Comments on: The President speaks….

By: Friend

Friend — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:05:41 +0000

I agree with you, Khosi, it was a great analysis. I also agree with one of the commentator’s sentiments though, in which he mentions some of TM’s shortcommings.

By: thando

thando — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:49:15 +0000

ANC problems are sorted by ANC.Zimbambwean problems are sorted by them.Is this not a lesson Mbeki teaches? By bowing out he walked the talk, big up to him.

By: Mqo

Mqo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:57 +0000

Well said Sne. As a Zimbabwean i could’nt have said it better. The reason he accepts the NEC decision, inter alia, is that he really knows that the deal signed in Zim is going to fail. Similar as to his other African moves-like NEPAD. TM should not/never be viewed as a hero. He only inherited a well functioning system.

By: VoVo

VoVo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:11:31 +0000

@ Andrea Becker

It might be the beginning,for the BLACK honeymooners.

By: Andrea Becker

Andrea Becker — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:57:37 +0000

Now it is time for the black man to rule. For whites the honeymoon is over.

By: Clara

Clara — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:35:52 +0000

This is what TM really wanted to say:

“I have been a loyal member of the ANC for 52 years, and this is the thanks I get. I didn’t resign, I was axed. Oh, the humiliation. I am now a bitter man. As for any support from me in the future, don’t count on it.”

By: lindelani maseko

lindelani maseko — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:56 +0000

Ntanjana,

So now you see democracy?

By: Ntanjana A

Ntanjana A — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:09:56 +0000

Lindelani now its not about tribe ,competence count.
You are the threat to democracy……..

By: khosi

khosi — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:47:03 +0000

Great analysis,

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/zukilemajova/2008/09/22/mbeki-the-last-of-a-dying-breed/

By: Sne

Sne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:43:20 +0000

Samaita // Sep 22, 2008 at 2:33 pm

VoVo // Sep 22, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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I am glad we agree on one crucial point that Mbeki does not deserve Samaita’s hatred for the role he played in Zimbabwe.

To amplify this point, Zimbabwe is a sovereign state and a member nation of SADC. This means that she is not a South African Protectorate or colony and therefore the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of 1948 gives her self-determination and enjoins other nations to respect her territorial inviolability and respect for her right to determine her domestic policy. I will not mention other international and African instruments which amplify the above.

This means therefore that the parties involved had to
find a political solution (or rely on USA to bombard Zimbabwe under the pretext of human rights violation which unfortunately could not happen as the USA had nothing to gain therefrom unlike from the Iraqian oil…)