The SADC extraordinary summit on the Zimbabwean crisis has come and gone without an acceptable outcome for the democratic struggle for Zimbabwe. The SADC outcome was indeed a blow to the democracy not only in Zimbabwe but the entire SADC region since the Zimbabwean crisis presented the SADC region with a golden opportunity to reaffirm the region’s commitment to democracy. The matter before SADC was not difficult given that the body’s own observers had denounced the Mugabe only run –off of June as a sham. However, given that the SADC decided to align themselves to the Devil instead of the long suffering Zimbabweans, the question that now emerges is about the way forward for the democratic forces.
