LETTER: Envoy diplomacy will fail in Zimbabwe
Ruling elite not serious about bringing in necessary reforms
Your editorial on Zimbabwe was erroneous and ignores the complicity of the ANC-led government since Thabo Mbeki in underwriting the pitiless regime north of the Limpopo (“SA’s impotence means more repression in Zimbabwe (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/editorials/2020-08-11-editorial-sas-impotence-means-more-repression-in-zimbabwe/)”, August 11). There is a belief in this SA government that a free Zimbabwe would set an example that a post-liberation party could change the dynamics of political hegemony in the African context — corruption free.
This presidency should understand sooner rather than later that the Covid crisis, which has exposed the limits of government to control anything, and the governing elite’s incessant corruption will stir serious challenges by the population, which bears the real cost of the plague. The Lebanese government’s resignation is worth noting...
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