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Desmond Tutu calls for action against Mugabe and his government

(11 Jan 2002) Milnerton, near Cape Town 1. Set up Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate: "President Mugabe was one of the leading lights in our firmament. He was one of the best heads of state. When he became President, instead of calling for retribution and revenge, he amazed everybody by pushing reconciliation, reconstruction and it's unbelievable that he should have become what he has become where you clearly see that he... I've said sometimes that he's almost a caricature of the kind of ruler that the world thinks African leaders tend to be and it's a great sadness to see the subverting of the rule of law, seeking to cling to power at all costs - horrible, horrible, horrible and we have to, in a way, hang our heads in shame." Stellenbosch, near Cape Town 3. Thabo Mbeki arrives for media conference 4. Cutaway 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thabo Mbeki, South African President: "There are wrong things happening in our neighbourhood, but I don't think that those wrong things happening in our neighbourhood should be used in order to minimise the importance of this question. It is critically important and we have to engage it. The President, the current of chairperson of SADEC (South African Development Community), President Muluzi of Malawi, has summoned all of us for a meeting in Blantyre on Monday. So I'll be leaving South Africa on Sunday to go to Malawi, we will discuss the question of Zimbabwe at that SADEC summit." 6. Mid shot media conference STORYLINE: Echoing worldwide concern, Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu of South Africa warned on Friday that Zimbabwe was sliding toward dictatorship. The passage of new legislation intended to legalise a crackdown against government opposition in Zimbabwe and a declaration by the country's military chiefs suggesting they would only support President Robert Mugabe as leader has prompted a new round of condemnation by the international community. In an interview with APTN , Tutu said he had watched recent developments in the southern African country with "great sadness". Meanwhile, South African President Thabo Mbeki said he would be discussing the situation in Zimbabwe further with other African leaders at a SADEC meeting in Malawi next week. Mbeki was speaking at a meeting of top Palestinian officials and moderate Israeli politicians held at an estate near Cape Town. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...