Most of us in Africa are tired of being dictated to by the Western powers, tired of the way they prop up corrupt elites who loot our treasuries and dump the money in their countries. We are tired of all their subterfuge and chicanery. We must, however, realise that, “our enemies’ enemy is not necessarily our friend.”

By now, most Africans not living in Zimbabwe have forgotten about the elections held in the country over a week ago. Even before the conclusion of the elections, that fraudulently returned an 89-year-old geriatric to power for the seventh time, was concluded Zimbabweans had started raising alarm about electoral malpractices.

The mere fact that the government did not allow the UN and other respected agencies to send monitors to the elections is suspect on its own. Mugabe assembled a group of people from the ‘old boys club’ of African politicians to rubber stamp his sham elections and hoped that his hatred of Western nations will unite the rest of Africa behind him and his strategy seems to have paid off.

The facts are there for all to see: Firstly, If Mugabe was a civil servant he would have been retired over fifteen years ago yet he still holds the highest public office in the land. Secondly, have those who are saying the Zimbabwean economy has picked up in the last couple of years considered the fact that it probably has to do with fact that the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, has been part of the government within the same period?

We covered a story on revelations that emerged from the Zimbabwean elections here after the ‘old boys club’ had endorsed the sham elections ignoring the cries of 7,000 local monitors who noticed that a significant percentage of those who voted for Mugabe’s party must have risen from the dead to come and cast their votes.

We don’t need to search far to point to examples of African freedom fighters who led their countries to independence and bowed out when ovation was loudest.

The example that readily comes to mind is Nelson Mandela, next door to Mugabe. The 95-year-old was in hospital recently and the whole world held its breath, praying to God to spare his life. Our guess is as good as yours what people want God to do to Mugabe.

Another example still within Southern Africa is Sam Nujoma, first President of independent Namibia who led his country to independence in 1990 and left office in 2005 after serving three terms. Namibia today enjoys political stability, peace and relative economic stability.

No one is saying Namibia is like paradise but her citizens fare better than Zimbabweans. For instance, In 2013, global business and financial news provider, Bloomberg, named Namibia the top emerging market economy in Africa and the 13th best in the world. Only four African countries made the Top 20 Emerging Markets list in the March 2013 issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine, and Namibia was rated ahead of Morocco (19th), South Africa (15th) and Zambia (14th). Worldwide, Namibia also fared better than Hungary, Brazil and Mexico.”

On the other hand, In Zimbabwe, Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in 1998, to an official estimated high of 11,200,000% in August 2008 according to the country’s Central Statistical Office.

Since the formation of the Unity Government with MDC in 2009, however, the Zimbabwean economy has been on the rebound. GDP grew by more than 5% in the year 2009 and 2011. In November 2010, the IMF described the Zimbabwean economy as “completing its second year of buoyant economic growth”.

It’s obvious from the statistics above that Morgan Tsvangirai brought positive economic development to Zimbabwe. Even without the revelations emerging about electoral malpractices it should be clear to everyone that Zimbabweans want a change from what they have been stuck with for the past thirty-two years.

As Africans we should examine the facts carefully before we choose sides and should endeavour to choose sides not with governments that come and go like the wind blows but the ordinary people of Zimbabwe who are just like us.

- See more at: http://www.urnaija.com/mugabe-v-west-on-whose-side-are-you/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnREo7CdUzo

Why They Hate Robert Mugabe

Thanks Horus, for the insightful video clip. If you listened to the narration on the clip you posted and had read the post It would appear that you totally missed the point, which was made in the last paragraph of the post.

No one cares about Mugabe sticking it up to the 'whites' (a very loose terminology used to describe an unidentifiable group of people). It's the ordinary people of Zimbabwe who are suffering as a result of that.

The narrator is obviously bitter about white people, using abusive terminology like "white man's nigger" and all that. Towards the end of the narration, he criticized Mugabe for the atrocities he's committed against Zimbabweans but all can be forgiven as long as he's 'dealing' with the West. See what bitterness causes. See what the writer of the article meant by saying, "your enemies' enemy is not necessarily your friend."

A lot of people have a problem with Mandela because he didn't punish the whites in South-Africa for what they did to him.
Meanwhile, Mandela warned black South-Africans not to touch the whites if they dont want the South-African economy to collapse. (wise old man!)
Mugabe probably meant well with the land grab policy in Zimbabwe but it backfired because white people take care of their own. They are punishing him for it.
As black people we also should learn to take care of one another and not support someone who is allowing his people to be oppressed because he wants to teach the "whites" a lesson. The average person in Europe and America is not affected by what he's doing in Zimbabwe. Even Nigeria provided land for displaced white Zimbabwean farmers. Who is going to speak up for the oppressed blacks in Zimbabwe?

Ojowanle: Thanks Horus, for the insightful video clip. If you listened to the narration on the clip you posted and had read the post It would appear that you totally missed the point, which was made in the last paragraph of the post.

No one cares about Mugabe sticking it up to the 'whites' (a very loose terminology used to describe an unidentifiable group of people). It's the ordinary people of Zimbabwe who are suffering as a result of that.

The narrator is obviously bitter about white people, using abusive terminology like "white man's nigger" and all that. Towards the end of the narration, he criticized Mugabe for the atrocities he's committed against Zimbabweans but all can be forgiven as long as he's 'dealing' with the West. See what bitterness causes. See what the writer of the article meant by saying, "your enemies' enemy is not necessarily your friend."

A lot of people have a problem with Mandela because he didn't punish the whites in South-Africa for what they did to him.
Meanwhile, Mandela warned black South-Africans not to touch the whites if they dont want the South-African economy to collapse. (wise old man!)
Mugabe probably meant well with the land grab policy in Zimbabwe but it backfired because white people take care of their own. They are punishing him for it.
As black people we also should learn to take care of one another and not support someone who is allowing his people to be oppressed because he wants to teach the "whites" a lesson. The average person in Europe and America is not affected by what he's doing in Zimbabwe. Even Nigeria provided land for displaced white Zimbabwean farmers. Who is going to speak up for the oppressed blacks in Zimbabwe?

Well, I think you're the one that shouldn't allow ignorance or sentiments to suppress your sense of reasoning. The election that was held in Zimbabwe was more fairer the ones ever conducted in Nigeria. Your type would also say that Syria crisis is Assad's fault.

Just imagine the bolded, it narrate who elusive politics is to you. So, your point is that Mandela is genius by that statement. No insane politician in Nigeria would have supported that, just know it. In that case, apartheid has not ended, it's more like a change of style.

While I don't believe in hatred between blacks and whites in S.A., I still thinks that blacks should be given a provided a better means of compensating for the years of marginalization.

donedy:

Well, I think you're the one that shouldn't allow ignorance or sentiments to suppress your sense of reasoning. The election that was held in Zimbabwe was more fairer the ones ever conducted in Nigeria. Your type would also say that Syria crisis is Assad's fault.

Just imagine the bolded, it narrate who elusive politics is to you. So, your point is that Mandela is genius by that statement. No insane politician in Nigeria would have supported that, just know it. In that case, apartheid has not ended, it's more like a change of style.

While I don't believe in hatred between blacks and whites in S.A., I still thinks that blacks should be given a provided a better means of compensating for the years of marginalization.

Thanks Donedy for joining in this discussion. You have brought everyone else into this thread, Nigeria, Assad, Syria, blacks and whites in SA but no mention of the people in Zimbabwe. No one cares about Mugabe's personal problems with the West but he shouldn't drag Zimbabweans into it.

Your third paragraph contradicts the second one. In your third paragraph you said you don't support racial violence in South-Africa yet you disagree with Nelson Mandela's warning that blacks in South-Africa should not touch the whites.

Thanks to Mandela, the South-African economy is the largest in Africa, almost twice that of Nigeria with only a third of Nigeria's population (please check latest GDP and population figures)

You think white people will easily give up what they believe belongs to them? Dream on! It's not violence that will make them give it up either. Like I mentioned earlier, white people always take care of their own. Its time we blacks started doing the same. Supporting someone oppressing his own people in a futile campaign against the West is not the way to go about it.

This is not anything to do with mugabe and the west.It is about mugabe and his people.He should do all that is right to benefit his people in all fairness.The taste of the pudding is in the eating,hat the west say or do does not matter if the people are doing the right thing.

Africans should not be dictated to all time like children,we should be able to know the difference between wrong and right and take proper charge like responsible adults.