“No Mugabe, No Summit.”

Mr Mwanawasa summed up the position of SADC as “No Mugabe, No Summit.”

I really can't understand why Levy has taken this stance. Mugabe has ground a once thriving economy to a complete standstill and Levy still thinks the man has valuable contributions to make at EU-Africa summit.

The African leaders have time after time wasted opportunities to send a strong message to Mugabe. The South African President has adopted a softly softly approach which has not produced any results.

Excluding Mugabe from the summit would have sent a clear message that his jungle politics do not have a place in a modern society.

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