Thank you Charan Muzaya that was a tonic , I would love to see more input on these pages from Zimbabweans who love their country and regret what is happening there. Fambai zvakanaka

Ed Allen, Whitby, Canada

Mbeki stops off in Harare on his way to Lusaka to collect his orders from Mugabe.

Mbeki is discredited and irrelevant. Zimbabwe is not in crisis, he says.

Time for UN Security Council to act decisively. Real action is needed and fast, not mealie-mouthed platitudes.

James S, Mombasa, Kenya

the case is clear: announce the election results and implement it,finished. to withhold them shows disorder.who is playing what? i blame the election electoral commission. they are not independent.why do they get arrested? why does the police interfer? what gives mugabe the right to stop publishing the election results? to me zimbabwe at present is not fit for such elections.therefore the mess. those supervising it were overtaxed.they failed to stomach it. proof: look at the mess.the voters deserve to be treated better. with fairness! the EC of the election couldn`t cope.

hubert kleinlercher, bulawayo, zimbabwe

Rusununguko I am surprised that you strongly believe the only crime Mugabe committed was taking land from white farmers...but its a good start!.

Andy Manning, Harpenden, Herts

@Rusununguko
Why does Mugabe block the ZEC from announcing the election results? Why stop people from having political meetings? Why beat up the opposition? Why treat the opposition as criminals? Even Simba Makoni is being treated as an enemy of the state just for daring stand against Mugabe in an election. You are surely not suggesting all this is right??

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Mr Muzaya, I was in Zimbabwe during the election period, I only returned to the UK on 30 March 2008, the people voted yes and the process was very peaceful and all the elections of the house of assembly and senate were announced, and there was no clear winner. Remember there are 3 parties in Zimbabwe MDC Tsvangirayi got 99 seats, Zanu pf 97 seats and another faction of MDC(a home grown party) got 10 seats and 1 independent. We all know that MDC Tsvangirayi is western funded, even if you watch the news in UK one can clearly see it is one-sided with anti-Mugabe rhetoric. I believe it is the responsibility of us Zimbabweans you Mr Muzaya and Mr to tell the truth about the situation in Zimbabwe.No-one died because of violence in Zimbabwe for the past 12 months, including during the elections period and after the election or in other words upto today.

Rusununguko, London, UK

For those of you who have never been to Zimbabwe it`s high time you should allow us Zimbabweans to find our own solutions as one people the moment you start taking sides it`s like insighting a civil war, but one has to understand is that Zimbabwean people have been through many wars. They are a well tested people who have survived even under harsh conditions, such as economic sanctions, even Aids funds from the Global fund they are being denied.

Zimbabwe is under full blown-sanctions e.g the USA Zimbabwe democratic act, no balance of payments and everything they buy from the international market such as oil, they have to pay cash up-front. If a country offer any credit to Zimbabwe like the Libya they face threats from powerful countries in the West.

I strongly believe the only crime Robert Mugabe committed was evicting the white farmers from the land had stolen during the colonial era. If this land is returned to these farmers Mugabe will called the best African president ever .

Rusununguko, London, UK

I hate to see people ganging up on someone. R is right in two respects.

1. Zimbabwe has no balance of payment support - a credit card in plain language.
2. Following even briefly the discussions on this matter will tell you that land/ownership is still a very sore point in southern Africa. It is in New Zealand too where the much of the debate about the Treaty of Waitangi is about ownership of the land and the "wealth", including ownership of the haka, BTW.

If we are committed to resolution, let's acknowledge the other sides concerns. If you would like some inspiration, check out Ben Zander's (edited) talk at Davos which is on YouTube.

Let's begin by giving Zimbabwe and its people an A.

Jo, Olney, Uk

Just for the record, Zimbabwe is now a military dictatorship (and has been for about 20 years). Elections there were always a joke. As for the touted current Presidential runoff, why bother? At least the MDC can see that if Mugabe & the generals won't cede power after losing an initial election, they sure won't pack their bags when they lose the follow-up election. It's now an arm wrestle.

Paul Francis, Brisbane, Australia

@Rusununguko,
I am a black Zimbabwean like you, moreover a Shona like you as I can tell from your name. What you are saying is not true and you know it. Zimbabweans tend to feel defensive if they see another Zimbabwean being criticised, because they are embarrassed to have their dirty linen out in the open. We should learn to make our society open, otherwise we will not improve.

I lived in Zimbabwe under Smith throughout my schooling and have first hand experience of what happened then. Colonialism was bad and people wanted it to end. But they did not want to replace colonialism with oppression by a Zimbabwean.

Making people sit on red hot stoves because they voted for the opposition; preventing people from choosing who they want to lead them; preventing people from holding discussion groups; torturing opposition members. How can you claim these actions are in the interests of Zimbabwe? With people who think like you, is it any wonder Africa remains at the butt of the world?

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

Rusungukuko, there are no trade sanctions on Zim, only highly targeted travel and financial bans on Mugabe and his cronies. Or do you suggest that SA and the rest of Africa are imposing sanctions?
Your lack of knowledge of what you term are the "hard facts" is not surprising since you are safe in London, instead of starving in Zimbabwe. Not surprising, but worrying that you express such views on a situation you clearly know little about.
And don't slip into the trap of expressing racist comments regarding whites, sabotage and so on... the vast majority of the remaining few thousand whies in Zimbabwe have little if any economic power - they are simply trying to survive in a country they love and that Mugabe has devastated.
You need to get your facts straight - or move back to Zim and REALLY get them straight.
I live in Cape Town, and we have refugee Zimbabweans on street corners, begging, or working in bars. I have reporters in Zimbabwe who provide the true facts; you are WRONG.

Rod Baker, Cape Town, South Africa

I fully agree with Paul Anthony that South Africa is heading in the same direction as Zimbabwe. The hard fact is that the UN (USA , UK etc) imposed sanctions against Rhodesia and South Africa to allow dictators to rule these countries and to look after there own pockets. Stuff the people who is suffering.There is millions of black south africans along with the whites suffering under the Mbeki regime.Crime and corruption is ruling the country.The same as in Zimbabwe is to kill the white farmers and silently get their land.( NOTE: -The white farmers is providing the FOOD). Sorry to say this but hundreds of years is enough proof that nowhere in the world a black goverment can take over a white goverment and then run that country , maintain that country , develop new ideas , and most off all provide for the people what they need. ( The same people who vote the black goverment in " democraticly " ). Last but not least S.A is just another African country run by Africans. Banana Republick.

Adrian , Auckland, New Zealand

You only have to read Rusungukuko, London to understand why Zimbabawe is in such a mess.
It perfectly illustrates the African mentality that everything was, is, and will be the fault of Colonialists.
Mbeki's hatred of whites is more powerful than his compassion for his long suffering African brothers across the Limpopo.
As someone that has spent close to 15 years in Africa i would estimate this senario will be replayed in SA within 10-15 years once again in Zimbabwe under its new president(eventually) within 8-10 years.
After the west has spent a few hundred billion of taxpayers money trying to rectify the problems caused by ZanuPF
it will probably be Morgan,s turn to be villified for bribery,corruption,cronyism,self enrichment etc

Paul Anthony, reading, uk

Rusungukuko (sic), the situation is that good in Zimbabwe, so thats why you are hiding in London, right?

Zack , Hartpury,

As Morgan Tsvangirai has declared himself the winner and the Electoral Commission hasn't contradicted that and being as there has to be a run-off in the result of no candidate getting an overall majority within three weeks, if no announcement is made by next weekend then Mr Tsvangirai will automatically become the new president of Zimbabwe as he will have won by default.

Stephen, St. Ives, England

President Mugabe is not going anywhere because of the sanctions being imposed on Zimbabwe thus why there is a thriving black market. Black Zimbabweans were not allowed to vote for 100 years, they were under more sufering than now until when Robert liberated the country.

I do not see the reason why Zimbabweans can give away their birth right for a loaf of bread. Remember Mr Muzaya when you were in Zimbabwe you were just a worker of a white man, but Zimbabwe is open for black investors like you. 350,000 black farmers replaced 3500 white farmers, thus why Zimbabwe economy is under siege. The Zimbabwe economy is still in the hands of whites and multi-national companies 70% of them british owned. They subbotage the economy day and night, what more can you expect from them.

These are hard facts, I am sure some-one with an objective mind will read the truth underneath. Zimbabwe needs people who can defend their independence from being manipulated by the west.

Rusungukuko, London, UK

Remember that the UK (along with US President Jimmy Carter's encouragement) put Mugabe in power with the Lancaster House accords.

This is what you have created. Look well on it.

Jim, Memhpis, US / TN

The situation in Zimbabwe can't continue. Last week I wrote here that a single UK pound sterling was buying 50 million Zimbabwean dollars. Well, yesterday the UK pound was buying 100 million Zimbabwean dollars. Next week?? Mr Mugabe is clearly onto a hiding to nothing; he should just step down.

Charan Muzaya, London, UK

It is long overdue that a third Country in Africa ,such as South Africa, went in and forced Mugabe from power. This man Mugabe is clearly a nasty dictator who has no intention of playing by the rules and thus should be forced out and then prosecuted by crimes he has committed.

Steve, London, UK