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Forward to the Stone Age - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 31st January 2015
01 Feb 2015 at 13:49hrs | Views
Mugabe is an appropriate choice as chairman of the African Union (AU). People at the Vigil thought that the ancient dictator, boots licked by cringing cronies, lording it over a cowed and impoverished people, certainly meets the job description.
The AU used to be called the Organisation of African Unity until it became so discredited that the name was changed. But as Zimbabweans know all too well, rebranding is just a means of continuing looting under another name. The unreformed organisation remains a club of paranoid megalomaniacs and kleptocrats, with the exceptions coerced into connivance.
So who could better fill the role of front man for Africa than Mugabe, ruler of the fourth worst economy in the world according to the Wall Street Journal (see: http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/zimsit_w_zim-among-most-repressed-economies-the-zimbabwe-independent/ – Zim among 'most repressed economies'). The AU deserves Mugabe. He will show the world the true face of African leadership.
With typical hypocrisy, the South African head of the AU Commission set out the aims of the Summit meeting: 'Democracy, good governance and human rights'. Well they have found the man for the task. Prepare for a new African Renaissance: this one rebranded as the Stone Age.
Mugabe was lucky to escape stoning on his visit to Lusaka the other day when he was met by demonstrators chanting 'Mugabe must go'. In full-damage limitation mode, the Herald was quick to dismiss the protesters as a 'handful'. Look at the video to see how many people comprise a Herald handful.
The AU used to be called the Organisation of African Unity until it became so discredited that the name was changed. But as Zimbabweans know all too well, rebranding is just a means of continuing looting under another name. The unreformed organisation remains a club of paranoid megalomaniacs and kleptocrats, with the exceptions coerced into connivance.
So who could better fill the role of front man for Africa than Mugabe, ruler of the fourth worst economy in the world according to the Wall Street Journal (see: http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/zimsit_w_zim-among-most-repressed-economies-the-zimbabwe-independent/ – Zim among 'most repressed economies'). The AU deserves Mugabe. He will show the world the true face of African leadership.
With typical hypocrisy, the South African head of the AU Commission set out the aims of the Summit meeting: 'Democracy, good governance and human rights'. Well they have found the man for the task. Prepare for a new African Renaissance: this one rebranded as the Stone Age.
Mugabe was lucky to escape stoning on his visit to Lusaka the other day when he was met by demonstrators chanting 'Mugabe must go'. In full-damage limitation mode, the Herald was quick to dismiss the protesters as a 'handful'. Look at the video to see how many people comprise a Herald handful.
Source - Zimbabwe Vigil
