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Mugabe’s cronies: the new colonialists
According to an investigation conducted by ZimOnline, 40% of commercial farmland seized as part of Robert Mugabe’s so-called “land reform” programme is in the possession of the Zanu PF elite — a group of approximately 2200 people. This is a … Continue reading
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Zuma – Mugabe’s messenger
According to the Financial Times, President Zuma will ask the UK to drop its targeted sanctions against key figures in Robert Mugabe’s kleptocracy. EU and US sanctions have been a serious inconvenience to the opulent, tax-funded lifestyles of the Zanu … Continue reading
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“The Zimbabwean” hits home with worthless wallpaper
An outdoor campaign for The Zimbabwean, a free newspaper for the Zimbabwean diaspora, makes a devastating (and need we say remarkably cost-effective) critique on the economic destruction Mugabe has wrought on Zimbabwe. This is a fantastic, fresh-thinking ad. In these … Continue reading
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Why Africa’s leaders can’t solve Zimbabwe crisis
Robert Mugabe, the embattled Zimabwean despot, has no intention of relinquishing power. He’s even said as much. And this is merely confirmed by the ongoing abduction, incarceration and torture of opposition activists and a bloody-minded refusal to share key ministries … Continue reading
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Mugabe’s murders: the Zim starvation crisis
Solidarity Peace Trust has released a video entitled Death of a Nation which investigates the widespread starvation in Zimbabwe. People are dying from lack of food. There is simply no maize — certainly none that the vast majority of people … Continue reading
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Mbeki’s Zim negotiations were self-serving
This piece was written (and published on Thought Leader) before the announcement that a deal had been brokered between Zanu PF and the MDC. What remains to be seen, however, is whether or not this will truly result in Zimbabwean’s … Continue reading
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Mugabe’s friends: China, Russia (and SA)
“Smart” sanctions targeting Mugabe and 13 of his fascist associates have been vetoed by China and Russia in the Security Council. True to its pro-Zanu inclinations, the South African government also voted against the measure (as did Vietnam and Libya … Continue reading
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UK to kick desperate Zim asylum-seekers out
The UK’s Home Office is forcing thousands of Zimbabwean asylum seekers home according to this article in the Mail & Guardian. This stinks of hypocrisy — and doesn’t make sense in the light of the UK’s foreign policy which clearly … Continue reading
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Morgan pulls out
MDC presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of Friday’s election, citing the wave of violence and intimidation of opposition supporters at the hands of Zanu PF-affiliated thugs. It’s disappointing, in one respect, but wholly understandable – especially considering that … Continue reading
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The Zanu-PF Fan Club (also known as the ANC)
Robert Mugabe is one lucky dictator, being in the enviable position of having outsourced his foreign diplomacy efforts to the South African government. By preventing a discussion in the United Nations Security Council on Zimbabwe’s political situation, South Africa is … Continue reading
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