Do you remember Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace prize back in the day for his effort to end Apartheid in South Africa? Well, he continues to do the right thing in a world of go along get along. His latest exploit is telling the truth on Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe must Go! And he is calling the government of South Africa on it: you guys have to stop propping up Mugabe- step aside and let him fall!
In a BBC interview yesterday, Tutu said:
"We have betrayed our legacy. How much more suffering is going to make us say, no, we have given Mr. Mugabe enough time?"
Asked if Mugabe should be removed by force, Tutu said "there should certainly be the threat of it."
In other news from Zimbabwe, the death toll from the Cholera outbreak is now 1100. Life expectancy has now dropped to 34 years for Zimbabweans. Mugabe kept the pot on the stove by accusing six human rights activists, including Jestina Mukoko, of plotting to overthrow 84 year old Mugabe. The accusation is widely dismissed as a fabrication, but that did not stop Mugabe from imprisoning the group. A judge Wednesday ordered the unconditional release of 23 people associated with the opposition to President Robert Mugabe -- including a two-year-old child seized with its mother. High Court Judge Yunus Omarjee ordered another nine, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to be sent for medical treatment in light of allegations they had been tortured. Police goons loyal to Mugabe ignored the order.
Certain persons in Africa have clung to the notion that allowing Mugabe to keep his leadership position, and workd out some sort of illusory power sharing with his election opponent Morgan Tsvangirai, is a way to preserve the legacy of the Black Revolution years. But Tutu bravely stands up and spits in the face of that silly lie. That was then, this is now. How is killing black Africans a good way to build the future of black Africans? Mugabe must go, and South Africa must get on the right side of it!
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For years, the world should have been speaking out on this. When is it going to enact some meaningful response to the crisis?
So we must not hold back our hearts and good thoughts from assisting all who need help. We have time to be on the internet - that means we have time to send good energy. In that way, millions of us are "like" Desmond Tutu.
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. My mother, always busy, even while raising seven children, was at an international conference on disabilities in Uruguay a few years ago. She grabbed an elevator at one point, and on stepped... Desmond Tutu.
This article made me do a bit of a double-take, because I just left a thread where an author ranted at length on how the world would be a better place if we just destroyed all vestiges of religion and pretended it had never existed. Let us hope that Tutu's moral authority will have an impact here.