Mugabe's days are numbered small. It won't be long before some of his military people decide to take him out so they can appease international opinion and continue to feather their own nest. Whether they are swept away in the unrest that follows is open to question.
Hans-
I'm willing to assume that you know more about the Black on Black violence in South Africa than I do, and I'm sure there are neighborhoods even in Cape Town where it would not be safe for you or I to go without a strong group of friends. As an outsider I do find reason for optimism that the official policy of the South African Government is reconciliation, however imperfect the results may be. The alternative, continued apartheid, seems indefensible to me and I would have expected greater bloodbath if apartheid had continued to be the rule. Do you disagree? I wish you well but I also wish you would acknowledge the injustice that was done for centuries against the Black peoples of South Africa. Most of us in the States are willing to acknowledge our role in subjugating Black Africans within a slave economy. And our goal should be to work ourselves toward a more free and just nation for all.