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I just turned on the television and saw the news from Zimbabwe and then it wasn't long before I found the Full Statement from Morgan Tsvangirai on the decision to withdraw from the Presidential run-off. Read more »

There are some western leaders who have been reticent to speak out against Mugabe on account of our own sad colonial history. They have preferred only to be seen to follow African leaders' condemnation of the horrific illegal regime in Zimbabwe. For myself two wrongs never did make a right. Just because we have a history which is far from perfect so that is no reason to stand by in silence now while another crime of similar magnitude is committed. That would be to condone the increasingly illegal actions of Mugabe's regime taking place now. Read more »

The man who announced the end of apartheid in 1990 and saw South Africa to multi-racial elections four years later, former President FW De Klerk described Tsvangirai's statesman-like qualities on BBC Radio 4 Today today.

"There is no question that South Africa has been damaged, and that the whole of Southern Africa's reputation has been damaged, severely, by what has happened in Zimbabwe and therefore we all have a vested interest in ensuring that things take a better turn there.  Read more »