Comments on: Tsvangirai in Botswana – more text messages from Zimbabweans

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:06:25 +0000

I appreciate your frustration but a little realism is needed in these circumstances. If we were a “normal” democracy of course Tsvngirai should be at home leading the populace. But Zimbabwe is far from being one- you may recall that rallies are banned, the state press- tv and radio- is inaccessible to the opposition. So how on earth could Tsvangirai effectively rally the people/challenge Mugabe when people are unable to move freely, when the MDC leadership are now all targets for elimination.? The Zimbabwean people have done their job which was to vote that bastard regime out of office. At this stage, Tsvangirai is of more use to us outside our borders- applying diplomatic pressure, shaming Mugabe’s african neighbours into taking a definitive position against Zimbabwe’s broken democracy and ensuring that Mugabe never gets the legitimacy he craves.

By: Bev Clark

Bev Clark — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:14:26 +0000

Hi Sandra

Kubatana does a lot of work outside of this blog forum as well – inspiring and sharing activist ideas with a large membership.

Dissent is the foundation of democracy.

Discussion is always useful. When you shut down free and open discussion you behave like the authoritarian Zanu PF.

People reflect a wide variety of interests and beliefs. Not all people necessarily support Morgan Tsvangirai’s regional diplomacy, others do. Respect that.

There is a need for local leadership from the MDC. If that is not provided, it should be criticised. Part of the reason why we have been landed with Mugabe for so long is our unwillingness to keep him honest.

It’s up to us to keep the MDC and Tsvangirai accountable and aware that Zimbabweans are not of one opinion, we are of many opinions.

By: sandra

sandra — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:38:16 +0000

I’m sorry to criticize the good work on your blog here but I think there is no real use discuss wheather Tsvangirai has to come back or not. He is not on holiday und is doing some great work to push pressure. So the world is watching further. There are other things to do. Just join other activists to look for creative ideas. Look for instance to Sokwanele but i think you know already. They are doing great work and actions a lot of people involved now. With more and more ideas and support of each other we can do impossible things. Go on and be safe!