SADC must not coddle Mugabe again

It was evident that had he stayed in the race, and subsequently won the elections, more lives would have been lost or probably there was going to be a civil war - something that is not easy to stop. He was labelled a coward by some when he chose to quit.

The then mediator in the Zimbabwe crisis, former South African president, Thabo Mbeki ,however, seemed not bothered by the killings of innocent people whose main crime was believing in democracy. He hugged and shared jokes with President Robert Mugabe as his thugs continued killing people.