Former Zimbabwe head of intelligence says Sadc should stay out of the way
The Southern African Democratic Development Community (Sadc) should stay away from Zimbabwe’s affairs and allow the country’s citizens to handle their transitional process‚ Dumiso Dabengwa‚ the country’s former head of Intelligence said on Friday. Speaking to journalists in Johannesburg‚ Dabengwa said he was not impressed with Sadc’s track record in most areas where they were required to resolve conflicts. "Sadc has not been able to successfully resolve [issues] without being prejudiced in one way or the other‚" he said. He slammed the group for tolerating what he labelled President Robert Mugabe’s breach of Zimbabwe’s constitution and lambasted countries who had labelled the military actions as unlawful‚ saying they had failed to intervene when Mugabe refused to implement the transformational road map he had agreed to, which had been suggested by former South African president Thabo Mbeki. "I don’t know whether this time there will be a move but [Sadc] should allow people like the ...
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