I read this morning that Mugabe has reverted to type and labelled the MDC as an ‘untrustworthy’ partner in the power-sharing government.

“We must no longer trust those who pretend to be in the inclusive government and have jumped in and out of it,” said the Zimbabwean President, accusing longtime rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party of deception over their decision to suspend cooperation with Mugabe’s ZANU PF party.

“They can never be true and genuine partners and they have proved to be dishonest,” the south African country’s state media quoted him as saying on Saturday.”

I found the idea that Mugabe can call whoever he want, whatever he wants - and not only does he feel he has the right to do so, but he attempts to justify his words with his own lies - quite objectionable, but we are becoming used to it.

Mugabe seems to think that ZANU PF is untouchable, that their utterances are to be believed without question and that we should hang on to every word without question.

Interestingly, today also saw that Mugabe has been proved to be the stumbling block in the unity government, and he has been forced to eat humble pie by SADC as they have finally worked out that much of what Mugabe had said and done was against the basics of the signed agreement.

“President Robert Mugabe was on Friday forced to accept the January SADC Summit Communiqué that eventually led to the formation of the coalition as a binding document, sources revealed yesterday.

The communiqué, which the veteran leader had all along refused to recognize arguing that it was not part of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), stipulates among other things that the appointments of the Reserve Bank Governor and the Attorney General would be dealt with by the inclusive government after its consummation.

Section 7(vi) of the communiqué says: “The appointments of the Reserve Bank Governor and the Attorney General will be dealt with by the inclusive government after its formation.”

The sources said by acknowledging the January communiqué as binding, Mugabe had effectively agreed to review his position regarding the appointment of RBZ governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana.

The continued stay in office of Gono and Tomana is an “outstanding issue” that has caused serious friction in the coalition.”

The immediate problem facing SADC is actually dealing with the ‘outstanding’ issues. Y’see Mugabe may accept the idea that the issues need reviewing, but his idea of ‘reviewing’ the issue is to maintain that the appointments are legal…

Mugabe spends most of his life pointing fingers at others and screaming hysterically that there is a plot to dethrone him, a conspiracy to effect ‘regime change’, whilst he works feverishly in the background to establish his powerbase so that he can maintain the pretence of power and control.

Mugabe will not be that impressed by SADC making a decision that Mugabe is wrong, and will be even less impressed that the decision has been made public. He will play the waiting game - and he is a master at delaying tactics - and then will discard the criticism as originating in the West and it is all part of a orchestrated conspiracy…

Blah, blah, blah - the same old, same old.

Perhaps Mugabe should take a long look in the mirror before he begins to criticise others and make unsubstantiated allegations. Not that what he will find in the mirror would be of any great surprise - after all, he does call himself, “Hitler - tenfold”.

Robb WJ Ellis The Bearded Man