South Africa Leading Opposition at UN to Sanctions on Zimbabwe

South Africa is continuing to blockade meaningful progress on Zimbabwe at the United Nations, and is actively fighting increased sanctions against the Zimbabwe leadership. ``The text is too over the top,'' South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo said in an interview. ``I don't think this is the kind of pressure that will work."

For once, I actually agree with South Africa...increased sanctions without South African cooperation will not work. What will work is for South Africa to stop babying Mugabe and his henchmen and to actually hold them accountable for their misdeeds. The UN sanctions might be flawed, but at least the rest of the world is trying to do something. South Africa, please, please give us a meaningful alternative to the sanctions. Your silence is deafening.