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| Zimbabwe: Khama Slammed for Shocking Behaviour |
| 2016-09-26 |
| [All Africa] Government says it has been shocked by the strange behaviour displayed by Botswana President Mr Ian Khama who this week chose to throw away the tenets of diplomatic engagement and publicly criticised President Mugabe.In an interview with Rooters news agency, Mr Khama provocatively said President Mugabe was now too old and should retire. This is despite the fact that President Mugabe was constitutionally-elected and has a running term until 2018. Responding to Mr Khama's remarks, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe said the sentiments by the Botswana leader were taboo in African etiquette and diplomatic parlance. "The Government of Zim-bob-we is shocked by this uncharacteristic behaviour on the part of President Khama who until last month, was at the helm of Sadc, and should know better that you don't use the media platform to criticise fellow Sadc leaders as he has just done with President Mugabe," he said. "It is a taboo in African etiquette and diplomacy. Cde Mugabe has at all times cautioned African leaders against attacking each other in public as this would serve to strengthen the hand of Western imperialism at the expense of African unity. "In the case of President Khama, we need not to point out that he should have known better to keep his views about President Mugabe's age and administration to himself." Dr Mushohwe said anyone who applauded Mr Khama for such untoward and unbecoming behaviour, was not only an enemy of Zim-bob-we, but the entire region. "All those patting him on the back for a job well done are hypocrites who have sold their souls to the devil and do not mean well neither for Zim-bob-we nor this sub-region," he said. "They are agents of regime change driving a foreign political agenda against national and regional interests. President Mugabe is a liberation icon and solid statesman who has fought for democracy and total emancipation not only for Zim-bob-we, but even the African continent as a whole." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "It is a taboo in African etiquette and diplomacy. Cde Mugabe has at all times cautioned African leaders against attacking each other in public as this would serve to strengthen the hand of Western imperialism at the expense of African unity. Quite frowned upon here as well, and for precisely the same reason. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-26 04:47 |