Outrage as Mbeki hints at S African land grab
President Thabo Mbeki sent shockwaves through South Africa yesterday when he hinted that it might adopt the brutal land-grab policies of President Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe.Well let's see. South Africa and Zimbabwe used to be the two most prosperous countries in Southern Africa. "Mr. Mugabe's methods and philosophy" have reduced Zimbabwe to starvation. Mbeki would like to emulate them. What does that say about the future of South Africa?
South African opposition politicians were incensed by Mr Mbeki's comments at the start of a one-day visit to Harare, where he underlined his status as chief apologist for the Mugabe regime.
While other world leaders, including some in Africa, have distanced themselves from the brutal Mugabe dictatorship, Mr Mbeki said he could learn from Mr Mugabe's methods and philosophy.
