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When Mugabe, in a fit of pique in early 2000, ordered that the war veterans and the youth militia to begin the destructive and violent land grab in Zimbabwe, he sold the idea to them by stating that it was overdue and aimed at redressing the land tenure..
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Mugabe and his band of merry men are intent on breaking even their own laws and regulations. The minister for indigenous empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere, is now wanting...
made popular Jul 29 2010
There would appear to be divided views on the land grab in Zimbabwe. Whilst many people, including myself, feel that land should be returned to the people of Zimbabwe,...
made popular Jul 28 2010
Mugabe is fast becoming a huge problem in Africa – and the various bodies, such as SADC and the AU, have done nothing to hinder his self-gratifying rule in Zimbabwe,...
made popular Jul 20 2010
In their zest to have Mliswa had up in court to face all manner of charges relating to farm invasions and the theft of commercial farmers’ agricultural property,...
made popular Jul 16 2010
Don’t you love it when there are stories of ZANU PF fighting amongst themselves?
And, in this case, it will be interesting to see if any of Mugabe’s...
made popular Jun 24 2010
The land grab in Zimbabwe has not only reduced the people to beggars, relying on food aid to be able to live another day, but those that now ‘own’ the farms...
made popular Jun 19 2010
Not that long ago, “Mugabe and The White African” was aired on British television. I watched it twice because I wanted to gauge the changes in Zimbabwe and...
made popular Jun 18 2010
Mugabe’s people never miss an opportunity and he has them so thick on the ground that we never know when and where they are going to commit their next illegal...
made popular Jun 3 2010
Idi Amin Dada was the military dictator of Uganda from 1971 until 1979. He was a soldier in the King’s African Rifles and came to power through a military coup,...
made popular May 21 2010
Mugabe must have some serious delusions if he really believes that the legal necessity that 51% of all foreign companies operating in Zimbabwe must be held by...
made popular May 7 2010
This is probably the first bit of honesty we have seen from the Mugabe administration for many, many years...
“The Government of Zimbabwe has admitted the...
made popular Apr 19 2010
“As the desire for black empowerment rages on, with the opposition ZANU PF sticking out its nose, there exists lingering political doubts over the broader motives...
made popular Apr 16 2010
Having already seized his farm and much of his personal property, Digby Nesbitt has now been forced to sell his crocodiles for next to nothing.
Is there nothing that...
made popular Mar 25 2010
There are many schools of thought when it comes to land reform – or, as it is known in Zimbabwe, ‘land grab’. Generally speaking, people are split into two...
made popular Mar 16 2010
As I have intimated many times, Mugabe’s longevity in power is largely based upon the violence that he is able to mete out against his real and perceived...
made popular Mar 5 2010
Mugabe has somehow held onto the top job in Zimbabwe for almost thirty years and in that times, we have seen, time and time again, his habit of standing on the wrong...
made popular Feb 28 2010
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, with the assistance and support of the United Kingdom and the United States of America was able to become the Zimbabwean leader on April 18,...
made popular Feb 11 2010
The land grab in Zimbabwe, which has been going on for ten years now, is a sore point - not only for the white commercial farmers directly affected, but for the...
made popular Feb 5 2010
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Mugabe always seems to have an alternative plan when facing trouble on the political front. He will play the land question out very publicly, and insists on selling the...
made popular Jan 30 2010
I am simply disgusted the way Ms Banerjee is playing with the future of Bengal for the satisfaction of her ego. Heavens will not fall if the displaced families are...
made popular Dec 15 2009
Mugabe has ruled (?) Zimbabwe for almost thirty years and he considers himself the ‘elder statesman’ of Africa. He believes that he is untouchable and should be...
made popular Nov 4 2009
Simple question. Simple answer. NO!
Today there was an article in the press which reported that the country’s high court might issue a warrant of arrest for security...
made popular Oct 26 2009
When I read this article last evening, I was saddened at the blinkered logic that pervades the ZANU PF party.
“In 2000, Robert Mugabe’s regime removed roughly...
made popular Oct 5 2009
So says the Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate, Roy Bennett. And I tend to agree with him.
Mugabe’s power base is built upon greed and avarice. (I gave the...
made popular Oct 1 2009
Week In Review In Occupied Palestine:
I know Israelis are giddy over the submissiveness of their collaborates in occupied Ramallah, but they really should be smarter....
made popular Sep 25 2009
It is over nine years since the chaotic land reform started in Zimbabwe. Nine years of Mugabe making public claims that the land grab was a natural progression of the...
made popular Sep 14 2009
Villagers march more than 300 kilometers from northwest Cambodia to ask the prime minister to save their homes from developers. Some 400 families in the country’s...
made popular Sep 11 2009
Chickens Come Home to Roost! Can we call it poetic justice? Having fought tooth and nail at Singur and having blocked land acquisition bill, now Ms Banerjee has to take...
made popular Aug 17 2009
There are days that Mugabe’s party do little else but make fools of themselves. But because they have wrapped themselves in legal protection and then laced the courts...
made popular Aug 5 2009
For almost 30 years we have read about – and experienced - Mugabe’s lies and double standards. He will spin whoever will listen a line and expects that once he has...
made popular Jul 10 2009
The land grab began in 2000 after the Zimbabwean people voted NO in a referendum to accept a new constitution. Mugabe was angry to the point of being almost...
made popular Jul 8 2009
The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size...
made popular Jul 4 2009
The courts in Zimbabwe fined a former farmer US$800 for “remaining on State land illegally” have now ordered the eviction of the farmer and his wife from a small...
made popular Jun 5 2009
I have been reading Peter Godwin’s “When A Crocodile Eats The Sun” and found a particular part in it that is not only relevant to the situation on the ground in...
made popular Apr 13 2009
I looked closely at Mugabe’s ‘hand of friendship’ speech this week, and realised that it is just the same old rubbish regurgitated with a few tweaks to make it...
made popular Feb 16 2009
We have had Mugabe at the helm of Zimbabwean politics for almost 29 years – and even before then as the illustrious ‘freedom fighter’ leader. And he has done...
made popular Feb 2 2009
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