A GNU is Not the Solution

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 HISTORY is potent, every precedence is ingrained in it and the finest decisions have been premised on it and it will forever be so. Robert Mugabe's memoirs will certainly make an interesting read (if they are ever published) particularly the part where he's going to paint a picture of the actual things that were going on behind the scenes and in his mind between 1997 and now. I can't wait. Despite that, however, I remain adamant that negotiations, let alone a Government of National Unity, do not and will not serve the fundamental issues and expectations of the average Zimbabwean from any walk of life who is not a crony or direct beneficiary of the regime's politics of patronage and appeasement. I have just gathered that African leaders are united against sanctions and I know why. Africans do not... [read full story]