Zuma says will not turn into another 'Mugabe monster'

 

http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=522

JACOB Zuma . . . I am no Robert Mugabe JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former deputy president Jacob Zuma has rejected charges that he is a new Robert Mugabe in the making branding the veteran Zimbabwean leader a “monster.”  Zuma, who is heavily tipped to succeed President Thabo Mbeki as leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party in 2007 and possibly state president two years later, was speaking in an interview with a British newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph.  Political commentators have expressed fears that if Zuma wins the South African presidency, he will introduce populist economic policies reminiscent to what happened in Zimbabwe where Mugabe seized white farms for redistribution to landless blacks.  "As a member and a leader of the ANC all I do is carry out ANC policies," he said. "How could you have an individual who would become such a monster? The ANC system does not allow for that kind of thing."  The ANC, while acknowledging that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe, has in the past steadfastly refused to openly attack Mugabe who is still revered in Africa as a liberation war hero.  The criticism of Mugabe by Zuma ranks among the most forthright by a senior ANC official.  But Zuma defended Mugabe’s land seizures blaming the crisis on Britain which he said failed to honour its promises to fund land reforms in Zimbabwe. He also defended South Africa’s policy of “quiet diplomacy” towards Harare which his government has pursued over the past six years. "Other people have adopted the policy of criticising Mugabe from a distance, which only makes him more angry. We are the only ones who have engaged him on the issues," Zuma said. - ZimOnline

CONGRATULATIONS TO SWRADIOAFRICA!

http://www.swradioafrica.com/news231106/winners231106.htm

Association for International Broadcasting awards
In the catagory for
International station of the year - radio
The winner is............................................ SW Radio Africa

SW Radio Africa is delighted to announce that it has won the award for International Radio Station of the Year from the AIB, the Association for International Broadcasting.

We are also delighted that Mandisa Mundawarara was highly commended in the award category, International Radio Presenter of the Year.

These non commercial awards offer peer review of output, personalities and technology - they are the only awards that celebrate excellence in international cross-border broadcasting. The 2006 awards have been judged by an international panel of broadcasting experts, including professional TV and radio critics from leading newspapers.

Thank you AIB.

See links:

http://www.aib.org.uk/

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/221106/bbc_and_sky_win_broadcast_awards

 

Letter from Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe!

Mr Tony Blair,

Did you really think we would not take back our land which was taken away from us without any compensation to our fore-fathers?

But please quickly contact me so we discuss the amount of money we need to put our country back on its feet.

Yours in anguish,

The Hon, His Excellency, The First Secretary and President of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front.)(ZANU-PF) and the Executive President of the People's Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe.

P/S. Tony you are great! Where would I be were it not for the land issue? Came as a surprise straw to hold on to. Pheew!!