This is an interesting topic and a pertinent comment. True Mugabe and his thugs (the 5th brigade trained by North Korea) created a reign of terror in Matabeleland torturing , killing , raping thousands Matabelees , the exact numbers will never be known .... It shows how tribal African societies are.-These days it's politically incorrect to say so but it's a fact . Ex colonial powers always have to take the blame for whatever happens in Subsaharan Africa and African chiefs of States will always take it on colonial past to divert the opinion of there failure , ineficency and corruption. -Whenever there are Tribal wars in Africa diguised as political paties followed by European intervention , European nations will be accused of mendling in private State matters and if no intervention takes place European powers will be accused by African chiefs of States by not taking responsabilities towards there ex-Colonies-Where one drow's the line?- Now it's Christmas in a lot of African States, China is pourring huge amounts of money in Africa and no questions asked !!! Where is the money going ? Out of Africa and definetly not where it should go that is Education , health care , transport , clean water , agriculture and the list goes on .... Zimbabwe is turning into a cemitery and nothing is done to get rid of this Hitler's like Tyrant due to this nonesense approach on African politics . It's going to cost billions of dollars to get Zimbabwe not on it's feets but just on it's knees .... What a SHAME

This is an interesting topic and a pertinent comment. True Mugabe and his thugs (the 5th brigade trained by North Korea) created a reign of terror in Matabeleland torturing , killing , raping thousands Matabelees , the exact numbers will never be known .... It shows how tribal African societies are.-These days it's politically incorrect to say so but it's a fact . Ex colonial powers always have to take the blame for whatever happens in Subsaharan Africa and African chiefs of States will always take it on colonial past to divert the opinion of there failure , inefficency and corruption. -Whenever there are Tribal wars in Africa diguised as political paties followed by European intervention , European nations will be accused of meddling in private State matters and if no intervention takes place European powers will be accused by African chiefs of States by not taking responsabilities towards there ex-Colonies-Where one draw's the line?- Now it's Christmas in a lot of African States, China is pourring huge amounts of money in Africa and no questions asked !!! Where is the money going ? Out of Africa and definetly not where it should go that is Education , health care , transport , clean water , agriculture and the list goes on .... Zimbabwe is turning into a cemitery and nothing is done to get rid of this Hitler's like Tyrant due to this nonesense approach on African politics . It's going to cost billions of dollars to get Zimbabwe not on it's feets but just on it's knees .... What a SHAME

Peter Craig and Port Louis, attempt’s to invoke “it is not a white/black issue” is hypocrisy at the highest level and a lot of self-righteousness on their part. The examples provided offer a window to see how these white Anglo men think and Function. The Bishop Muzorewa’s Prime Ministership failed because white “Rhodesians” could not accept black rule or give up and share military power. Bishop Muzorewa was sincerely, while Anglo whites were never really sincere. The shona’s who supported the bishop will never forgive white Anglos…..for that!!!

The cleansing of the Ndebele by Robert Mugabe and the silence of Britain to condemn Mugabe is the ultimate reason why “race” is an issue and I will explain. While the Ndebele’s who are black suffered Britain was quiet, while white farmers cried “foul” started one of the loudest cries against Mugabe. The Ndebele for that will never forgive you…

To crown it all white Anglos totally took over 80% of arable land in the then Rhodesia. Why on earth would any right thinking Zimbabwean ever..ever trust a white Anglo man/women? Yes, this is not a “white/black” issue it is certainly an issue for Zimbabweans regarding white Anglos. After all it is not the Swedes or Germans who did damage to Zimbabwe!

I totally agree with Phiri This Paragraph says it all “Yes, this is not a “white/black” issue it is certainly an issue for Zimbabweans regarding white Anglos. After all it is not the Swedes or Germans who did damage to Zimbabwe!”

Dragging the culprits by their Nationality from the behind the phrase ( white) often used as a cloaking term must now be done more often. ,Far too long has some European Nationals committed grave acts against none European countries and their peoples and proceed to hide within the bosom of Innocent Europeans countries for protection Are the past predatorily types in European sharpening their knives to butcher up Africa again? Africa is sinks beneath a European yoke, she weeps she bleeds and each new day a gash is added to her bleeding wounds…. May her Gods rise up and protect her

"May her Gods rise up and protect her" May her Gods give Africa the same sense of unity that the Europeans have used for centuries to invade and dominate other countries. Once they have this, they will have the protection that they need against foreign predators. Unfortunately too many Africans seem to be caught up in their little group, i.e. tribe, clan, etc and not enough into cultural unity as the Europeans are. One need only to observe how the Europeans (+ white America) united against Robert Mugabe once he started asserting the African rights to own and control their own resources (he wasn't making any claims to land in London or Bristol but in the land of his ancestors). All the western European countries united with Britain (the Anglos) to destroy this suddenly-turned African "bad guy" (until then he was the epitome of how African leaders should be, i.e., "don't mess with the status quo"). He became this "brutal dictator, etc., etc." because he demanded that the former white colonizers live up to the agreement that they had signed onto in order to stop a war that they were about to lose outright, thanks to countries like China and Russia (who had their own interests). Bottom line, while it is the British who created this specific problem, they have since enlisted a solid western European bloc on their side, thus it is a "white/black" issue.

dLoser, you really have no idea. I really get sick and tired of correcting you and pointing out your racism. You mention (+ white america). Its the governments policies you need to be concerned with, adding racial overtones to your comments just points out the racist that you are.

I think you'll find that if Mugabe had a free and fair election and the people of Zimbabwe werent beaten and murdered during his campaign of intimidation to greedily keep power, the west would have nothing to say.

The land issue has gone, past, and I think you'll find most people in the west arent concerned that the land has been past to Zimbabweans, apart issue is the corruption that was involved in giving it to mugabe's cronies and not the deserving farmers that could have helped the country produce the food it needed.

I think you'll find the only people who keep bringing up the land issue are people like yourself and Mugabe who still need to find someone to blame for the ZANU-PF's mismanagement of the economy. No one from the west talks about it anymore, so why not move on and start trying to find a solution, rather than looking for someone white to blame because of your own racism.

aWorthless, You're the one who is clueless here. First of all, (right after I don't give a rats what you are sick and tired of), white racism, which is so pervasive in the world, is not My racism since I'm not white. Secondly one does not become a racist by calling attention to past and ongoing racism, I don't care how many racist try to avoid the truth by making this bogus accusation. Thirdly, if whites do not wish to cease their racist acts, I certainly have a right to call them on it as I chose. As for the continued lie that you post about Mr. Mugabe beating and murdering people, you're beginning to look stupider and stupider every day as the media is daily pointing out and admitting that many of these so-called beatings and murders were fabricated. Most of it was for-hire stuff often engineered by NGO people under the pay of you know who (that's right, the West). Also, if Mr. Mugabe wished to distribute the land to 300,000 of his indigenous cronies it is his right to do so. After all, he was the one who for years lead the struggle to re-gain the land. If the standing British government had the right to give the land to ONE of its cronies (Cecil Rhodes) in the 1890s certainly the Zimbabwean government of the 2000s has every right to distribute it as they see fit, don't you agree? As for this nonsense about "the land,past, and ....", that is total BS and you know it. Not even you are dumb enough to believe that. So why don't you stop trying to convince yourself that this is the case. Finally, the new Zimbabwean farmers will start to produce the food that the country needs as soon as someone figures out a way around the sanctions and internal sabotage that is now undermining their efforts. Maybe, after the Olympics are over, Zimbabwe's long-time friend China will send in the help that they need in doing that, especially since you've already stated in one of your other posts that they bought the mineral rights of Zimbabwe for 250 billion dollars. Certainly they are going to be sending in their people to manage and help operate these resources. This means that they going to be needing a lot of farm produce to supply the Chinese restaurants that will be spring up all over Zimbabwe. Thus the food producing problem will be resolved, leaving one less thing for you to worry about.

seeing as you are all and one fond of recalling events from eons past to prop up your prejudices I might as well follow suit...Were the zulus and xhosas living peacfully as neighbours prior to the colonialists arriving in africa??? Were the ndebele living in loving and understanding communities with the mashona?? the sioux and the cheyenne were the best of mates??? the ethiopians were at peace with...oh why do I bother. In your guys' world the whole world that had not been touched by the white man lived in blissful harmony till the day the white settlers landed and began schooling the natives in the art of slaughtering one another!! surprising how the natives took to this almost instantly and never looked back!!!some of the stuff you state actually makes sense but you then go and spoil it by making these sweeping statements laced with the language of racism..and that is unfortunate!