Has any one got any news on the latest developments regarding sefteg, Nospecto and the rest of them? I'm just curious cos I, like I know a lot of others did,(foolishly or not) invested some well earned money in that. The last I heard was a request by some law firm for people to submit proof of all payments etc as there was going to be a court hearing about sefteg in particular. That was a far back as January this year.
Since then, however, the whole thing has been quiet from the sources I used to have. I was hoping I could a good response from someone in the forum

I might be a bit naive about the mechanisms of international politics.
I'm however curious as to why the members of the African Union can not step in to provide a solution to our brothers and sisters who are suffering in Zimbabwe. Mugabe's most likely defense would be the old claim that it is an "INTERNAL MATTER" for which the sovereignty of his country should not be compromised.
However, in my opinion, that argument, if it was ever tenable, is less so now as the infected Zimbabwean citizens are spilling into neighboring South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east, putting an excessive strain on their health care systems and also endangering the lives of their own citizens with the disease. We should not wait untill the whole of the south west African region is infected with cholera before something is done.

Aside from that, the number of lives which have been lost and willl continue to be lost until something is done in that country should be enough justification for any type of action, be it military, political or a mass rally of the Zimbabwean people.

African leaders, if any of you is paying attention, the time is NOW for us to put a stop to Mugabe's reign of terror against his own people. For us Nigerians and citizens of other African countries, the continuation of a situation like this in Zimbabwe is but a smear to our identity as it shows the rest of the wlrd that we are a people who are not able to do what is right, even though it is staring at poit blank in the face. I sincerely hope that there is a change to this attitude from African people in general.

May God give us leaders who have the interest of the people at heart and are willing and able to fight for them. Amen

December 08, 2008 03:14am

INFLUENTIAL former statesmen have given a damning verdict on Zimbabwe, saying President Robert Mugabe's government cannot lead the nation out of its humanitarian crisis after a cholera outbreak killed nearly 600 people.

"There is bitter disappointment in the current leadership. This government has not demonstrated the ability to lead the country out of its current crisis," former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said overnight, according to a statement from the Elders.

"The process of transition to an inclusive government must be accelerated and I urge SADC (Southern African Development Community) leaders to play a more active role in pressing for that to occur," he said in a report released on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

South Africa is sending an official delegation to Zimbabwe tomorrow to assess the situation, while a troika of SADC health and water affairs ministers will meet on Friday in Johannesburg on the cholera outbreak.

"Zimbabwe's people are the greatest victims of their government's mismanagement, but the entire region is paying the price. Three to four million people have left, primarily for South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and the UK, while erosion of water and health systems has provoked a potential trans-regional cholera epidemic," the report said.

Mr Annan and two other members of the Elders - former US president Jimmy Carter and rights activist Graca Machel, wife of former South African leader Nelson Mandela - tried to visit Zimbabwe on November 22 and 23 but Harare refused them entry.

Instead, they met Zimbabwe political leaders, civil society and business representatives, donors, aid workers and UN agency heads over three days in Johannesburg.

"Zimbabwe urgently needs the rapid formation of a workable government. The regime has been in denial about what is happening in their country and the region has not really wanted to know either. The cholera epidemic has shown just how serious the situation in Zimbabwe has become," Mr Carter said.

Ms Machel urged SADC leaders to visit Zimbabwe themselves.

"We were not able to enter the country, I would urge all the SADC leaders to visit Zimbabwe to assess the humanitarian situation firsthand. Zimbabwe's leaders are failing their people and the region cannot ignore the suffering of millions any longer"

Based on the discussions in Johannesburg, "the Elders are strongly of the view that there is a major underreported humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe and the conditions are deteriorating at an alarming rate", the report said.

"The future of the country cannot be in the hands of the present government," said former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, another Elders member.

The Elders called for more food and medical assistance and urged the feuding parties to implement "in good faith" the September 15 power-sharing deal signed in Harare.

The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe, Roeland Monasch, told the BBC he feared a possible 60,000 cholera cases in the coming weeks.

Such a surge in infections could bring the number of deaths to about 2700, he said.

The Elders meet in Paris tomorrow with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, the current head of the European Union, even as EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels are expected to tighten sanctions against Zimbabwe.


    In my opinion, the continuation of Robert Mugabe, a past hero of Zimbabwe,in power after so many years of mismanagement of a country who has continued to suffer plainly as a result of one individual's selfishness and lust for power, is a display of what I still consider to be a key problem in international politics, the inability of our elected leaders to take a stand for what they believe in. There are calls for a new government from Gordon Brown, Koffi Anan, Jimmy Carter and other world leaders but this, in my opinion should be followed by action from its citizens who bear the greatest brunt of the suffering.
    Their lives, their future and that of the country Zimbabwe are of too great a value to be destroyed because of the selfishness of one very old man.

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Saw it. Was ok but I expected a bit more. Good thing I got in for free

SmartNaija:

Please has anyone heard a song titled "Sugar Mummy" by some Nigerian artist? ( I don't know who it is?) I heard it on the radio once but was not paying attention to the station. Please can anyone let me know where I can get the song from? It goes something like this "Na wetin I go do? I'm in love with another man's wife, " ( I don't know the rest of the words). It was really nice but I can not find any more information about it.

mightymike:

Millionaire boyz.

I think the original message asked for where one could get the song from, and not who sang it.

kaydee:

yeah! Thanks! I really don't mean it that way

Ma Bad! I waz just kidding,i really feel like the senseless one with your reply.It's all good and this topic is interesting.

You are yet to apologise for your rudeness

Je ne sais pas.