Tansania praises Mugabe?

I heard a press report this afternoon that the President of Tansania PRAISED Mugabe for his handling of the elections and praised Mbeki for his diplomacy and mediation in the crisis.
This is ridiculous - at a time when the continent should be standing together against Zimbabwe, we have the dissension in the ranks. Poor form.

Reverse psychology from Tsvangirai?

Has Morgan Tsvangirai finally come to the conclusion that he cannot win a fair fight against Mugabe? Or has he simply lost the will to fight.
The decision to pull out of the run off seems to me that he has lost the will to fight. By seeing it through to the end, irrespsective of the [...]

Is our President going to stand up?

Up until a few weeks ago I was relatively supportive of Thabo Mbeki as our President. I think he had done enough unspectacular work to keep the country ticking along nicely. 

Unfortunately I think his indecisiveness is now counting against him and he is going through the motions. The result – South Africans have lost faith [...]