President Thabo Mbeki Steps Down In South Africa!

September 21-2008:

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Steps Down In South Africa!

Yes, South Africa's Prime Minister Thabo Mbeki steps down after unanimous petitions from within the ANC for him to do so. He has become irrelevant after years of ignoring the ordinary working classes, and seemingly to favor the middle class, whom he has supported and promoted without remorse.

He also has a history of denial that HIV was not the cause of AIDS.
This personal conviction was the cause of thousands of people dying from this disease, because of his reluctance to provide the much needed and tested Protease Inhibitors, that the West have been using successfully to stem the growth and multiplication of this blood bourne disease.

Mr. Thabo Mbeki has been accused of clandestinely working to have his former Deputy President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma on charges of corruption etc.. During his years in power his has not done much in building homes for the millions, whom are still trapped in the Shanty Townships that was so indicative of the Apartheid era.

All of these ills and more, have come to haunt his presidency, regardless of how much his is praised for his diplomatic work with Zimbabwe, and the creation of the Organization Of African Unity brotherhood. Which today has not really done much to ensure that democracy is promoted, practiced, and sustained in many African states, most of which, still are dictatorships.

Will Jacob Zuma bring the much needed changes long overdue to South Africa? I say, maybe, but don't hold your breath. History as shown us several times before, that African leaders tend to continue the same old leadership through a one party state or dictatorship. Or by coup-de-tat overthrow of governments via the military.

Derryck.
NYC.