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Is Tsvangirai an anti-gay bigot like Mugabe?
The BBC recently reported that Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s prime minister and head of the opposition MDC, had declared support for Robert Mugabe’s refusal to protect gay rights in Zimbabwe’s new constitution. If his comments are accurate, they represent yet another … Continue reading
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Zim: blood diamonds and spineless Morgan
Earlier this month it was announced that Mugabe’s Kimberley Process cronies have decided to give him until June to withdraw the soldiers in the Marange diamond fields. The army runs smuggling operations and use forced labour in mines whose profits … Continue reading
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Zimbabwe heading towards a Rwandan genocide
Once upon a time there was an African country that after several years of instability seemed to be moving shakily towards reform and democracy. Its ageing despotic president had signed a power-sharing deal with the opposition that created a unity … Continue reading
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Zim unity government: Thabo’s toxic legacy
Part of Thabo Mbeki’s toxic legacy could well prove to be the disastrous unity deal he engineered between Zanu-PF and the MDC in Zimbabwe. Democracy has been defeated in Zimbabwe, and this largely due to Mbeki’s willingness to legitimise Mugabe’s … 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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Zim post-election brutality — the proof is in the pictures…
Today I got an email which comprehensively documents the Zimbabwe government’s “Operation Mavoterapapi” – a crackdown of retribution and repression on perceived opposition to the fascist Zanu PF regime. Below is the email reproduced in full. Some pictures are not … Continue reading
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Make newspaper text bigger… or else!
His excellency the President of Zim’s sight has got so bad that he can no longer read newspapers. In an article on NewZimbabwe.com it is revealed that Mugabe has demanded that the font-size of state-owned papers be increased. As if … Continue reading
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