Our pride should prevent us from accepting domination by evil men like Mugabe. In Zimbabwe the people who love their country are in the opposition and their love and pride is enough they they will even fight with sticks against men with guns.

Pride is what makes me clean my house - it is shameful to live in a mess. It is time for Zimbabweans to clean their house of the corrupt and criminal members of the elite.

Timothy Murphy, London, UK

To Irie Dread - "we will make our own future in just the same way we got where we are today"? Where Zimbabwe is today is in abject poverty and fear. I completely agree that countries should have the right to run themselves without outside interference, but Zimbabwe is not running. The future at the moment looks like starvation, intimidation and emigration.

Dyanne Brown, Tsumeb, Namibia

Its a pity that those Zimbabweans in the UK can say that the opposition is entirely to blame, how sad. In zimbabwe one just cannot exercise their democratic right to hold a rally let alone campaign if you are not ZANUPF. If you demonstrate against any ill bedevilling us as a people, you are termed anti govt. When will our police be so civilised as to accompany demostrators on thier democraric right as is the case the world over, including the rest of Africa for that matter. Where have you seen water canons being brought to disperse less that 100people. Those who fled to the UK know the story thats why they can bark miles away.

Tinotenda, Harare, Zimbabwe

It is Interesting to see that Ms(?) Dread writes
"We do not want the west to interfere in our politics" which
today, apart from being an overused cliché, appears irrelevant given that the greatest level of interference in Zimbabwe is from the far East.
I am also a proud Zimbabwean and we all know who the current Zimbabwean government's allies are. There are a lot of questions that need to be asked.

Kalulu, BARCELONA, Spain

Mr Dread, Where you are today? Where is that? You live in London and your country is in turmoil. I don't know if Mr. Tsvangirai is/will be any better than Robert Mugabe,The remains to be seen, but I can assure you that the thug you speak of is Mugabe. He has demonstraited too the world, time and time again, that he is nothing but a Tyrant.

Stephen Zarvas, Machiasport, Maine

As Zimbabweans we do value ourselves as a people. One does not have to be ZANU PF in order to be Zimbabwean and have a right. This high-handed position that the ruling party is taking on innocent people is not acceptable. People need the space to have their opinions heard. It is our right to be heard. Difference of opinion does not make one less Zimbabwean. Violence of this nature is condemned be it from which quarter it may come.

Pablo Escobar, Mexico,

Why don't you go back to Zimbabwe and make your future as where you (Zimbabwe) are today does not look very promising?

Are you one of the third of all Zimbabweans that left that country because of the establishment that you want to defend?

Concerned African, Johannesburg, South Africa

i comletey agree... the present world scenario is already disturbed due to the actions of the west ..in iraq.. in taiwan.. in iran.. etc ec.. we do not want one more warzone in zimbabwe.. if the country is left to its own instead of west trying to impose the opposition on zimbabwe.. i think peace will prevail..

aravind, hyderabad,

Well I am Zimbabwean and very proud. I dont condone beatings perpetrated on anyone but on the recent incidents in my homeland I dont believe the government is entirely to blame. The opposition is made up of thugs and cut throats who want to get to the state house through violence, well I implore the government to stand firm and defend the establishment, we want sanity. We do not want the west to interfere in our politics, we will make our own future in just the same way we got where we are today. Foreigners wont tell us how to run our affairs.

Irie Dread, London, United Kingdom.

Determination will keep us focused towards winning back our beloved country, Republic of Great Zimbabwe (proposal of the name of our new democratic republic, which is not very far from where we stand. Can you invite proposals for a name. We cannot retain the name Zimbabwe, which is associated with ZANU(PF).

Nesbert Mhondoro, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom