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Old 04-11-2008, 08:00 AM
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The time is now

14days gone, the parlament results out withing 4 days, the Presidential results, still nothing. No word from the commision supposed to do something about it. No word from Mugabe himself. Zimbabwe finds itself a country in limbo.

And now the only orginisation who can realisticly do anything about it, SADEC (Souther African DEvelopment Community) meets this weekend, and we all wait to see what they will do.

On paper, this group should have condemned Mugabe years ago. The group includes countries like Botswana, the most stable country on the continent, South Africa, the richest and most powerful country in sub-Sahara Africa, who has made a peaceful change to full democracy. Mozambique, very poor, but it also made a miracle change fromwar to peace, and NAmibia, another stable nation. Yet this group has just kept on being either silent, or even defending its elder statesman, Mugabe.

It is time for SADEC to show theworld, and its own people that it WILL practice what it preaches, and stand up for freedom and democracy in the region.

Summit 'must force release of results' : Mail & Guardian Online

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Old 04-11-2008, 06:43 PM
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I tell you Mugabe will be president of Zimbabwe for Life!Long live Mugabe.
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Old 04-11-2008, 07:48 PM
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Sooo, would you support Bush hif he decided that he should be president for a fourth term, and a fifth, and sixth, no atter what the majority of Amerians say?

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Old 04-12-2008, 05:22 AM
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African organizations should increase pressure on Mugabe to stand down. To me it looks like people in some of African countries can't govern themselves.
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Old 04-12-2008, 07:08 AM
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id say pressure on any government in zimbabwe is there, look at the price of a bottle of beer!

Price of a bottle of beer in Zimbabwe - Worldometers
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