| Afrika, en hul Gepoogde Onafhanklikheid [boodskap #116907] |
Tue, 22 April 2008 16:50  |
duif
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New Zimbabwe betrayed by Sisonke Msimang
"as a chief architect of Nepad and the AU, Mbeki has insisted, bravely
and often stridently, that Africans can and should determine our own
affairs.
It is our right as Africans to decide how we manage ourselves
at a regional level.
But then we should go ahead and govern ourselves well. To insist
that we can make and enforce our own rules and standards and then to
stand aside as those rules are bent and broken, is simply
unacceptable.
Then again, so much of what has gone on in the distance between
1980 when Bob Marley sang to a roaring crowd, and 2008, when Thabo
Mbeki can declare that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, has been hard
to bear. In that distance lie the hopes and aspirations of too many
Africans whose rights to express themselves freely and to have those
expressions respected have been trampled by men whose egos are far
larger than their ability to act with integrity and compassion.
Sisonke Msimang is the Programme Director at the
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa.
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Tue, 22 April 2008 17:42  |
duif
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Dave :
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> New Zimbabwe betrayed by Sisonke Msimang
>
> "as a chief architect of Nepad and the AU, Mbeki has insisted, bravely
> and often stridently, that Africans can and should determine our own
> affairs.
>
> It is our right as Africans to decide how we manage ourselves
> at a regional level.
>
> But then we should go ahead and govern ourselves well. To insist
> that we can make and enforce our own rules and standards and then to
> stand aside as those rules are bent and broken, is simply
> unacceptable.
>
> Then again, so much of what has gone on in the distance between
> 1980 when Bob Marley sang to a roaring crowd, and 2008, when Thabo
> Mbeki can declare that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, has been hard
> to bear. In that distance lie the hopes and aspirations of too many
> Africans whose rights to express themselves freely and to have those
> expressions respected have been trampled by men whose egos are far
> larger than their ability to act with integrity and compassion.
>
> Sisonke Msimang is the Programme Director at the
> Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa.
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