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Africa: Southern
Mbeki arrives for Mugabe talks
2003-12-19
South African President Thabo Mbeki has called for his country and internationally ostracised Zimbabwe to work together in dealing with their joint problems. Mr Mbeki has arrived in Harare for talks with President Robert Mugabe, who angrily pulled his country out of the Commonwealth forum of nations earlier this month. "Our countries have shared common problems. As they shared the common problems of oppression, they share common problems today," he said. "President Mugabe can assist us to confront the problems we have in South Africa so that we can assist you to solve the problems that face Zimbabwe."
"I wanna be a dictator, like you, Bob!"
Mr Mbeki has backed an increasingly isolated Mr Mugabe. He has also faced savage criticism at home for his failed bid to prevent the Commonwealth from extending sanctions on Zimbabwe first imposed over charges that Mr Mugabe rigged his 2002 re-election.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6  actually if IIUC Mbeki has tried to move the ANC more towards free market economics - paradoxically this means moving the ANC closer to "black power" since it means tossing the ANC's old allies in the South African Communist Party - shifting to more race based politics than class based. I think Mbekis outreach to Zimbobwe is more a matter of foreign policy, asserting regional muscle, rather than anything to do with ANC domestic policy.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2003-12-19 1:07:21 PM  

#5  Commonpoor heh,heh.
Posted by: B   2003-12-19 12:33:06 PM  

#4  Maybe Mbeki and Mugabe can start their own little club and call it "the Commonpoor".
Posted by: Dar   2003-12-19 10:53:43 AM  

#3  It's a short hop across the border to Pretoria. Wait til Thabo has to deploy troops to keep the starving ZimBOBweans from heading for food
Posted by: Frank G   2003-12-19 10:43:07 AM  

#2  Pappy -- Because you're an optimist? It won't take long, once Mbeki starts yelling "Free Land! Free Money!"
I give it 5 years...
Posted by: snellenr   2003-12-19 10:11:01 AM  

#1  Why do I get the feeling that S.A. is about a decade away from becoming another Zimbabwe?
Posted by: Pappy   2003-12-19 1:32:12 AM  

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