This week, I received a comment on my main page which accuses me of being a Mugabe supporter, but virtue of the fact that I give my support to Tsvangirai – who has joined Mugabe in a coalition government.

The individual that sent the comment is/was the information and publicity man for former Presidential hopeful, Simba Makoni. I say is/was because I have read articles on the internet that state that he was fired from this position, but I see nothing to substantiate this.

My previous communication with this individual was when he complained that I had deigned to comment on an article of his that had appeared elsewhere on the newswires.

I apologised for this transgression and go out of my way to not only avoid his writings, but I don’t even visit his page anymore.

But his question this week did get me thinking.

Are we, those that support Morgan Tsvangirai, not really supporting Mugabe by default, insofar as Tsvangirai has got very little power in real terms – because he is worked like a puppet by Mugabe?

Or, as I would prefer to think possibly erroneously is it that the MDC had little or no choice but to join a unity government?

Mugabe was never going to cede power – if at all. And the past few months have proven that.

He still rules unilaterally. He still makes sweeping changes within Zimbabwe, vilifies the West, abuses SADC and the people of Zimbabwe – and treats Tsvangirai as a ‘tea boy’.

Mugabe is not amused with Tsvangirai or the West for the failure to raise real cash to ‘rebuild Zimbabwe’ and has now sent his own people to the East to raise money which he quite openly says will be used to ‘prop up’ ZANU PF.

I am of the belief that Tsvangirai’s trip into the West was laced with the threat of consequences for the failure.

• Will Roy Bennett be sworn in?
• Will Mugabe resolve the problem concerning the appointments of the AG and the governor of the Reserve Bank?
• Will Mugabe actually do something real, tangible and positive to turn around the standard of the people of Zimbabwe?

Mugabe only listens to those voices that praise him and his actions in government. And those voices are becoming less by the day.

Tsvangirai went to the West as the ‘acceptable’ face of Zimbabwean government – and, even then, he failed. The promise of aid and assistance were made, but nothing directly to government as the prospective donors do not want to put that sort of money in the hands of a dictator, a tyrant.

Mugabe’s face looms as a spectre over not only Zimbabwe, but the entire world.

Everywhere you look is a Zimbabwean family that have made the awful decision to leave their home country – prompted by the bloody and vicious campaign that Mugabe has waged against anyone and everyone that has stood in his way.

What does it take for the world to sit up and take notice of the actions of this man in Zimbabwe? What will it taken for the international community to actually do something about this man who has killed, robbed, raped and pillaged his way to power in Zimbabwe?

Let us remember, at all times, that Mugabe’s party ZANU PF lost the bloody election of March last year. How is it that the international community accepts Mugabe’s remaining in power even though he lost the election?

The whole world needs to shake it’s head – because their eyes are stuck.

Robb WJ Ellis
The Bearded Man