Conversation Event in Zimbabwe
Posted by AlexT - 02/11/09 at 05:11 pmTitle: Conversation Event in Zimbabwe
Location: Harare, University of Zimbabwe
Description: A “Commonwealth Conversation” took place in Harare, at the University of Zimbabwe. A distinguished panel faced an audience of some 250. Debate was free and flowing.
Date: 2009-10-09
Cameras at the event captured some of the thoughts of the attendees:
The benefits of mobility and exchange:
Election monitoring:
The leaders of Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth, not its people
Students can benefit from scholarships
Category : Connecting with Young People, Conversation Events, The Commonwealth's Relevance
Tags: Zimbabwe
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October 23rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
The people of Zimbabwe will always be welcome in the Commonwealth. The current government leadership should not be considered welcome.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Zimbabwe should only be let back in when that murdering thug Mugabe is gone and the stealing of farmers’ land is stopped. Until then – NO!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
It’s good to see support in Zimbabwe for the Commonwealth, but the present situation makes it difficult.
Like it or not, Robert Mugabe is President of Zimbabwe, and will remain so. If the Zimbabwean government is at least working together (and at time of writing it seems that this is in doubt, though Mr. Tsvangerai has ended his boycott) then the Commonwealth should give the country all the help it can. This is a situation where progress has occurred – that the Commonwealth Conversation is even there is a very good sign.
We need to help build – not continue to exclude purely on principle.