[DEBATE] : (Fwd) RW Johnson's Zim spin

[Patrick Bond]

Does this help confirm the argument about SA subimperialism, Azwell?

Azwell Banda wrote:
> This is so, oh, so sweet:
>
> "It was clear that, with a new democratic government, there would be
> immediate British and American help, quickly followed by the EU, the World
> Bank and IMF, with the emphasis on food aid and the restabilisation of the
> currency. One consequence would be that Zimbabwe would cease to be a client
> state of South Africa and instead become more generally dependent on
> developed country donors and investors. Doubtless, Mbeki and Mugabe would
> see this as a victory for neocolonialism, though one is bound to say that
> even if the prospect was described in those terms, ordinary Zimbabweans
> would happily vote for it. And, in no time at all, as the Zimbabwean economy
> revived, South African companies of every kind would move in."
>
> I have never stopped wondering how, in the same breathe, pieces such as this
> one describe Mbeki and Mugabe as "paranoid" about "imperialism" but go on to
> perfectly describe what exactly is going to happen - a happier nestling of
> "imperialism" in post Mugabe Zimbabwe!
>
> Hugs,
>
> Azwell. 
>
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> Sent: 07 May 2008 09:50 AM
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> Subject: [DEBATE] : (Fwd) RW Johnson's Zim spin
>
> (How much of the riff below is plausible? For example, in arguing that
> Makoni was Mbeki's preferred man for a run-off with Mugabe, does Johnson not
> recall that Makoni - so tellingly silent these days - had a pre-election
> run-off alliance deal with Morgan? Anything else strange
> hereunder?)
>
> May 8 2008
>
> Where do we go from here?
> R.W. Johnson in Zimbabwe
>
>
>
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