Asmal: Mugabe Has Brought Zimbabwe To It's Knees

Farrel — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:57:00 -0500

Yet another high ranking ANC member has come out against the Mugabe government in Zimbabwe. While Kader Asmal is no longer a cabinet minister he is still a repsected figure in the ANC.

Why did I not speak before. I should have, I should have spoken as an internationalist who invoked international campaigning for apartheid South Africa” and was now speaking as a “proud citizen of a free South Africa who should have spoken out and campaigned against a regime which has brought Zimbabwe to its knees.

Probably because like most ANC politicians in government you put party above all else and you’d rather keep a cushy cabinet job than have Thabo Mbeki fire you. An interesting point that Asmal repeats is that Mugabe didn’t suddenly turn into some tyrant over night. He’s been happily killing his own people since shortly after he took over power in 1980.

Why do I speak now? I should have done so in the 1980s, when thousands of people were murdered by the infamous Fifth Brigade in Matabeleland.

"Asmal: Mugabe Has Brought Zimbabwe To It's Knees" by frank cobain

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:22:33 -0500

Aah, the chest beating is nauseating.

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Asmal: Mugabe Has Brought Zimbabwe To It's Knees

"Asmal: Mugabe Has Brought Zimbabwe To It's Knees" by frank cobain