With President Mugabe’s government failing to pay civil servants Zimbabwean activists in the UK have appealed to Botswana and the SADC bloc to “help to avert disaster” in their country. A Zimbabwe Vigil delegation visited the Botswana High Commission in London where they presented a letter to be passed on to President Ian Khama as Chair of the SADC bloc. “In the last 15 years or so Zimbabweans have increasingly looked to Botswana as a model of good governance. We have been comforted that Botswana could always be relied on to speak the truth to President Mugabe – even if it was a lone voice. “We are grateful for your patience in the face of the influx of Zimbabwean refugees and other problems we have caused you as our country’s economy collapsed. You have been a true friend and we will not forget your solidarity with our suffering people,” reads the letter addressed to Khama. The vigil further “alerts” Khama to “alarming threats by the military in Zimbabwe to employ violence against people opposed to the Zanu PF regime”. “The threats come amid worsening splits in the party (Zanu PF) and rising popular outrage at the demolition of the homes…