EU joins calls for Mugabe to resign

I thank the Mail and Guardian for highlighting the human suffering in Zimbabwe which is being inflicted on this population by one man, Robert Mugabe. All systems have broken down, there is no health, education, transport, economy, employment etc. Yet the world is watching helpless as the events equivalent to a genocide are unfolding in Zimbabwe. How can the whole world watch when one man is systematically denying his people food, health, education and all fundamentals of human survival. Why cant the world say enough is enough to Mugabe, we can't watch while you are committing attrocities to your own people. The people of Zimbabwe voted for change and this old man has clung to power irrespective of being rejected by the people. Mugabe has single-handedly destroyed the life of Zimbabweans and the world should not let this continue. Let powerful nations take out this dictator. The people of Zimbabwe deserve a better life. What numbers constitute a genocide. Has Mugabe not suppased that number??? Its time to act. Somebody needs to put a stop to this human suffering on behalf of voiceless and unarmed Zimbabweans. If we had the means, we would fight our way out of this dictatorship.

If Mugabe, his cronies and acolytes do not plead for mercy and amnesty right now, then we will see them all (note all of them!) in the Hague for crimes against humanity. The majority of Zimbabweans and the world at large are exhausted with this despot who is bringing discredit by implication on the whole continent of Africa.

Mugabe must go; Zanu-PF must go, or at the very least transform itself magically into a competent and humane government. From the election results, the MDC is supposed to be in government; MT ought to be the state president. None of these essentials has happened. How ever will any of them happen? What is going to transpire in Zim as long as Mugabe and Zanu-PF cronies stay in place? Will (or can) the ordinary people rise up against the tyranny? Have they the means or the strength for this? Will (or can) statements from concerned international bodies or prominent individuals make any difference at all? A summary of all these questions is like a summary of media commentary and news for the past seven years. Surely Raila Odinga is right -- the only way left is military encirclement, threat and ensuing intervention.