I somehow blame Mbeki, as the leader of SADC's strongest nation, for not openly stating his opinions and solutions to the zimbabwe situation, and I believe that he can help if he really wanted to, in many countless ways.
ebm ocii wrote thus on 25/08/2007 05:04: > President Thabo Mbeki on Friday > dismissed suggestions that Southern African Development Community > (SADC) leaders have recklessly ignored Zimbabwe's problems in the > interests of solidarity. > > Writing in his weekly online newsletter, Mbeki accused Business Day > newspaper of publishing on Monday a "wholly fabricated story" alleging > SADC leaders were divided over Zimbabwe, and describing a discussion > at last week's Lusaka SADC summit "that never took place". > > "This is consistent with an unethical practice in sections of our > media in terms of which they manufacture news and information and > communicate complete fiction as the truth," he said. > > The newspaper manufactured an unbridgeable rift resulting in a > non-existent paralysis among the leaders, arising out of the > discussion that never took place, he said. > > The fact of the matter was that, acting on the recommendation of the > SADC organ on politics, defence and security, the summit meeting > accepted the report on the Zimbabwe economy, as well as the proposal > that finance ministers, in consultation with the government of > Zimbabwe, use the report to elaborate specific interventions that > could be made by the region. > > "The hostile allegation that our countries have recklessly turned > their eyes away from the problems of Zimbabwe, because of the > imperatives of solidarity, has always been nothing more than a product > of propaganda, which all thinking persons would recognise as such. > > "The reality is that in a very real sense the problems of Zimbabwe are > our problems, in the same way that the problems of the rest of > Southern Africa are problems for Zimbabwe as well. > > "Our entire region stands to benefit most directly from the recovery > of Zimbabwe, in much the same way as Zimbabwe benefits from the > progress of the region of Southern Africa, of which it is an integral > and inalienable part," he said. > > The Lusaka summit meeting reconfirmed these fundamental positions, > which included unqualified respect for the sovereignty of Zimbabwe and > the right of its people to determine their destiny. > > At no point would SADC and its member states act as a super-power that > had the right to expropriate the people of Zimbabwe of their right to > self-determination, "as imperial Britain did", Mbeki said. -- Sapa _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
