I wonder if he ever understands what he is defending. He just enjoys being controversial, proving himself to be outspoken in the wrong times and wrong contexts.

And this is a man mediating the zimbabwean impasse.

A mediocre and lifeless statesman how I wish their generation of leaders were to vanish from the face of this earth.

Freedom fighters have the hangover of bitterness towards outdated capitalism and a sympathy towards chinese style communism and a yearning of the old soviet order. And why is that. Because they are confused by the present peacefull times in which they can not thrive.

What a pity.

How can Mbeki say “the Zimbabweans will have to take the decision about who retires when…”
when this has already been done on March 29th?
If he refuses to acknowledge that fact, and the rights that should be accorded to the MDC, his role as mediater will not be impartial or fair. He knows full well that Mugabe has rigged his own re-election. But Mbeki is just as likely to walk on the Moon as tell Mugabe to stand down. It just isn’t in him to do that.
What a pity Rail Odinga from Kenya isn’t mediating. I have more faith in him than a thousand Mbekis.