Zimbabwe Vigil Diary March 6, 2010 Blogs
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Discovered: 2010-03-10 12:13:40 |
Author: The Zimbabwean |
Source: TheZimbabwean.co.uk
| LONDON - A busy week for the Vigil combating pro-Mugabe propaganda, but with the ironic outcome of being apparently on the same side as Mugabe as far as the timing of elections is concerned. (Pictured: A busy week at the Vigil) Mugabe now seems to agree with us that Zimbabwe should have elections in the two-year timeframe envisaged in the GPA; the sooner the better as far as we are concerned – provided that the international community can ensure that the elections are free and fair. This was the message the Vigil put to President Zuma on Friday when we confronted him on his arrival at South Africa House at the end of his disastrous state visit to the UK. His appeal for the lifting of targeted sanctions against Mugabe and his gang went down like a lead balloon. It made him seem out of touch with reality. Here’s what the Times said in a leading article on the day of our demonstration: ‘Jacob Zuma is hard to take seriously, but his support of Robert Mugabe is a disgrace’. Our stunts captured public attention, particularly Vigil management team member Fungayi Mabhunu in our Mugabe mask displaying various placards for the cameras: ‘Thank you Zuma’, ‘Bring me my machine gun’ and ‘Have another wife on me’ – in gratitude for Zuma’s support. We adorned our Mugabe with a row of shiny horse brasses for lack of suitable medals. But the real message to Zuma was in the spontaneous booing from more than 100 Zimbabweans and the chant of ‘Shame on you’ when he arrived. Zuma could not go up the red carpet without acknowledging our protest and the... ... |
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