SW Radio Africa (London)
Violet Gonda
28 June 2008
Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of South Africa's President believes there is now a potential for sanctions to be imposed against the Mugabe regime by the United Nations Security Council saying it was now clearly an illegitimate regime.
The deputy chairman of the South African Institute for International Affairs said the rules of democracy have to be enforced if Africa is to get stability. Mr. Mbeki said Robert Mugabe has to vacate office and the duly elected party, which won in the first round of elections, should take over.
There have been calls for negotiations between the two political parties in Zimbabwe to form a government of national unity. But the South African disagrees saying there is no need for it. Moeletsi Mbeki was speaking to SW Radio Africa on the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.
He said he doesn't expect anything coming out of SADC, but if the African Union and/or the United Nations Security Council passed a sanctions regulation, such as oil sanctions, then all the SADC countries would be obliged to comply whether they liked it or not.
Legal opinion in South Africa says by not holding the run-off election 21 days after the first round of elections, Mugabe is no longer the legal President of Zimbabwe and Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in as head of state, as he had the most vote in the March 29th poll.
Moeletsi said: "This puts a new factor in front of the African Union which is that we now have an illegally constituted government in Zimbabwe."
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Moeleketsi mbeki was looked after by the Zimbabwean Gvt during apartheid days. Remember Waterfalls and Hatfield suburbs of Harare. We used to shop at OKs in Waterfalls. You are so unprincipled. You remind me of the brother Tutu who goes full throttle to loose his reasoning powers. The truth is that South Africa is going the same way as Great Zimbabwe. WATCH this space.
I can't believe with all the eveidence of Mugabe misrule against his people some people still dare to support the dictator. Unless they are acting on behalf of the regime. In that case, shame on you ! If Mugabe was so right, why are Zimbabweans fleeing their country ?
Yes...he has actually said what his brother should have said in the beginning
Moeletsi reminds me of that green fly that only appears when there is decomposing organic matter or animal excrements. I can hear him zoom-zoom picking up discarded substance.
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I'm sory that you're so dull that you cant see how good Mugabe's ideas, which the carcasoids are trying to defeat,are.Its only when he's gone that you will start talking about him the same way you do with Nkuruma today.Zimbabwe should never go to the purpets!!Leave Robert like that.LONG LIVE ROBERT!!LONG LIVE GUSHUNGO!!!
Africa is full of idiots like you, what Robert Mugabe is doing has nothing to do with the wishes of the zimbabwean people, he is full of hate for his own people, he is a murderer, a rapist a blood sucking monster, sadly i come from the part of the world were Robert Mugabe killed thousands of my people and the world did not do much, now he is killing his own tribe. What kind of a person are you? How dare you say Robert is right, your children must be embarrassed to have a parent like you.
Go to hell
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And of course his opinion carries more weight than his brother's, who is the President of South Africa, right?