WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2007-03-21 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Pius Ncube is the most couragous black priest on the planet. He is the only black man of the cloth I have any respect for. Jan]
The head of the Catholic church in Zimbabwe, Archbishop Pius Ncube, criticised the South African government on Tuesday for failing to rein in Harare’s hardline President Robert Mugabe.
“They are in the best position to put pressure on Zimbabwe, to call for sanctions if necessary,” the archbishop of Bulawayo said on the SAFM radio station.
“They could force Mugabe to change but they have been watching this thing. It’s now the eighth year it has been deteriorating,” he added.
Mugabe has come in for widespread international condemnation over his treatment of the opposition, whose leader Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested and then assaulted last week.
South Africa, which has long pursued a policy of ‘quiet diplomacy’ towards its northern neighbour, has called for Zimbabwe to respect the rights of all its citizens but the comments stop some way short of the expressions of outrage that have been heard elsewhere.
“We hear that behind doors President (Thabo) Mbeki has talked strongly to Mugabe but when it comes to the public, we never hear any strong words,” said the archbishop who has long been one of Mugabe’s most outspoken critics.
“We are very disappointed, there is so much suffering that goes on.”
The United States has already said it is considering widening a programme of sanctions which is already in place against Mugabe and his immediate coterie following the treatment of Tsvangirai and fellow members of his Movement for Democratic Change.
The archbishop however said it was vital that any new measures did not hurt the general population.
“The civilians are already extremely vulnerable,” he said.
“But sanctions that are targeted towards the government, or quick sanctions – cutting off the electricity for instance – would cause the Zimbabwean government to think fast.” – Sapa-AFP
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click…/p>