Comments on: I’m no Mugabe, says Jacob Zuma http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sokwanele http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-198719 Sokwanele Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:04:55 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-198719 On the contrary, the extract from Bessie Head makes exactly the opposite point to the one you have arrived at. As a writer who had one black parent and the other white, she had a unique perspective on racial prejudice and would be the last to judge. I don't think we've harped on about the topic of Zuma and his past either - the post was written in 2006.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('198719','Sokwanele'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('198719','Sokwanele','On the contrary, the extract from Bessie Head makes exactly the opposite point to the one you have arrived at. As a writer who had one black parent and the other white, she had a unique perspective on racial prejudice and would be the last to judge. I don\'t think we\'ve harped on about the topic of Zuma and his past either - the post was written in 2006.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> On the contrary, the extract from Bessie Head makes exactly the opposite point to the one you have arrived at. As a writer who had one black parent and the other white, she had a unique perspective on racial prejudice and would be the last to judge. I don’t think we’ve harped on about the topic of Zuma and his past either - the post was written in 2006.
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]]> By: Donald Mathray http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-198688 Donald Mathray Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:40:49 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-198688 The Writer - Sokwanele You seem to suggest that White People seem to hold some kind of mental high ground. This is utter rubbish.A nation that believed for along time that non white South Africans used their skin to think and had no brain you sure seem to have got it wrong.Insofar as Jacob Zuma is concerned,we are all convinced that he made errors but to spend every waking moment trying to convict him is a sheer waste of time and money.Think about it every white businesman during apartheid would only give you business if you gave him either money or whatever he, ever so sly, asked for. Are you going to convict all of them?No you are not. The problem with Comrade Mugabe is that he took the moral high ground and defeated that barbaric ruler Ian Smith, now he believes he owns Zimbabwe. When you compare him with Comrades Steve Biko,Madiba,Billy Nair etc they too fought off monsters like Botha,de Klerk etc BUT they did not believe that they owned South Africa. If events have to improve in South Africa or zimbabwe all of us must move away from a Black/White mentality and stop being so damn personal. Cheers Donald Mathray Perumal<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('198688','Donald Mathray'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('198688','Donald Mathray','The Writer - Sokwanele\r\nYou seem to suggest that White People seem to hold some kind of mental high ground. This is utter rubbish.A nation that believed for along time that non white South Africans used their skin to think and had no brain you sure seem to have got it wrong.Insofar as Jacob Zuma is concerned,we are all convinced that he made errors but to spend every waking moment trying to convict him is a sheer waste of time and money.Think about it every white businesman during apartheid would only give you business if you gave him either money or whatever he, ever so sly, asked for. Are you going to convict all of them?No you are not. \r\n\r\nThe problem with Comrade Mugabe is that he took the moral high ground and defeated that barbaric ruler Ian Smith, now he believes he owns Zimbabwe. When you compare him with Comrades Steve Biko,Madiba,Billy Nair etc they too fought off monsters like Botha,de Klerk etc BUT they did not believe that they owned South Africa.\r\n\r\nIf events have to improve in South Africa or zimbabwe all of us must move away from a Black\/White mentality and stop being so damn personal.\r\n\r\nCheers \r\nDonald Mathray Perumal'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The Writer - Sokwanele
You seem to suggest that White People seem to hold some kind of mental high ground. This is utter rubbish.A nation that believed for along time that non white South Africans used their skin to think and had no brain you sure seem to have got it wrong.Insofar as Jacob Zuma is concerned,we are all convinced that he made errors but to spend every waking moment trying to convict him is a sheer waste of time and money.Think about it every white businesman during apartheid would only give you business if you gave him either money or whatever he, ever so sly, asked for. Are you going to convict all of them?No you are not.

The problem with Comrade Mugabe is that he took the moral high ground and defeated that barbaric ruler Ian Smith, now he believes he owns Zimbabwe. When you compare him with Comrades Steve Biko,Madiba,Billy Nair etc they too fought off monsters like Botha,de Klerk etc BUT they did not believe that they owned South Africa.

If events have to improve in South Africa or zimbabwe all of us must move away from a Black/White mentality and stop being so damn personal.

Cheers
Donald Mathray Perumal

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]]> By: Adrian http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-31503 Adrian Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:04:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/468#comment-31503 Well put. It scares me that this man (Jacob Zuma) stll stands a very good chance of becoming the next President of South Africa. We need another NELSON MANDELA.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('31503','Adrian'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('31503','Adrian','Well put.\r\n\r\nIt scares me that this man (Jacob Zuma) stll stands a very good chance of becoming the next President of South Africa.\r\n\r\nWe need another NELSON MANDELA.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Well put.

It scares me that this man (Jacob Zuma) stll stands a very good chance of becoming the next President of South Africa.

We need another NELSON MANDELA.

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