Zimbabwe

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 9 November 2004.

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Photo of Kate Hoey Kate Hoey Labour, Vauxhall 11:30, 9 November 2004

The Minister may say that there is no magic solution, which of course is true, but will he give us his views on the expulsion of the COSATU delegation and particularly the reaction of President Mbeki, who seemed to be angry with the COSATU delegation for even visiting? Now that COSATU and the Communist party, which are allies of the South African Government, have said that Mbeki's quiet diplomacy is not working, is not this the time for this Government to put pressure on President Mbeki and say that he is not carrying out his side of the bargain on the New Partnership for Africa's Development agreement?

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pete marrable
Posted on 10 Nov 2004 2:53 pm (Report this annotation)

And let us not forget that Mbeki is no Mandela. Mbeki still believes that HIV/Aids is a white plot and doesn't exist ! And we really expect Mbeki to pressurize Mugabe to not do what he would proberbly like to do himself ??