One of South Africa's most awkward diplomatic dalliances has been with Zimbabwe, where former president Thabo Mbeki mediated the 2008 elections crisis. Since then, South Africa has been facilitating a solution to the power struggle between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirari. But as a March column from The Economist noted, South Africa "seems to have adopted [Mugabe's] view on the perniciousness of the West's targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe."
Above, Mbeki (left) smiles with Mugabe at the Harare airport on May 9, 2008.
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PROTV
5:34 PM ET
October 13, 2011
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great shoot
Have a Nice day... stasera in tv
FP2011
1:23 AM ET
October 27, 2011
Surprise, surprise..
Honestly, when I read the title for this photo essay: South Africa's Dictator Dance
was the last part, dance , that took my attention and made me come to see more. I had no idea what would this be about. I get it now.
The part that surprised me was the picture from 1999 with Qaddafi flashing the victory sign as he stands with Mandela.
I had no idea they were friends.
I wonder what is going to happen in Libya now that Qaddafi is out of the picture. We will soon see...