While the authors’ is spot-on with regards Mugabe, I think it falls short on the danger posed by the current opposition and the hypocrisy of the West. I personally don’t believe that an African leader should be condemned, punished or abandoned for standing up to the West. It is a quality Africa desperately needs in its leaders.

However, I think there are many other legitimate reasons why Mugabe SHOULD and MUST go. I have insisted that as Pan-Africanists and progressives, our responsibility is- an unconditional solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe. Not with Mugabe, the dubious imperialists and certainly not with an opposition that is willing to be a tool of western imperialism.

I believe Zimbabweans are not only victims of the Mugabe regime paranoia, but are also direct victims of the inhumane sanctions by the West, as well as victims of the hypocrisy of the opposition that has prevented them from forming a independent and legitimate movement that is driven and controlled by the people.

Power to the people of Zimbabwe!