Hours ago, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai stepped out of his political delusion that Mr Mugabe will voluntarily leave power without some of force. He issued a 24 hours ultimatum to Mugabe to suspend the runoff election on Friday. A weak attempt to draw blood but a good beginning at best for a man who is not known for having a spin. A welcome development from M.D.C. and Mr Tsvangirai who until now have shied away from trading blows with Mugabe, who understands only one language: FORCE.
It is sad that to see a good and prosperous country like Zimbabwe run down so badly by an unrepentant misfit. Mugabe's silly position of fighting for land reforms as the reason for staying in power even at the cost of destroying the same people he is trying to help is laughable, as it is disgusting. However laudable his fight is about land reform, it is not working and people are suffering. Read More »

Was it ever possible that Mr Mugabe will just roll over and surrender power to Mr Tsvagairai of the M.D.C.? Only if you are not African you may think so. Or maybe if you are a big dreamer! This is Africa and we Africans are used to tin gods masquerading as leaders. The continent is littered with despots and recovering from addiction to power. Mr Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is a tin god and will never relinquish power unless violently removed from power as he effectively employed against the British. I am not advocating such tactics against him but merely placing in context why the M.D.C. has failed so far in staging a power takeover.
Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and his M.D.C. supporters lost that opportunity when they accepted a runoff because the first one, according to the government was a statistical tie. When is 48% vs 43% a statistical tie? Even if you accept this diluted version from the government of Mugabe, the man himself admitted that he lost by 5 percentage points!
The moment Mr Mugabe suspended the prompt releasing of the election results earlier this year, you knew something was stewing. Read More »