Mugabe condemned in historic speech by Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela recently addressed an audience in London and stated that there was a "tragic failure of leadership" in Zimbabwe. Out of deference to Mugabe's role in the independence struggle, Mandela had kept silent on the crisis in Zimbabwe. However, the situation in Zimbabwe has become so critical that Mandela was forced to chastise his old friend. Mandela's words were carefully chosen, but this amounts to a very harsh criticism of Mugabe, given Mandela's deliberate silence in the past.

I only wonder if Thabo "no crisis" Mbeki will continue to bury his head in the sand.