Judging by the steely resolve of African leaders to make NEPAD work shown at a recent summit in Durban, no amount of vilifying the plan by Zimbabwe under the guise that it is an imperialist plot will ever prevent the rest of Africa from marching ahead.
Nations such as Zimbabwe and Libya, the latter would also not qualify because its ruler is an unelected military strongman who shot his way to power, should realise that their options are increasingly diminishing as the rest of Africa races towards a better economic and political dispensation which addresses the true wishes of the continent’s peoples.
As South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin bluntly told Zimbabwe’s government last week: it’s time you come to your senses or face chaos as the country disintegrates.
He pointedly added: "We have pointed out to the Zimbabwe government and to business leaders time and again: ‘You are making fundamental errors and the cost of your errors is going to be extreme’. "
He could not have said it better. We have nothing to add.
Article reprinted, courtesy of The Financial Gazette, Southern Africa’s Leading Business and Financial Newspaper.http://www.fingaz.co.zw
Please read an article on G8 aid to Africa and an attempt to force privatisation of water: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0629-02.htm
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Nations such as Zimbabwe and Libya, the latter would also not qualify because its ruler is an unelected military strongman who shot his way to power, should realise that their options are increasingly diminishing as the rest of Africa races towards a better economic and political dispensation which addresses the true wishes of the continent’s peoples.
As South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin bluntly told Zimbabwe’s government last week: it’s time you come to your senses or face chaos as the country disintegrates.
He pointedly added: "We have pointed out to the Zimbabwe government and to business leaders time and again: ‘You are making fundamental errors and the cost of your errors is going to be extreme’. "
He could not have said it better. We have nothing to add.
Article reprinted, courtesy of The Financial Gazette, Southern Africa’s Leading Business and Financial Newspaper.http://www.fingaz.co.zw
Please read an article on G8 aid to Africa and an attempt to force privatisation of water: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0629-02.htm
For related information on the G8 meeting in Canada, please visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2068000/2068945.stm