Comments on: Has quiet diplomacy worked? http://www.kilps.za.net/blog/2008/has-quiet-diplomacy-worked/ thoughts. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.kilps.za.net/blog/2008/has-quiet-diplomacy-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:38:19 +0000 http://www.kilps.za.net/blog/?p=4#comment-3 I would agree now; by now it should be clear that Mugabe should be going and so open criticism is acceptable - the current state is almost warranting intervention and so would any other reaction, I think. I would agree now; by now it should be clear that Mugabe should be going and so open criticism is acceptable – the current state is almost warranting intervention and so would any other reaction, I think.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.kilps.za.net/blog/2008/has-quiet-diplomacy-worked/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Stuart Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:57:41 +0000 http://www.kilps.za.net/blog/?p=4#comment-2 "There is no crisis in Zimbabwe," Mbeki told journalists. "The body authorised to release the results is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, let's wait for them to announce the results." Yes, let's wait a little longer,after all, any sensible human being can see that everything is just about normal in Zimbabwe - tyranny rules, police have banned political rallies, the regime is once again responding to intimidation and violence, war veterans once again storm "white" Zimbabwean farms, foreign journalists are banned from reporting inside Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean MDC supporters intimidated by police and security forces, hyper inflation cripples the nation....yes, in an African context Mr Mbeki, everything seems to be just perfectly normal, no crisis at all. So much for our version of the African Renaissance. “There is no crisis in Zimbabwe,” Mbeki told journalists. “The body authorised to release the results is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, let’s wait for them to announce the results.”

Yes, let’s wait a little longer,after all, any sensible human being can see that everything is just about normal in Zimbabwe – tyranny rules, police have banned political rallies,
the regime is once again responding to intimidation and violence, war veterans once again storm “white” Zimbabwean farms, foreign journalists are banned from reporting inside Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean MDC supporters intimidated by police and security forces, hyper inflation cripples the nation….yes, in an African context Mr Mbeki, everything seems to be just perfectly normal, no crisis at all.

So much for our version of the African Renaissance.

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