SADC must emphasise democratic practices

Whilst military coups should never be tolerated anywhere in the world, what transpired in Zimbabwe in the last two weeks should teach us many lessons.

First, it is unprecedented for any country to be ruled by a liberator who would later become his people’s number one foe. Mugabe liberated Zimbabwe and ushered the country into democracy in 1980. He then presided over what was the region’s breadbasket and killed its economy with his poor policies that were self-serving instead of being beneficial to the people of Zimbabwe.