What a brilliant article. I found this really inspiring. As a Zimbabwean person, I thank you for raising these points to the attention of the world.

Very good article.

But the real problem lies in the struggle for the control of the Zimbabwean resources.

Soon after independence Mugabe murdered 30 000 Ndebeles in the south of Zimbabwe, this came to be known as the world known Gukurawundi Massacres. The West never raised an issue, Mugabe continued to be supported and given red carpet treatment by those calling him a dictator today. They stood by and said thats the independence they wanted let them kill each other.

But all hell broke loose when he started repossesing land and killing a few white farmers(Yes I mean a few - on record no more than 50) WHY? This is the only time when whites started participating in politics - funding the opposition. Because now Bob was messing around with their kith and kin, the West started to hit where it hurts most, the economy. Okay fine its justified. BUT are these not double standards - why didnt they do anything when the 30 000 Ndebele people were killed? Food tor thought for Africans - evidence is in Uganda, Darfu and Kenya. They will do everything to protect their OWN interests.

For your own record do you know 75% of the economy and two thirds of productive agricultural land in Zimbabwe is controlled by the settlers(whites).

However that does not make Mugabe a Saint, he is a murderer as much as he used to be hero to most of us. But now the real hero of the Zimbabwean struggle is Joshua Muqabuko Nkomo(R.I.P).

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Whites protect their kith and kin, and blacks kill their kith and kin.There is a lesson to be learned from whites.

kjrs120. It does not seem true especially when you look at yugoslavia, kosovo, northern island, unless these are all countries of the black skined. However, there is still a lesson to learn: Whites protect their interests by any means possible- but mainly by 'divide and rule'.

m-ndembwenda. What the people of Zimbabwe need with regards to such unfortunate events is reconciliation, forgive each other and join hands in a unit of purpose. Those who have to apologise have to do just that if they haven't done so. But lets not forget that the Gugurahundi was in response to a 'war' by the so called dissidents- some digruntled former ZIPRA forces who decided to wage a war against Mugabe,s government. Still the force used was dispropotionate and reckless. And before all this, in case we forget, there used to be some regular Ndebele raids of the 'Amasvina'. These were driven by merely the desire to rob the Shona people of their harvest and any of their beautiful women. These events are well documented in the history of Zimbabwe. People of Zimbabwe need to forgive each other and work together to develop their country.

Morgan Tsvangirai and the West are complicit in Mugabe’s genocidal rule. In the early 80s, Mugabe exterminated 20 000 innocent villagers. The international community neither intervened nor chastised him. Scotland’s Edinburgh University, University of Massachusetts and Michigan State University awarded Mugabe honorary degrees in 1994, 1986 and 1990, respectively. In 1994, Mugabe became the Knight Commander of the Order of Bath, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Zimbabwe’s political juggernaut is about failed leadership and unsuitable political character. Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC and the West's blameless darling, is Robert Mugabe in democratic disguise. He was a fully subscribed member of Mugabe’s Zanu PF party during the 80s Zimbabwean genocide when the dictator killed 20 000 innocent villagers. He even held the rank of "political commissar". He never spoke out. As recently as 2004, he confirmed that Mugabe was his hero (The Independent (UK), June 20, 2004). His dictatorial rule split the MDC in 2005 and hence the opposition could not form a united front during this past election.

Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe know these unspoken truths and hence refused to give Tsvangirai an outright victory. If anything, the result shows that the dictator still has a lot of clout and cannot be easily brushed aside. The lesson for the rest of us is that: someone's dictator is another's hero-for-life.

Zimbabwe’s “genocide” grabbed global headlines only after the post-1999 killings of 300 opposition supporters. But now these killings included about a dozen whites. The dictator had also started repossessing white-owned farms to give to landless black peasants. suppose the West expected a Kenya-style scenario, or, worse still, another Rwanda. Not in Zimbabwe. After the re-run, things will definitely change with Mugabe's departure, but the will stay the same. While Mugabe represents the last detour toward Zimbabwe’s final descent into hell, Tsvangirai represents a false beginning. One hopes that the international community will not let Tsvangirai suppress Mugabe's undying supporters when and if he wins the next election and becomes president.

Morgan Tsvangirai and the West are complicit in Mugabe’s genocidal rule. In the early 80s, Mugabe exterminated 20 000 innocent villagers. The international community neither intervened nor chastised him. Scotland’s Edinburgh University, University of Massachusetts and Michigan State University awarded Mugabe honorary degrees in 1994, 1986 and 1990, respectively. In 1994, Mugabe became the Knight Commander of the Order of Bath, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Zimbabwe’s political juggernaut is about failed leadership and unsuitable political character. Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC and the West's blameless darling, is Robert Mugabe in democratic disguise. He was a fully subscribed member of Mugabe’s Zanu PF party during the 80s Zimbabwean genocide when the dictator killed 20 000 innocent villagers. He even held the rank of "political commissar". He never spoke out. As recently as 2004, he confirmed that Mugabe was his hero (The Independent (UK), June 20, 2004). His dictatorial rule split the MDC in 2005 and hence the opposition could not form a united front during this past election.

Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe know these unspoken truths and hence refused to give Tsvangirai an outright victory. If anything, the result shows that the dictator still has a lot of clout and cannot be easily brushed aside. The lesson for the rest of us is that: someone's dictator is another's hero-for-life.

Zimbabwe’s “genocide” grabbed global headlines only after the post-1999 killings of 300 opposition supporters. But now these killings included about a dozen whites. The dictator had also started repossessing white-owned farms to give to landless black peasants. suppose the West expected a Kenya-style scenario, or, worse still, another Rwanda. Not in Zimbabwe. After the re-run, things will definitely change with Mugabe's departure, but the will stay the same. While Mugabe represents the last detour toward Zimbabwe’s final descent into hell, Tsvangirai represents a false beginning. One hopes that the international community will not let Tsvangirai suppress Mugabe's undying supporters when and if he wins the next election and becomes president.