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Not only has SADC not reacted to the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the authority of the SADC tribunal, but the just finished SADC conference in the DRC managed to sidestep the Zimbabwean crisis as it was feared that the problem might overshadow Joseph...
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Although Zimbabwe’s internal political situation has improved marginally, the millions of Zimbabweans who have fled the country’s economic collapse continue to...
made popular Nov 28 2009
Robert Gabriel Mugabe is a man of extremes. His reactions are very seldom ‘middle of the road’ – no, he prefers the sublime or the ridiculous. Nothing in...
made popular Nov 27 2009
I note the basic stalemate within the ‘power-sharing’ government in Harare, and the lack of any progress. South African President Jacob Zuma was supposed to...
made popular Nov 26 2009
Last year we all had to go through the mediation by Thabo Mbeki of the Zimbabwean governmental crisis, and although the former South African President was able to have...
made popular Nov 25 2009
Mugabe has got his wires crossed (again) somewhere. Whilst he pleads with the free world to release buckets loads of money to enable the rebuilding of Zimbabwe, he also...
made popular Nov 24 2009
The Southern African Development Conference (SADC) set a 15 days deadline for Mugabe.s ZANU PF, Tsvangirai’s MDC-T and Mutambara’s MDC-M to begin negotiations to...
made popular Nov 23 2009
The tempo of events in Zimbabwe continue to gather pace – and all of it has a more serious nature than happenings of late.
Which begs the question: What is Robert...
made popular Nov 20 2009
Robert Mugabe once threatened that he would rule Zimbabwe ‘from beyond the grave’. Well, it looks like some of his supporters have started without him!
I am 46...
made popular Nov 19 2009
Just a few days ago, one of Mugabe’s senior ministers gave a rare interview to ABC.
When asked about sanctions, Mutasa boasted: “I am one of the targeted...
made popular Nov 18 2009
I have written about Zimbabwe for nearly five years now. I do not believe that anything I have to say is ground breaking or headline making. But I do have a considered...
made popular Nov 18 2009
If anyone were to use one word to describe the judicial system in Zimbabwe, we might hope for words like ‘fair’ and ‘just’ - perhaps even a word...
made popular Nov 17 2009
What is Mutasa smoking? It has addled his brain!
In a rare interview with ABC, Mutasa indicated that Tsvangirai should answer to Robert Mugabe and should be grateful...
made popular Nov 16 2009
In the free world, we manage to live quite easily from one day to the next. We also have a little bit of money that allows us to enjoy life a little more, whilst we...
made popular Nov 13 2009
Whenever the crisis in Zimbabwe looks to be in danger of collapsing the fragile unity government, the principals call on SADC - who invite them all to a...
made popular Nov 11 2009
While the majority of Zimbabweans the world over watching events play out in a criminal court in Harare, where MDC politician Roy Bennett is answering to charges that...
made popular Nov 10 2009
I have said many times, that for Mugabe to have succeeded as a world leader, he needed to change nothing once he had power in Zimbabwe.
He had the Europeans and the...
made popular Nov 9 2009
IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and...
made popular Nov 7 2009
According to the definition of Wikipedia, “a civil war is a war between factions of citizens of one country (such as in the English Civil War), or else a dispute...
made popular Nov 6 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
So the Southern African Development Conference (SADC) has decided to hold a summit in Maputu on Zimbabwe on Thursday>.
Aren’t we getting a little bit sick of...
made popular Nov 3 2009
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I spend much of each day, mired in information and articles about Zimbabwe, and this morning I was thinking about the many different battles that Mugabe has to...
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Leader of the smaller MDC faction, Arthur Mutambara, has described Robert Mugabe as a ‘hero’. In Zimbabwe, it is common for ZANU PF members to be declared nation...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Irene Khan, the human rights group’s secretary-general, was speaking in Harare after its first high-level visit to the country in a decade.
The fact that she has...
made popular Jun 19 2009
When the MDC split rather acrimoniously in 2005, the smaller faction parachuted in NASA professor Arthur Mutambara to lead them.
Mutambara was a rebel-rouser and...
made popular Jun 11 2009
The number of hungry people in southern Africa rose over the past year largely due to the crisis in Zimbabwe, despite a lower regional cereal deficit, the Southern...
made popular May 22 2009
Televised images of sad-eyed bony faced children with distended bellies are a clear sign that Zimbabwe with its rich black soil is no longer the bread basket of the...
made popular Dec 11 2008
A “diamond geezer” is a man who is thoughtful, caring and loving. The “diamond” refers to the perfection of the man’s character, whilst “geezer” is a...
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The U.N. Security Council will declare on Monday that a free and fair run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe would be impossible due to violence and restrictions on...
made popular Jun 24 2008
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