So who thought Mugabe could be trusted?

I learn from my Zimbabwean sources that Robert Mugabe is not happy with power sharing. His latest ploy is to have some of Morgan Tsvangirai's MPs arrested. So far 17 MDC MPs have been arrested and four have been convicted by the courts. The latest MDC politician to be arrested is deputy minister for youth, Tamsanqa Mahlangu, who has been arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone from a Mugabe "war veteran" at a conference a few weeks ago.

As I have said over and over again, Robert Mugabe will not relinquish his hold on power in Zimbabwe voluntarily and it is South Africa that holds the key to the solution. So long as the ANC led government in South Africa treat Robert Mugabe as a hero of the revolution, the longer the people of Zimbabwe will have to live under tyranny, fear and starvation. Unfortunately I do not expect Jacob Zuma to be any more intellectually or morally capable of dealing properly with Robert Mugabe than Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela were. I hate to break it to you but the ANC leaders of South Africa are no more moral and laudable than their predecessors from the National Party, they are just blacker.