DEMOCRACY will save Zimbabwe from total collapse. I have been observing the American elections and results and no wonder why they are far developed, than our poor Zimbabwe. Below is a rational transition which if it happened in Zimbabwe renenge ririshura!! "Bush said that "this peaceful transfer of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy." And he warned that the United States would be vigilant against any attempts by enemies to take advantage of the country during its period of transition.

The Bush administration is providing security clearances, working space and policy briefings to President-elect Obama's team as the transformation of the White House gets fully under way. World leaders are calling for Obama, and the White House is helping to get them connected.

"All of us here at the White House have a special responsibility to ensure that the next president and his team hit the ground running," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday.

Preparation for the complex transition process has quietly been unfolding for about a year, but only accelerated with the nation's election on Tuesday of Obama, the Democratic senator from Illinois. He will be sworn in as the country's 44th president in 75 days.

President Bush addressed about 1,000 employees from his executive office — a combination of a thank-you and an admonition to ensure a smooth transfer of power. He and his wife, Laura, also have invited Obama and his family to visit the White House as soon as they can.

Obama on Thursday was receiving the first of what will become regular briefings on highly classified information from top intelligence officials. The process of getting White House security clearances for staff members of Obama and McCain, depending upon who won, already had begun long before the election took place.

We sincerely hope that this upcoming SADC summit will be a conclusive one for the best interests of ordinary Zimbabweans who are reeling under illegal economic sanctions..SADC leaders should make sure that Tsvangirai will not slip out of this one....Well ,indications are that SADC will not allow the entire powersharing deal to be held at ransom by a Western sponsored stooge,tsvangi who's more keen to serve his handlers interests than his own people's needs..Its pleasing to note that SADC pressure is definitely looming on the indecisive stooge who keeps on shifting goalposts and stalling the talks...It is now clear that MDC-T are desperate for the deal to collapse then they forment instability so that their chief sponsors the United States & Britain can drag Zim back to the UN security council,manipulate it then demand early elections...MDC-T is doomed to fail on this one as tsvangi's ruinous intentions are now exposed for all to see....SADC leaders should now focus on making sure that the powersharing deal remains intact..At that upcoming summit they should come up with a resolution that reflects last week's troika communique which states that no fresh demands from the 3 parties were presented and that The impasse is over Home affairs ministry ONLY...It's highly likely that SADC leaders will give a green light to President Mugabe to form a government and they will also come up with a resolution that leaves the Western sponsored proxies in MDC-T with no choice but to accept the cabinet set up....

iwe wakutinyaudza neIlligal sanctions dzekumba kwamayi vako.Ndezve kumba kwenyu izvo kana maka Bhanwa enda unotaura navo tibvire kumhepo.

Which "illegal economic sanctions" do you mean? Can you be more specific please.

One does hope that an agreement will finally be reached on the disagreements over the distribution of the cabinet posts. I feel that SA and SADAC are finaly tired of Mugabe, his fresh outburst of violence I think will now backfire on him and he will be held to account by his peers (that is if they eventually decide that he is legitimate) Tsvangorai, hold firm you are in the right, do not let Mugabe and his JOC manipulate the previous agreement. MDC deserves the posting of Internal affairs in order to bring some semblance of law to Zimbabwe, no more illegal detentions, freedom of the press. Mugabe has to be shown that Zimbabwe is not his private fieldom, it is for all the people of Zimbabwe. The lawlessness cannot continue, The Zanu bandits must be reigned in, the green bombers and warvets disbanded and if necessary brought to trial. The police must no longer be partisan and refuse to arrest those breaking the law for political reasons. If MDC supports have broken the law then they also should be brought to trial, however this can no longer be a selective process and one sided. The scandal of missing funds is outrageous and shows how bad the regime actually is. Using funding for HIV, Malaria and the hungry to buy TV's cars and tractors for the ruling elite is a disgrace. To steal from these organisations is a disgrace and shows how the government will do anything over the interrests of the man on he street. It is no wonder that the world will no longer extend loans and finance credits to such a moraly bankrupt regime. One can cry foul over sanctions, however it is not targeted sanctions that causes the regime to buy cars and expensive TV's for its elite. With the exception to four companies and 150+ ideviduals, any Zimbabwean company can export its products. The sanctioned are still free to trade with Russia, China, Malasia and most African countries, the rest trade with whom ever they wish. It is the poor governance of the country that has created the collapse of the economy, it is the theft by Mugabe and his cronies that have created the shortages of FOREX and thereby the lack of food and basic necessities.

I hope that an agreement can be reach between all of the leaders for now , to Co-share the positions in the government.Feed the people at this time,get in resources etc. By next election time things should be almost back on track.God bless Africa and America.Oweij Leibo.Tarboro,North Carolina USA.

Levi, let's hope things turn out as you say in Zimbabwe. It all depends on Mugabe's cooperation. If he continues to crap all over the place then Zimbabwe remains in its time warp spiraling further and further backwards.