http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/04/20/mbeki-for-president en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of Thabo Mbeki, that is. He is refreshingly forthright in his opinions despite the fact that he is Thabo&#8217;s kid brother. He previously called Zuma a <a href="http://politics.za.net/articles/2006/09/10/moeletsi-mbeki-blasts-zuma-camp">puppet with no policy of his own</a>, he believes <span class="caps">BEE</span> in it&#8217;s current form is just as bad as colonialism and now he has come out strongly in criticism of Thabo&#8217;s strategy on Zimbabwe:</p> <blockquote> <p>He was highly critical of South Africa&#8217;s policy on Zimbabwe, saying the government was contributing to the crisis by insisting that Zimbabwe had a democracy when it clearly had fallen victim to a party dictatorship. <br /><br /> Asked during question time whether armed intervention and/or sanctions by South Africa would work, Mbeki said &#8220;no state can rule out the use of force&#8221;. It would normally have the monopoly over such force and would use it if it was in the national interest. <br /><br /> It was now in South Africa&#8217;s national interest to restore democracy to Zimbabwe and rebuild its economy to accommodate its 80 percent jobless, most of whom had streamed into neighbouring countries.</p> </blockquote> Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:41:00 -0500 urn:uuid:d232d56e-9336-4451-892d-33282c95ddc5 Farrel http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/04/20/mbeki-for-president The Executive Foreign Affairs <p>Stem saam. I do like this man&#8217;s style and willing to speak his mind.</p> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:48:43 -0500 urn:uuid:f9e774a2-2fea-49e8-bd5b-5a31580a6114 http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/04/20/mbeki-for-president#comment-834