Published by the government of Zimbabwe
9 July 2009
Harare — Former South Africa director-general in the Office of the President Reverend Frank Chikane has blasted the West for meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs and dictating to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai conditions for aid.
Speaking at a conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Reverend Chikane defended the formation of the inclusive Government through a Global Political Agreement signed between President Mugabe's Zanu-PF, PM Tsvangirai's MDC-T and the Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara's MDC formation.
The conference was organised by the Evangelical Alliance of South Africa under the theme "Constitution on Zimbabwe".
"There are three parties that agreed on the GPA but then there are people who now say they don't accept it. I don't have a problem with international support but I have problem when they dictate. They must allow Tsvangirai to make his own decisions at this critical time to help Zimbabwe even if they don't agree to some of his decisions."
According to media reports, Rev Chikane accused the West of withholding development funds from the inclusive Government.
"It is a transitional government," Chikane said. "It's not perfect. There is no perfect political solution, there is no perfect way of solving a problem but it gives them (Zimbabwe political parties) the possibility to resolve their problems."
Rev Chikane, who was part of former president Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team leading to the signing of the GPA in September last year, said they facilitated for an inclusive Government rather than a political leader that could have turned the situation into "that of the 1994 Rwanda genocide era".
South Africa, and the Southern African Development Community feel the move to settle for an inclusive government following the free and fair general elections held in March 2008, which left no clear winner between President Mugabe and PM Tsvangirai were characterised by too much foreign interference by the West world's so-called superpowers.
Rev Chikane said South Africa, Sadc and the AU knew quite well that the political volatility in Zimbabwe was "fragile" and needed to be handled with care to avoid more bloodshed or civil disturbances.
He also took a swipe at "anti-Zimbabwe" elements attending the meeting.
"Those that came here expecting me to take sides on the Zimbabwean issues will feel sorry for themselves because I would not do it. There are diplomatic ways of continuously engaging the new inclusive Government of Zimbabwe to attain its intended objectives through diplomatic ways.
"But prior to the presidential election re-run, some superpowers from the West had a preferred candidate as Zimbabwe's head of state despite a clear election outcome which had no winner.
"A lot of relentless pressure was exerted on South Africa, Sadc and African Union to allow their preferred candidate to be the new leader and we stood our ground on the basis that the election outcome had no clear winner hence settling on the government of inclusive," said Rev Chikane.
He also insisted that the situation in Zimbabwe was "very delicate" and "fragile" so much that it needed handling with care hence the need for the inclusive government.
"We needed an inclusive government on a temporary basis so as to allow the parties involved to create a people-driven constitution within the period of 18 months. We do not know what would happen after 18 months, but the bottom line is that we would have created space for free and fair elections," said Rev Chikane.
He said to support MDC under PM Tsvangirai as the winner of the March general election would not have made any sense because all the three parties failed to garner the mandatory 51 percent vote required to form a new democratic government.
But Professor John Makumbe, who was one of the key speakers, argued that the Mbeki administration lacked consultative strategies with Zimbabwe's churches, civil societies, NGOs and the people themselves in order to come up with a peace settlement with the backing of the majority.
Prof Makumbe went on to attack the Mbeki administration as a government of "people with little thinking" compared to the new Jacob Zuma administration, prompting Rev Chikane to lose patience at some stage in the meeting.
Rev Chikane even threatened to walk out of the meeting saying it was not a platform for "personal attacks.
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* 16 European Nations . Met And Plotted On How They Would Rob Africa Of Its Riches.
* They met during two(2) Periods of time in two(2) places
* The General Act Of Berlin Conference (Nov, 1884 to February, 1885)
* Brussels Belgium to finalize SECRET agreements ( Nov, 1889 to July 1890)
* The Book “King Leopold’s Ghost (1998) by Adam Hochschild documents some of This information.
The following Nations (Households) - Planned how they would divide among themselves our AFRICAN Riches.
1) Austria-Hungary - Francis Joseph I Charles - August 18, 1830 -
2) Belgium - King Leopold II – April 9, 1835
3) Denmark - Frederik VIII -June 3, 1843
4) France - Marie François Sadi Carnot – August 11, 1837 -
5) Germany - Wilhelm II -– January 27, 1859
6) Great Britain - Queen Victoria (Hanover) – May 24, 1819 – British Ruler – 2nd
7) Holland –William III – February 19, 1817
8) Italy - Umberto I - March 14, 1844 -
9) Norway - Oscar II [Oscar Frederik] – January 21, 1829 (Also Sweden)
10) Portugal - Carlos I – September 28, 1863
11) Russia - Alexander III Alexandrovich – March 10, 1845
12) Spain - Alfonso XIII – May 17, 1886
13) Sweden - Oscar II – January 21, 1829 (Also Norway)
14) Turkey - Abdülhamid II, - September 2 or September 22 - 1842 -
15) United States - Benjamin Harrison – August 20, 1833 -
16) Persia (Iran) - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar – July 16, 1831 –
For centuries Black Africans have been exploited and exploited in the name of Islam. Then with the coming of the Portueses (so-called Christians) to Ghana around the 1440s , the so-called Christians started their exploitation.
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We Black Africans are puzzling. We have a bounty of riches around us, yet we persist in allowing outsiders to steal them; while we fight each other over trivial matters.
Just in case you're wondering, here's some Black Africans who have done wondrous things to change the way we live in the world.
For example : Garrett-Augustus Morgan invented the Traffic Signal to CURB (no pun intended) TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS !!!
* Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER
* George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE
* George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS – PAINT STAINS – ETC
* W.A. Dietz - SHOE
* Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM
* Michael Harney - LANTERN
* Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM
* H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE
* Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME
* John A. Johnson - WRENCH
* Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS – AIR CONDITIONER
* Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS
* Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP
* John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER
* Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER
* Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR
* W.A. Martin - LOCK
* Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal
* Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898
* W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN
* L.P. Ray - DUST PAN
* W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY
* G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER
* .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER
* J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR
* T.W. Stewart - MOP
* Maxine Snowden - RAIN HAT - 1983
* Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER
* Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster
* Granville T. Woods - Telegraph Transmission Devices - Dec 2, 1884 Patents # - 308, 816 (7)
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Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate,
Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure.
It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
- Marianne Williamson -
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
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