He has publicly urged the EU, the IMF and other donors to get tougher with the government. Any further aid grants, he said in an exclusive interview, should be conditional on good governance, transparency, the rule of law and human rights. He cited widespread corruption, a lack of accountability, and rule by a presidency which has vested itself with too much power. The trouble is that after 20 years of rule under President Mugabe, we have no idea where the country is going or what there is to show for it. We are dealing with a government which rules by force and fraud.
Corruption is now the biggest scourge.
The man loves power, he won't give it up. Now that Nelson Mandela has stepped aside, and Julius Nyeyere has passed away, he no longer feels eclipsed by them and is more concerned about his destiny as the 'grand old man of Africa' than the interests of this country. These are things I tell him when we meet. I have told him he is betraying this country, that the small ruling elite has betrayed the hopes of the liberation movement in Zimbabwe which overthrew colonial rule.