Zimbabwe and the inertia of African leaders (Page 3)

The problem in Zimbabwe,is Robert Mugabe and his political cohorts.The most important resource of any country is it's people, be they white ,black,red or yellow.Mugabe's' first mistake was to remove the very people who knew how to produce an abundant food supply and replace them with inept lackeys. The food production know how of the white Zimbabweans should have been studied and successful pratices put in to place nation wide. The whites should have been allow to stay and been compensated for their land and know how.They should have been allowed to be a part of the government ,but instead was run off the land and replaced by people who had no idea how to raise crops and feed the population.Robert Mugabe harsh rule and lack of vision in leading all the people and not just those who agreed with his policies is the problem. Good ideas don't always come from those who agree with you.He should have been above the fray and the president of all the people ,providing good educational opportunity's, research into how to grow better agricultural products,developing the countries infrastructure,and educating the people, developing financial institutions, hospitals, housing and industry.Instead he stole the economical blood of his people depositing it in foreign bank. The fate of any people depends on the wisdom and moral character of its leaders. Look at the people of Zimbabwe it reflects the morality and character of Robert Mugabe. The people of Zimbabwe are impoverished because the character and morality of their leader is lacking. If the leaders of a country are basically moral the people will prosper.

My brother,once again,Real Politik will not allow me to agree with U.Before this nemesis U are talking about will visit this old man,many people must have died.And since one is to die just once(Irrespective of how many souls one destroys)his death will be insignificant.So something should & must be done to prevent the loss of more lives.

This is one issue I hate to be right about, but it seems I am. Mugabe has made the GNU unworkable. That country has returned to where it was. & African rulers, especially those from Southern Africa are doing nothing substantial about it.
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Compromise to western powers does no good to Africa, this is what we did for centuries, what did we get in returns? Abject poverty,wars,insecurity,the most beautiful place in the world is ridiculed to the worst place in the planet. It is time we start thinkings of our freedom, it surprises me that we are still looking for a messiah when we can all be messiahs. We all can make an impact in bringing change to Africa and being positive that "yes we can" achieve our goals without western "help".  What Mugabe did is what a healthy mind will understand as a call for Africa to have real independency despite the circumstances. Any impact that draws attention to forgotten injustice in Africa should not be seen as a mistake, although some innocent African citizens are paying the price (the Zimbabweans). But that is the sacrifice which every African must be ready to pay.

How long shall we continue to accept humanitarian "help", how long do we remain the last citizens of the world, I ask? I`m an African in a western country, I know who I am, and I know how I´m seen and regarded here, just because I am a native of a forgotten zone of the world, Africa. If Zimbabweans don't pay now for putting their own future in their own hand, they will pay much on the long run. Britain and America are wasting those innocent lives through sanctions and "say no to exploitation and get starved". Zimbabweans are suffering from challenging forgotten injustice that has been seen as a normalcy for a long time, but their voices are now heard.