Public Eye - 28 November 2011
The article appeals in many respects. First, it takes us through the historical aspects of the way the borders were demarcated in Africa and on the southern part of the continent. As noted, this was done by people who had no interest in the economic, social and political welfare of the natives of the land. It was done to serve their selfish interests. Second, the article takes us back to the formation of Africa's biggest liberation movement, the African National Congress (ANC) and the role that was played by, among others, the then Paramount Chief of Lesotho, Letsie II. In fact, most regional rulers in Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe etc. had a hand— directly and indirectly—in the formation of the ANC. Third, by quoting the former President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere when an agreement was reached between the Republic of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar in 1964, to form a new state, the Republic of Tanzania, it gives us a glimpse of how some leaders felt about the way the borders were demarcated.