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Originally Posted by Seanland
This is the world we live in today... when was the last legit election?
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Do you mean in Zimbabwe, or in the world? If you mean the world, then I know what you mean... this is on a different scale though.
This would be like George W Bush deciding to stay in power beyond his two terms, then in this election, withholding polling results, demanding "recounts" in States where he hasn't won, announcing that there will be a second round, and then demolishing cities in States that he didn't win in... all after making it impossible for 90% of the country to buy food or work.
Dubya is no saint, but Mugabe makes him look like the Angel of God himself.
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Originally Posted by healer
As a South African citizen, I believe my country should be doing more to sort this mess out. But on the other hand, we've got our wn shit to deal with and Zim has been like a buddy we've had to bail out of jail for the last few decades.
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I don't think it should fall to South Africa to take sole responsibility for this. They aren't getting the support they need from the rest of the world. If Zimbabwe had oil we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Another interesting article today about South Africa's involvement:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7335569.stm
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To get a sense of why Zimbabwe's crisis matters to its southern African neighbours - and to South Africa in particular - go to the Central Methodist Church in central Johannesburg.
It has become a refuge for 2,000 refugees who have fled Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. They sleep in overcrowded corridors and meeting rooms. For the sick, there is a clinic.
"It is better than staying in Zimbabwe," one young mother told the BBC last week.
"At least here I can get something to eat. I can work as a cleaner and buy food for my children.
"In Zimbabwe there is nothing."
There are - at the very least - hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans in South Africa, most of them here illegally.
Some estimates put the figure at three million. If that is true, then about a quarter of the population of Zimbabwe has left the country.
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