| Mbeki must take tougher stance on Zim: SACP
May 01, 2007, 16:45 Jeremy Cronin, the South African Communist Party (SACP) deputy secretary-general, says he hopes that President Thabo Mbeki will approach the latest talks with the government of Zimbabwe with more determination and forcefullness. Cronin was speaking at Workers' Day celebrations at the Company Gardens in Cape Town today. Mbeki has previously been criticised for his so-called "quiet diplomacy" approach to Robert Mugabe, his Zimbabwe counterpart. Cronin stopped short of lambasting Mbeki as he described Zimbabwe as an undemocratic country with no respect for human rights. He said the reactionary and authoritarian regime under Mugabe brutalised workers, while food prices changed three times a day. He insisted that if our government continued to legitimise the fraudulent elections of that country, it sent the message that Zimbabwe could do as it pleased. Cronin also pointed out that Mbeki needed to ensure that the Southern African Development Community guidelines on democracy were implemented in that country.
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