Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
10 June 2008
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu has called for the resignation of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe is blamed for an unprecedented political and economic upheaval in the formerly prosperous southern African nation.
"Mugabe began so well more than 20 years ago. We all had such high hopes.... But his regime has turned into a horrendous nightmare. He should stand down," Archbishop tutu said, according to Independent Catholic News.
Tutu also appealed for UN peacekeepers to go to Zimbabwe to supervise the forthcoming run-off election for the presidency, due to take place on 27 June, between Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai who won the first round in March.
Tutu spoke on Monday during a service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, in a new underground light well and room which has been named after him. During the service there was a blessing of three Zimbabwean sculptures, standing in the entrance of the new Dick Sheppard Chapel.
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The only reason Tutu cant be labeled racist by these bigots is because he is black. I hope they see the irony of this.
Ok I'll have a crack at it just for the jollies: ummm ok......Tutu won the Nobel peace prize, Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a white man who invented the explosive called dynamite and owned the gun manufacturer Bofors, so Tutu is an evil white sponsored war-monger and the Nobel peace prize is an evil thing.......hmmmmm but then so is everyone who has ever won the Nobel prize.............and Nobel died in 1896 so..............sorry I got nothing.*LMAO*
Haha nice Glyph. That would make Tutu an anglo neocolonial sell out white puppet!
Mbeki referred to Tutu as, "An Icon of white elites"[sic].
Did I not say the usual suspects ready to throw labels at anyone who disagrees with mugabe would be conspicuous by their absence on this topic????
turnex,glpy, mindpower etc, white anglos congratulating themselves is not going to impress anybody in Africa. You already boast that you have contributed to African democracy, when all you do is defend old colonial and outdated policies and way of thinking. Ahaaaaa... now you can congratulating Tutu, remember the days that the anglican church and other white christians threatened to boycott Tutu for fighting white racism in South Africa! Ahaaaa now you are praising him! Is it not what pan-Africans say..."today the sing your praises, tomorrow they are throwing stones at you".
phiri, you may want to cut and paste this to your desktop for future reference for I did mention it once before but you probably missed it or chose to. I am NOT white, nor am I an ANGLO(whatever that is meant to be although I suspect it is derogatory seeing as you use the term to slander people that are anit-mugabe. The only racist on this board as far as I have determined so far is you man...for anybody that disagrees with you is automatically labelled a white this or white that or anglo this or anglo that. you dont see any of us calling mugabe supporters black this or black that do you?? Instead we prefer the more apt lacking in common sense as people of every colour lack in common sense and you fall into that category I am afraid. But the racist innuendo you ply on here is wearing thin to say the least so try to pick another avenue of attack if you please..one that is credible and backed with facts...not fiction!
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Oh dear oh dear....this will prove to be a difficult one for the usual suspects on here who are quick to label anyone who calls for the murderer mugabe to step down as racist ex rhodies or british/western agents, or whatever derogatory term they can come up with. Now in the case of Desmond Tutu....oooops...he campaigned against racism so the racist label wont stick....he is notoriously strong headed and has castigated the West over failings in Isreal and Iraq so he cant be labelled a Puppet of the West...Please put us out of our misery...please...have a go at Desmond Tutu and let us see your creative side and how your imagination runs away with you..please...the anticipation is killing me!!!