Zimbabwe shuts down 'racist' private schools
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ixportal.html


Zimbabwe's government closed the country's 46 private schools yesterday and sent children away at the start of the new term, arguing that the fees were too high.

Aeneas Chigwedere, the education minister, accused the schools of being "racist" institutions which raised their fees to keep out blacks.

However, the overwhelming majority of children at 45 private schools are black. All but one or two private schools are run as not-for-profit trusts.

"We are dealing with racist schools. They are all former white schools - all racist," he told state television. "They throw Africans out simply by hiking fees."

Among those stopped from attending was President Robert Mugabe's middle child, Robert Jnr, who attends the leading Catholic School, St George's College.

dammit - better get jesse jackson over there right away.

Do you think we can get them to keep him?

One can only hope.

I'll pitch in for the plane ticket. Can someone help with the straitjacket?

Yugoslavia

I'll walk him to the plane MYSELF, and throw him a party on the tarmac, if he'd promise me he'd STAY gone....

He shouldn't have to go alone, send Al Sharpton too.;)

As long as we can send Bush and his minions, then I say go for it! :D

Ok! That settles it. Who's going to call Jessie, Al, and the Bush bunch? Tell 'em, "LOOK! A CAUSE!. Here's your ticket...go do some good or something...like, ELSEWHERE. C'mon....publicityyyy....go fetch..."*tosses imaginary publicity into the plane*

Mugabe is hard to second guess, he is either the worst leader in the history of africa through sheer stupidity (quite a title when you look at the list) or just standard issue uncaring and cruel.

Damn! That's quite a statement. :eek3:

If and only if as I stated he thinks he is doing the right thing, I doubt this greatly.

This is the same guy who killed or ran off all of the farmers in his country and then ignores the hungry cries of his people.

Oh and booted out the world food program because he claims they can feed themselves. He also gave the white farmers land to people that had no knowledge of farming and had no tools, seed etc.