Two Mbekis, Two Views on Zimbabwe
This is an interesting post:
Really interesting interview with Moeletsi Mbeki on allAfrica.com timed to appear just before his brother the President of South Africa’s state of the nation address. Moeletsi Mbeki is a businessman, media operator and political commentator. He is also the deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs, an independent think tank, based at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He touches on several foreign policy areas where South Africa has made mistakes but his comments (extracted below) on Zimbabwe, a country he knows well, are striking:
(Ofeibea Quist-Arcton) People say President Mbeki has failed just across the border, in Zimbabwe, with his policy of quiet diplomacy or constructive engagement with President Robert Mugabe.
(Moeletsi Mbeki) Well, I think the South African government - including the president - admit that quiet diplomacy has not produced what they thought it would, i.e. a change of direction by Robert Mugabe. It […]
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