> All the more shameful is Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and the rest of the putatively democratic ANC's refusal to speak out against Mugabe and his thugs.

They are not entirely silent, for example:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/ne ws id_739000/739258.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/ne ws id_1754000/1754307.stm