Tutu may have been a Nobel laureate but he has to know that based on the institution that is used to define his persona,many untold miseries were unleashed on Africans and it appears he is still subservient to those tunnel and singular views about life.
One would also question his stand on homosexuals and the fervent support he accords them.
It is because of thoroughly colonized men and minds like that of Tutu that to date Africans are still being stereotyped because they use him as an example of what "good" Africans should and ought to be.
Tutu should be impartial and address the issues at the root of the Zimbabwean impasse rather than playing the piper of neo colonialism that is wrapped in derelict ,repugnant,obnoxious and moribound religiosity of which is an archetypal epitome.
These are the biggest threats to Africa's decolonization process since they will try at all costs to prove how relevant the institutions they stand for benefit the African people.It is no wonder that most serious thinking Africans really do not take the rantings of the ilk of Tutu and his species without a pinch of salt.
Thank you.
Kipenji.
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Tutu slams South Africa's stand on Zimbabwe
By John Chiahemen
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu rebuked his government Monday for its dogged support of Zimbabwe, which is facing growing international isolation over its human rights record.
In an emotional statement, he rejected arguments used by both Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has denounced the Commonwealth for extending its suspension of Zimbabwe at a summit this month.
"I am at a loss to understand the reasoning for a lifting of the suspension of Zimbabwe," said the Nobel laureate, who won global fame for fighting racism in South Africa and for helping to lead a drive for reconciliation when white rule there ended.
Zimbabwe responded to its suspension by withdrawing from the 54-nation group of mainly former British colonies, which originally suspended it after concluding that Mugabe rigged his 2002 re-election and was persecuting his opponents.
"What most observers seem to say is that the unsatisfactory status quo which led to the suspension remains unchanged," said Tutu, whose statement did not mention Mbeki by name, but picked holes in his argument and his endorsement of Mugabe's election.
Mbeki had implicitly backed Mugabe's argument that "white Commonwealth" members, notably Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, were punishing Zimbabwe for Mugabe's policy of seizing white-owned farms for landless blacks.
Aid agencies say disruption to agriculture caused by the farm seizures is partly to blame for chronic food shortages likely to affect more than five million Zimbabweans by year end.
Tutu drew a parallel between Zimbabwe's isolation and South Africa's own battle against white minority rule, or apartheid, which ended in 1994.
"We appealed for the world to intervene and interfere in South Africa's internal affairs. We could not have defeated apartheid on our own," Tutu said. "What is sauce for the goose must be sauce for the gander too."
12/15/03 13:16 ET
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