原文: The Reign of Thuggery

By Joshua Hammer

On a clear spring afternoon in Harare in mid-May, South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, paid a call on Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's beleaguered dictator, six weeks after Zimbabwe's tumultuous elections on March 29 in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai claimed a clear victory over Mugabe. Mbeki had been largely silent as Zimbabwe descended into chaos. In mid-April, while Mugabe's handpicked Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) refused to release the final vote count, and Mugabe's War Veterans marched through the streets in an intimidating display of force, Mbeki had stood hand in hand with Mugabe outside the presidential residence in Harare and denied that the country was in 'crisis.'

译文: 执政者的暗杀

      在哈拉雷五月的中旬，春天一个晴朗的中午，南非的总统塔博，收到罗伯特穆加贝的电话，围攻津巴布韦的施令者，在三月二十九日津巴布韦反对领导者茨旺基雷通过穆加贝主张完全的胜利的战乱选举六周后，塔博一直保持沉默为了减少津巴布韦的战乱。在四月中旬，当穆加贝指定的津巴布韦的选举委员会（ZEC）拒绝告知最后的投票数，穆加贝的战争退伍军人在被武力胁迫下穿过大街进军。塔博和姆贝基手拉手站在总统在哈拉雷的住宅外面，否认这是国家的危急关头。