We have started http://www.helpsavezimbabwe.org to allow the peoples of the world to show their support for Zimbabweans and petition the UN to ensure future elections are fair and free. 

Whether you believe petitions work, or not, please take the time to visit the site as the united voice of the peoples can not be ignored by key figures forever.  Read the comments and see how passionately the world feels about the plight of Zimbabwe and how they want it stopped now!

Apart from regurgitating, like a broken record, the tired old sanctions bogey, Mugabe has never given a credible answer to the question why the economy has collapsed. His irrational behaviour is either bordering on a state of senility, or psychosis. The whole organization of the March 29th elections are a symptom of an irrational mind. First Mugable engaged the MDC in eight months of negotiations only to scuttle the agreements just before elections. Next he created new constituencies and borders, but did not make details of this information public to all stakeholders. He also allowed the use of the shambolic voters roll but refused to allow it to be open for inspection when Parliament was in session. The logical explanation for this type of behaviour is that Mugabe has known all along that he would lose significantly and that he could no longer be confident in his election rigging machinery. In his increasingly senile state he is lashing out at shadows, constantly blaming the MDC and sanctions for his own incompetence. But his biggest fear is yet to come. He does does know when, how many, and who, among his cronies will stab him in the back. The persistant reports that many of his trusted allies are about to jump ship only make him more nervous.

Now, a contrived and tedious run-off is due to be held. When it is over there will be absolutely no doubt that the election will have been rigged if Mugabe even tries to hold on to power. The people will no longer support this and simply bemoan their fate as the result of a further rigged election. It would be a rigging too far. It would be humanely impossible for them to do so. Total collapse of the country would then be so inevitable, and Zimbabweans further suffering so profound, that the mood of final resistance would instantly sweep the minds of the masses, like a hurricane sweeps over the plains. If that day should dawn, the people will rise up and use every means in their power to rid themselves of Mugabe and his minions for ever. When that day dawns there will be no turning back. They will no longer agree to live in a crumbling infrastructure, presided over by a demented 84-year old geriatric whose incompetence and erratic behaviour have wreaked such havoc.

This business of not allowing Zim ex-patriots to vote is a specific example of election rigging by constitutional means.  In February 2002 Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court declared illegal the then new and controversial law which disenfranchised the many Zimbabweans living abroad. This law had been approved by parliament using invalid procedures after the House of Assembly had rejected it, the Supreme Court judges decided.

At the time, the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said: “The actions of Robert Mugabe are completely undemocratic and wrong and dictatorial.”

I respect your position and it is true that a line of communication has its benefits. However…

when the people in South Africa struggled against apartheid, they too were up against a formidable force. They had petitions and protests, they lobbied for support in Africa, the East and the West. Some were exiles and not only studied overseas, but actively campaigned for the cause in whichever country they resided in.

Today, some of the very people who lobbied for, or made use of international support, are now saying that Zimbabwe should not ask for that kind of support. Does that make sense?

There was an armed struggle, but remember, the kids that went out on the streets to protest, did not have weapons and the women who marched to the Union Buildings did not have weapons…but they did it anyway.

We honour the memory of all those people.

The Zimbabweans who voted against this government will now be perceived as the biggest and most immediate threat. Dictators rarely run for an open door, strangely enough. A dictator does not stand alone, he is kept in that position by others. Even if he dies, there will always be someone to take his place.

I submit to you, that when people come together and stand together in spirit and in mind, it is not such a small thing and anything can become possible.

History has taught us that.

I do however appreciate your thoughtfullness and energy to raise awareness to the greater population in the country you live in.  But is it going to work or have any effectiveness.

Why do I say this?

Mugabe and Zanu PF dont care what the world think any further resistance will reinforce their belief anf they will dig their heels in further.  Actually I think Mbeki is doing more than we care to think.
He is the only one outsidee of Zimbabwe who Mugabe will embrace and Mbeki is keeping his line of communication open.  If Mbeki denounces Mugabe Mugabe will close doors and anounce to the world who he really is…a dictator.
Then what can we do then….NOTHING!

That Mbeki still has a line of communication with Mugabe is sanitising to all Zimbabweans even though we are not seeing the fruit of Mbeki’s labour.  Zimbabweans need to be thankful that Mugabe still embraces Mbeki.

I would hate to think what Mugabe will do if he felt closed to the rest of the world.  Mugabe can live in his little cocoon called ‘Zimbabwe’ until he passes and whether we like it or not we have no hope in hell in being able to do anything about it.
We have no power in forcing democratic solutions to a government who dont know how to spell DEMOCRACY

Thank your luck stars that Mbeki can still fly into Zimbabwe.
Remember governments deal in politics and not in dollars and cents…political decisions are not the same as business decisions.

There can be no logic in political outcomes but they can make a hellava sense!!

The email address for the Zimbabwe Mission to the UN is: zimbabwe@un.int

There are plenty African leaders who are respected well enough, thank you very much!
Morgan Tsvangarai might give him a few tips re leadership. On his own turf, a chat to Nelson Mandela and others wouldn’t do any harm, even Jacob Zuma. If Mbeki or Mugabe are not well respected - they can hardly blame it on the West, or anybody for that matter.

It will be best for everybody, if those - who are ineffective - get out of the way, we have work to do.  

People from all over the world, from all races, have given their support here. Mark my words, they will double their efforts to assist the Zimbabwean people. Because, we respect each other, we listen and we know when there is a crisis and then we do something.

So…
We have a job to do and we are going to get this job done! Viva!

“The South African Communist Party resolved that they had lost confidence in his leadership of SA, citing a number of issues including Zimbabwe, the SABC debacle and electricity. They want him removed now to avoid plunging the country into further crisis.”

read the rest here:
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2320256,00.html