A bastard is a bastard regardless of the missionary and University education he received.

@Hilbert

I do not agree with your statement "democracy only works if the majority is educated".

There are more educated people in Zimbabwe or South Africa today than there were in 1774 America or in Greece during its Golden Age. Democracy thrived in the latter two countries and in SA the flame of democracy is being buffeted by gale force winds. In Zimbabwe, the flame was snuffed out the very day Mugabe and Zanu PF assumed office. Mugabe has seven University degrees not counting the numerous honorary degrees bestowed on him and yet he has turned out to be an ignoramus, devoid of any common sense, and heartless tyrant.

If we take Mugabe as our case study then it proves the exact opposite. He was a bastard before all the quality missionary education and the numerous University Degrees he obtained from some of the highly regarded institutions of learning. At the end of it all he was still a bastard. So capped or not a bastard is a bastard is a bastard!

33333

CCJP supported those fighting to end white racism and Mugabe, then, was leading that charge and so yes, CCJP supported Mugabe. Since independence Mugabe has changed to become a ruthless tyrant. CCJP have never changed, their compass needle has continued to point true North, and they have been critical of Mugabe's abuse of power. CCJP was one of the organisations to condemn and document Mugabe's murders in the mid 1980s, for example. Yes some Catholic Priests have had a shamefully cosy relationship with the dictator; still it would be hasty to say one should not trust the Roman Catholic because of that.

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Chaminuka

As a Zimbabwean myself I am getting sick and tired of hearing Zimbabweans castigating SADC and President Zuma for doing nothing to end the madness in Zimbabwe in one breath. And then in the next breath praise Tsvangirai and MDC to the rafters for doing nothing!

If the idiot, Tsvangirai, had not signed the GPA, against the deafening chorus of advice not to, we would not be in this mess. As if that not bad enough; for the first two years of the GNU Tsvangirai never tired of telling us all that the arrangement was “working”. Whenever things have become unbearable the idiot has turned to SADC to sort things out. Why? Because he and his MDC friends do not have the foggiest idea what to do; they had no plan “B” when they signed the GPA and they still have no plan “B” now that it is self evident the GPA has failed.

Even if President Zuma acted and somehow had Mugabe removed, that will not stop the madness because another dictator will emerge to take his place. Tsvangirai, like many other Zimbabweans, believes Zimbabwe will revert to rule of law, economic prosperity, etc. if remove Mugabe, Chihuri and three or four others were removed. He is naïve, of course. There is a lot more to the Zanu PF dictatorship than top leaders, besides the juggernaut has gathered so much momentum to be stopped at the drop of a hat by anyone.

The very best SADC can do for Zimbabwe is force Mugabe to give up power; they may even hand the presidency to Tsvangirai in a silver platter but, sadly, they is nothing they can do to stop some one else in Zanu PF seizing power from Tsvangirai. The latter is just too feeble and naïve; a fact Zimbabweans have been to proud to acknowledge and address!