What a refreshing change the new leadership in South Africa is bringing to the crisis in Zimbabwe. Gone is the apologist tones of Thabo Mbeki who could see no wrong in the wanton destruction of Zimbabwe by his friend Mugabe, and in comes a harsher more forthright condemnation of Mugabe by Jacob Zuma, a man we were led to believe was a Marxist with sympathies for nationalists like Mugabe.
Sadly though, too much time has been wasted in Zimbabwe and Thabo Mbeki's greatest achievement as leader of South Africa will go down as allowing a wealthy nation fall apart and starve whilst he sat back and watched.
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
11/24/2008
9/22/2008
Odd story from South Africa
People always say when someone dies on stage or dies watching football or dies in the arms of their loved ones that "He/She would have wanted to go that way".
I wonder if the relatives of THESE PEOPLE would be saying that.
It does seem very odd indeed that people would continue "at it" when a train was approaching and whilst the driver shouted warnings.
I wonder if the relatives of THESE PEOPLE would be saying that.
It does seem very odd indeed that people would continue "at it" when a train was approaching and whilst the driver shouted warnings.
5/21/2008
Will anti foreigner violence push South Africa to take Zimbabwe seriously ?
The world is utterly sick of the pathetic way most of Africa has dealt with Robert Mugabe. Southern Africa's sycophantic have fawned over Mugabe for years and despite ruining the best economy in Africa, despite letting thousands of his citizens starve to death, and despite deliberate pre-mediated government inspired violence, South Africa and its leaders insist there are no problems in Zimbabwe.
Yet in the last few days South Africa has been hit by rioting and xenophobic violence by South Africans against foreign migrant workers, the largest group of which is Zimbabweans. Despite three million Zimbabwe citizens forced to flee from Zimbabwe under Mugabe, South Africa has claimed there is nothing wrong, but clearly South Africa's own citizens disagree.
Perhaps it will take the South Africans people to make their leaders wake up to the problems in Zimbabwe. Sadly, South Africa's appalling attitude to Mugabe has allowed him to get away with murder, but it has drive its own citizens in recent days to murder too. We used to shake our heads in horror at the way the Apartheid Regime in South Africa thumbed its nose at the world as it allowed thousands millions to be disenfranchised, children were not educated and political torture and murder was common. Now South Africa turns its back and allows Zimbabwe to do all these things.
History books will treat Nelson Mandela well, but those that succeed him and his party, the ANC, will forever heave blood on its hands.
Yet in the last few days South Africa has been hit by rioting and xenophobic violence by South Africans against foreign migrant workers, the largest group of which is Zimbabweans. Despite three million Zimbabwe citizens forced to flee from Zimbabwe under Mugabe, South Africa has claimed there is nothing wrong, but clearly South Africa's own citizens disagree.
Perhaps it will take the South Africans people to make their leaders wake up to the problems in Zimbabwe. Sadly, South Africa's appalling attitude to Mugabe has allowed him to get away with murder, but it has drive its own citizens in recent days to murder too. We used to shake our heads in horror at the way the Apartheid Regime in South Africa thumbed its nose at the world as it allowed thousands millions to be disenfranchised, children were not educated and political torture and murder was common. Now South Africa turns its back and allows Zimbabwe to do all these things.
History books will treat Nelson Mandela well, but those that succeed him and his party, the ANC, will forever heave blood on its hands.
2/08/2008
Imagine the furore in Africa if a we had done this
Ghana, hosts of the African Nations Cup Football tournament (I refuse to call it the African Cup of nations as that is a direct translation from French), have made a massive gaffe, it appears, by producing posters and promotional material featuring South Africa's old apartheid era flag, which was scrapped in 1994.
Can you imagine the fuss in Africa if we had done this by mistake.
Can you imagine the fuss in Africa if we had done this by mistake.
10/23/2007
For anyone wanting to raise a smile after the Rugby World Cup
There may be one or two people still feeling a little bit unhappy after the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, so if you are one of those people, and you need to raise a smile from somewhere, why not enjoy the clip below. As I recall this Spitting Image classic was released as the B side to the Chicken Song, but I am prepared to be corrected on that.
A Hat Tip should go to Theo Spark who seems to have found the clip and posted it on his blog first.
A Hat Tip should go to Theo Spark who seems to have found the clip and posted it on his blog first.
10/16/2007
The South African supporters of Mugabe's destruction of Zimbabwe
South Africa has a lot to answer for regarding the mass starvations in Zimbabwe, the political murders and the collapse of the economy there. Whilst the world denounced Mugabe's regime, South Africa maintains its tacit support for Mugabe and forgets that it has responsibilities to stand up for the oppressed people in that country.
In the same way as Russia defends the inhuman treatment of protesters in Burma, which bodes ill for the Russian democracy, we all ought to look at South Africa and question the ANC's commitment to democracy and free speech whilst they maintain their support of Mugabe.
One clear sign of South Africa's overt support for Mugabe can be found in this story HERE, which explains that South African police now arrest anyone putting up anti Mugabe posters in South Africa, even when they are on bought and paid for advertising hoardings.
Hat tip to Liberal England for pinting me the way of the blog in question via this story HERE.
In the same way as Russia defends the inhuman treatment of protesters in Burma, which bodes ill for the Russian democracy, we all ought to look at South Africa and question the ANC's commitment to democracy and free speech whilst they maintain their support of Mugabe.
One clear sign of South Africa's overt support for Mugabe can be found in this story HERE, which explains that South African police now arrest anyone putting up anti Mugabe posters in South Africa, even when they are on bought and paid for advertising hoardings.
Hat tip to Liberal England for pinting me the way of the blog in question via this story HERE.
9/24/2007
If the South African broadcasting systems can't cope with the Twenty 20 World Cup, what hope is there for the football World Cup ?
Whilst by all accounts South Africa have done a nice job of hosting the Cricket Twenty 20 World Cup, the one aspect that they failed on was the broadcasting.
Time and again this afternoon when watching the end of the final, sound was lost, vision was lost (with apologies having to be shown on screen) and just seconds before the final ball of the match vision was lost for a few seconds.
There have already been warnings that South Africa's broadcasting technology is not up to the job. If they can't handle a a small scale event like the Twenty 20 , what hope is there for the football in 2010 ?
Time and again this afternoon when watching the end of the final, sound was lost, vision was lost (with apologies having to be shown on screen) and just seconds before the final ball of the match vision was lost for a few seconds.
There have already been warnings that South Africa's broadcasting technology is not up to the job. If they can't handle a a small scale event like the Twenty 20 , what hope is there for the football in 2010 ?
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