African Problems

Business as usual? New PM and a bloated cabinet. I guess we have to give them a chance (yes the politicians! I can’t believe I’m saying this). I was excited maybe because all the political wrangling had just become too boring and I had to let my colleagues at work know that finally against all expectations we made it through. But excuse my ignorance as I wonder loudly what exactly is the PM’s role? – any ideas on his job description? And am I justified to say soon the President and PM will try to outdo each other.

Quiet diplomacy?
While still in Africa – what is the matter with even the most sober looking among us? Thabo Mbeki sees no crisis in Zimbabwe and he is the chief mediator – someone remind him you cannot be a mediator where there is no crisis. So what is a crisis when election results have not been made public after is it 3 weeks? Or even the fact that most Zimbabweans have been forced into exile.
Maybe the solution would be to form like a grand coalition! Let’s sweep issues under the carpet – the future will take of itself. I hope I’m right
Only in Africa.
I always stood by Mugabe, in my myopic view thought we should not let the west dictate but he lost me a long time ago.
And please for the love of God I don’t want to hear any more of this ‘African crises should be dealt with by Africans’ nonsense. If lives are at stake the world should be involved – if the Americans can come in so be it. We’ve lost so many lives in the conflicts just look at Darfur.

I don’t whether like me you have a sneaky feeling that there is a huge chance that actually Mugabe won the elections and decided not to embarrass the opposition by with holding the results!
Do not give the enemy ammunition to hit you back with – I know Hillary is doing the same.
Finally: “I don’t want to explain the inexplicable; we just need to say this is ridiculous. Pretoria presents a false dichotomy between quiet and megaphone diplomacy, as if the alternative to quiet diplomacy was sending in tanks. In fact SA’s stance provided political support ton a regime, which has been encouraged to behave with impunity.” - Elinor Sisulu