This article is misinformative.I quote the forth paragraph;

"In the message, President José Eduardo dos Santos suggests to the outgoing Zimbabwean President to observe the spirit of tolerance,..."

If Mugabe was "the outgoing President" then we would not be having this crisis in Zimbabwe. Mugabe is not 'the outgoing President'. In fact he is seeking another 5 year term (his sixth) and therein lies part of the problem.

How the author who seem to use an authoritative tone on the matter makes such a 'mistake' is buffling. However this is not the worst article on the subject of Zimbabwe. There have been some articles wildly claiming to offer wild solutions the crisis. While every jerk and Jill has the right to air thier points of view, and easily so in the internet age, its your duty to check the facts before you put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard).

Such a minor error, why waste your time. The author clearly addresses Mugabe as President in the first paragraph. Certainly is buffling though. haha.

WHY ARE THE AFRICAN LEADERS SO 2 FACED ESPECIALLY THE SADC ONES, BECAUSE THEY NEED THERE FRIENDS AROUND THEM. ALL SADC LEADERS HAVE BEEN DANCING TO MUGABE'S TUNE AND THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING TIRED ABOUT THE SAME SONG. THE MESSAGE IS NOT GONNA DO MUCH, JUST PETTY TALK. WE HEAR THE CHINESE VESSEL DOCKED IN ANGOLA AND THE AMMUNITION WAS SEND THROUGH THE GVT TO ZIM, NOW THE ANGOLAN PRESIDENT COMES OUT WITH THIS MESSAGE. COME MR DOS SANTOS WE KNOW YOUR TRICKS. SHAME ON YOU ON THE SHIPMENT

Can we talk about British mercenaries in Guinea undermining Africans governments? Can we talk about white businessmen funding their hand-picked puppet, Morgan Tzvaringai? Can we talk about how the BBC ignores the crushing poverty and political disenpowerment of blacks in Kenya because that government still toes the line for white interests in London? South Africans are worse off now than they were under apartheid, but the BBC never seems to launch an investigation into why white power has only increased. No mention of the bribes, the graft and the buying of puppet officials like Mbeki. South Africa and Kenya are not models of "reconciliation," which is obviously a code word for "let the whites keep the land and money they stole."

Kenya and South Africa are puupet-regimes led by white-financed stooges who do what their white masters tell them to. So even though South Africa and Kenya are no better off as Zimabbwe (THOUSANDS died during the recent Kenyan elections, less than a hundred have died in Zimbabwe, funny how the BBC has never commented on that fact) all we hear about is how evil Mugabe is supposed to be. Let's cut through the propaganda and tell the truth: the whites in Britain and the US hate Mubge because his land reclaimation project is exactly what the whites don't want to see--Africa taking back their land and stopping the theft the whites imposed. They feel humiliated that a strong black man is kicking them off the land they stole. for 300 years they've been used to getting their way while the people they subjugated could only watch. Now they're the ones being run over roughshod and they want sympathy? Don't dream, you losers!

The whites are trying to retake power through the back door.Using bribes and front-men like Tzvaringai. Somebody has to stop them. That's why mugabe is justified in using ANY means to ensure his country doesn't fall back under white slavery. If he declared the whites as resident aliens, and required them to register themselves and hand the title to their land and businesses over to africans (like Ethiopia did with it's Indian would-be ruling class) then he could solve a lot of Zimbabwe's problems overnight. Mugabe needs to simply stop with these half-measures, accept that the whites want an all-or-nothing fight and finish this. he's still reluctant, even at this late stage, to do what he knows must --and should have already!- be done; thrown the trash out! If he only summoned the nerve Mugabe could show the world that the chains of white domination could be thrown off completely and Zimbabwe could start moving forward as an example to all Africa of a free black state with no white control. Look at the Africans who commit violence against whites daily. The ethnic cleansing is going to start in less than ten years. Might as well do it now while there's still a chance some of the whites might make it out alive. If Mugabe waits it will be like Rwanda. All the airports, seaports and highways will be closed, the blacks will take up machetes and rifles...and anyone with white skin will be slain.

No we should not stop talking about all the current evils happening in Zimbabwe right as we speak and right in front of our eyes!! Why should we be apologists of a regime that has run amock? Was Mugabe not sponsored by white businessmen for years? How did he amass his wealth? This is a debate in futility!! So let us leave it to rest and focus on what really matters. Sponsorship or lack of it does not remove basic responsibilities to the population of Zimbabwe regardless of them having divergent views. So NO we should notremove focus on the debate of the moment. We should be discussing solutions to heal and rebuild the nation of Zimbabwe. Everyone else's real or perceived flaws will not bail out Mugabe. He has erred the most and that is why all responsible people should focus on his actions and solutions that are needed to remove Zimbabwe from the pit!!!

Until rids itself of short-sighted and mediocres like this clown, we will never succeed. What's your point dawgy? You seem so fixated on repelling the so-called imperialists and at the same time fighting to be recognized as an equal player in the game of equals. Should you want to joing the club, better be ready to observe the rules of the club. Mugabe cannot have it both ways. He wants to go to an election and at the same time say he won't relenquish the throne in the event of losing. What a travesty of democracy? Is he demented? So your argument is that the world leaves him alone as far as democracy and elections are concerned but work with him when it comes to financial aid? This makes no sense, you the 'numerical guy'. Now you say Tsvangirai is a puppet because he disagrees with you. You say he is a puppet because he's got the balls to say 'this is wrong'. Come on man, get a life. Is it the kind of a government that you want your kids to be governed by? A government that kills woman(Mayor's wife)? A government kills it's opponents? We're in 2008. Even Gengiskhan's brute does not measure up to what we see in Zimbabwe. Grow up man and rise above that small mind.

What's needed now is regional Bantu nationalist Front, from Equatorial G., The Congo, Tanzania all the way down to Capetown. We may be divide through political boundaries but are united through a common history and headed towards a common future. The problems of our region is exploitation, we have been manipulated because of our willingness to disregard our commonality. This generation of Bantu youth must look to defend not just their nations but that of their brothers. We stand 236 million strong in a vast region that would be the third largest nation if it were a country. with one voice we can gear towards development with our own aesthetic, culture, and customary mannerism intact. South Africa is the next front, White settlers are Forming nationalist extremist Front such as AWB, and others to wage war on our Bantu Brothers, as we sit idle and judge Zimbabwe. Mugabe message must awaken our region, their battle is our battle. The expression "Africa is not free until South Africa is free," should resonate more in the region. Look at Congo 5 million dead cause of western puppetry on the part of East Africa and South Africa. 5 million dead because of their inalienable right to live on their land. The Congo owns alot to Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Congo Brazza, and Chad for their support. The puppet in Africa Museveni, Kagame and newly joined Odinga must not be left to voice an opinion on what goes on in our region. We dictate our affairs. Bantu regionalism, thinking out of the political box and a will to defend our lands and those of our brothers is what needs to happen NOW!!!!