As a Zimbabwean, I am very, very happy to receive the news of the ousting of Thambo Mbeki, that chirade of a leader who was a botlicker of the dictators on the African continent. Mbeki has sought to protect his tyrant friend Robert Mugabe ever since he came to power in South Africa in 1999. There is an irony in Mbeki that while he plays a democratic in South Africa and accepts to be ousted from power after less than ten years in power, in Zimbabwe he behaves differently and protected Mugabe who has been in power for close to thirty years. We Zimbabweans also want democracy and want to democratically choose our leaders the way it is done in South Africa. We do not want this bloody Mugabe man whom the discredited Mbeki has been forcing down our throats. I hope the new South African leaders who will take over after Mbeki will be level headed and resolve the Zimbabwean political crisis once and for all.

Maricho, your comments are selfish and short-sighted. I'm also a Zimbabwean and very much appreciated the work done by Mbeki, a foreigner, for very ungrateful Zimbabweans. Mbeki, out of principle and concern for Zimbabwe got involved and we should all thank him for that.

Mbeki, when forced to step down, has done so...that cannot be said of Robert Mugabe or others like him. For that, Mbeki is true to his words, and a "Mighty" African for that matter. Was he perfect? absolutely not, he stood for principals and when given the "boot" he moved out of the way.

Unelected British Prime Minister Brown is just hanging on to power, knowing full well that he cannot win a British election anymore. Who is better? I say President Mbeki.

He actually could be a model for African leaders who loose popular support, that they need to resign!

Nobody is above the ANC no nobody.