be commended for his patience and for his commitment to Africa.
The present arrangement, though not ideal, does reduce the likelihood that Africans will be slaughtering each other on behalf of the invading European criminals.
More pressing for Mbeki is a solution to South Africa's entrenched problems with the invading criminals, who still dominate African Lands, Wealth & Resources.
At least in Zimbabwe, Africans have dominion over their indigenous Lands, Wealth and Resources.
Mashudu • rashaid@webmail.co.za Subject: Rubbish Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:31:29 • This doesn't deserve a comment does it.
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