SA declares cholera disaster on Zim border

Sorry, but I put the blame for this squarely on Mbeki. Had he dealt firmly with Mugabe in the first place and not been so biased in favour of him, much of this would have been avoided and two South Africans - and hundreds of Zimbabweans - would still be alive.

Like I said in contribution yesterday, disease knows no borders. Now Limpopo is under threat. Its unfortunate because political leaders lack the stomach to right the wrongs. Zuma, Mohlanthe and the like would rather be seen being politically correct than to castigate Mugabe. They know he is wrong but they won't say it. What about the abductions of political and human rights activists (including a 2 year old baby)? Can't they see the wrong in that? a 2 year old? For Christ's sake why not say something about it? All they want is to arm-twist Tsvangirai into wining and dining with Mugabe; meetings and conferences that yield nothing and delegate after delegate to Zim on fact finding missions. For what? Isn't this hard evidence of a disaster enough? This brotherhood kind of behaviour is what renders Africa retrogressive. I thought Mbeki was gone, but unfortunately its the same old wine in a new bottle.

Mbeki has a lot of blood on his hands. Far more AIDS deaths of course, but this is the cherry on top. Good riddance, even if the circumstances of his dismissal leave a lot to be desired.

Well ANC and SA government have several times blocked UN security council dealing with Mhugabe and even discussing Zim issue.

Well this is what you get for being obstinate.

Well FIFA has already been alerted about the dangers Zimbabwe instability and cholera has on the planned World Cup.

Untill SA / ANC acts responsibly expect cholera in Johannesburg soon.