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Kyle Bristow - 8/29/2008
The West has a notoriously bad habit of betraying countries which defend freedom. During President Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency, he sentenced the people of Eastern Europe to communist rule following World War II when he connived with “Uncle Joe” Stalin at the Yalta Conference. When Serbia—an ally of the United States in both World War I and World War II—sought to expel the Islamic invaders who settled in its territory of Kosovo, the United States and NATO launched a military operation to defend the Islamists from the native inhabitants of the Balkans. When Kosovo eventually seceded, the ... The Real Trouble with Zimbabwe
Franklyne Ogbunwezeh - 7/1/2008
"Fiat Justitia! Ruat caelum." This adage of ancient provenance is a heart-rending plea for justice to pour like the rain! It supplicated justice to deluge our world like the Noachian deluge of old did in the fertile minds of the ancient Jewish Yawhist-tradition writers; even if the pillars of heaven are to collapse in the process. And time has proven over and over again, that Truth is the grand essential for justice. Without truth, justice is eviscerated of meaning and significance. This piece is the contribution of our feeble voice to course of truth and justice. This is an inscription in t... Zimbabwe For Unity Government?
Abdul Ruff - 5/2/2008
Latest indications reveal that Zimbabwe is heading for a unity government. After a long wait in obtaining the final victors in the polls, it seems, some mediators in Zimbabwe are negotiating for a unity government by the national parties, both ruling and opposition. The national elections in Zimbabwe were held on 29 March - a month ago and the final results of parliamentary and presidential polls have still not been published.The continued bitter war for power by major parties in this African state has forced a few statesmen to push for a Unity Government and help usher in a sort of peaceful atmosphere in the country. Zimbabwe towards Unity Government?
Abdul Ruff - 5/2/2008
The national elections in Zimbabwe were held on 29 March - a month ago. The final results of parliamentary and presidential polls have still not been published - more than four weeks after the elections. Latest indications reveal that Zimbabwe is heading for a unity government. After a long wait in obtaining the final victors in the polls, it seems, some mediators in Zimbabwe are negotiating for a unity government by the national parties, both ruling and opposition. The continued bitter war for power by major parties in this African state has forced a few statesmen to push for a Unity Government and help usher in a sort of peaceful atmosphere in the country. Power Struggle in Zimbabwe
Abdul Ruff - 4/7/2008
Zimbabwe that went to poll on March 29 to elect a president, a new parliament and local councils has been reeling under a sort of crisis owing to the inordinate delay in announcing all results, especially the fate of Presidential race is kept a top secret by the election commission, giving rise to suspicion and a sense of betrayal by the opposition party and the electorate at large. Local results have been posted outside most polling stations since morning of March 30. However, there was little expectation that the outcome of the presidential contest will be declared at all. Massive win for MDC; Mugabe trying to steal election
Guy White - 4/1/2008
The election victory for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe is massive according to those who report from the ground. Victories in Matabeleland and other regions that are favorable to Morgan Tsvangirai show some precincts leaning for MDC by margins between 10:1 and 30:1. Even in Robert Mugabe-favored areas, Tsvangirai looks to have scored some very impressive wins. My Meeting With President Mugabe of Zimbabwe
Robb Ellis - 11/7/2007
Heavy gold tunic, long trousers, long sleeved jacket, green shirts with a blue tie, dress shoes and a regimental leather belt, all crowned with a standard ZRP Police cap – all presented in pristine condition, of course - because none other than Robert Mugabe was gracing us with his presence. I had grown a bok baard - a goatie beard - and now was having to get rid of it again. Mind you, I come from a very hirsute family and knew that it wouldn’t take long to grow another one. (Nowadays, I sport a full beard, and if, for one reason or another, I need to take it off, I know I can grow a full beard in seven days!) Zimbabwe: Things Will Get Even Worse After Mugabe
Jan Lamprecht - 9/16/2007
Almost everyone says that when President Robert Mugabe dies, all the problems will go away and Zimbabwe will be restored to its former "glory". Indeed, many are waiting for him to step down or die, thinking that this will be the end of Zimbabwe's problems. I think everyone is wrong. I am convinced that horror that awaits Zimbabwe after Mugabe dies. Rhodesia: The Country That Used To Be
Mencius Moldbug - 8/17/2007
What is history? History is just a bunch of stuff that happened. Mostly to people now dead. We owe these people nothing. They're dead, after all. Sometimes we have some scraps of paper they scribbled on. Sometimes we don't.
I was reading Tacitus' Annals the other week (not for any good reason; I was just somewhere where there was a copy of Tacitus) and I was rather looking forward to the story of Caligula. (Who Tacitus quite confusingly calls "Caius Caesar" - as if there was some shortage of Romans by this name.) Suddenly, though, there was... Will inflation trigger the regime change in Zimbabwe?
Bhuwan Thapaliya - 8/12/2007
In 1968, Germany ’s economics minister, Karl Schiller, announced that “inflation is dead, as dead as a rusty nail”. In America , Lester Thurow, a professor of economics, declared in his book that inflation is “an extinct volcano”, dangerous because some foolish central bankers refuses to see that it has vanished. Both of them stated that inflation is dead and buried. But bring them to Zimbabwe and they may perhaps immediately reverse their statements. Report: Take Mugabe to Hague
Lawrence Ndlovu - 5/27/2007
HARARE, ZIMBABWE. President Robert Mugabe should be headed for The Hague to answer charges of crimes against humanity following the widely condemned clean up operation in 2005, a report has said. In May 2005, Zimbabwe embarked on a so-called clean up exercise, "Operation Murambatsvina" that led to the demotion of "illegal" structures leaving over 700 000 people homeless. A comprehensive report released Wednesday by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) urges the United Nations Security Council to refer Zimbabwe’s mass evictions to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Another Hungry Year For Zimbabwe
Lawrence Ndlovu - 5/22/2007
HARARE- Zimbabwe should brace for bread shortage during the course of the year as the country has put only a tenth of the projected hectarage under wheat crop ahead of the 31 May deadline highlighting the chaos in the agricultural sector. Shadreck Mlambo, permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture told a portfolio committee on Land and Agriculture that a paltry 8000 hectares had been put under crop against a target of 76 000 as the planting season comes to an end on Thursday next week (31 May). Mugabenomics: Unprecedented Collapse and 3,700% Inflation
Lawrence Ndlovu - 5/19/2007
Zimbabwe's annual inflation continued breaking new ground rising to 3,713.9 percent in April signaling that the country’s economic woes are far from over. Figures released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) Thursday showed that surged a record 1 513.7 percentage points from 2 200.2 percent in March to 3 713.9 percent, the highest in the world, in a country where the majority lives below $1 a day. Zimbabwe Cancels Bank Licences
Lawrence Ndlovu - 5/18/2007
HARARE- The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday cancelled a commercial bank's licence to handle foreign currency transactions citing the insitution's failure to adhere to sound risk management practices. RBZ governor Gideon Gono said NMB Bank Limited 'will no longer be permitted to enter into and effect any new foreign currency transactions from 15 May 2007. African Union Probes Zimbabwe Human Rights Abuses
Lawrence Ndlovu - 5/17/2007
HARARE- THE African Union (AU), long accused of being a sitting duck with no powers to whip errant members last week took a bold step by agreeing to send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. The Pan African Parliament, established in 2004 by Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the AU, met in Johannesburg last week and overwhelmingly voted for a motion to send a mission to investigate allegations of human rights violations. The Pride of Rhodesia
Jan Lamprecht - 6/7/2006
Last night, my mother and I listened to instrumental music on a DVD. There were two tunes (not from Africa) that I remember often hearing when I was a child. And whenever I hear those tunes (which are almost never played on South African radio stations), it immediately just takes me back in time to when I was a kid growing up in Rhodesia. My mother remarked, as she has done many times, "Rhodesia will never die". She says the spirit of Rhodesians is just too strong. Defeat and being run out of the country never broke our spirit. We are now spread across the world and yet – thanks to Robert Muga... A Plan To Overthrow Mugabe
Jan Lamprecht - 9/26/2005
Currently, Zimbabwe’s leading opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has hit a brick wall. President Robert Mugabe fobs them off and is not interested in negotiating with them. For a long time now, Mugabe has had the upper hand. The MDC has no bargaining chips with which to negotiate. Mugabe probably thinks the MDC is not finished and, in any event, have no teeth. UN envoy Flattered Mugabe To Deceive Him
Benhilda Chanetsa - 7/26/2005
HARARE, ZIMBABWE. UN envoy, Anna Tibaijuka, visiting Zimbabwe from June 28 to July 8 2005 to assess the impact of the widely condemned slum clearance operation, appeared a willing tool in the Zimbabwean government’s unending quest to improve its vastly tattered image. She made all the right statements during sanitized government tours of affected areas and proposed new housing sites. The government’s rebuilding program following the demolitions was “commendable”, a sign of “seriousness and clear vision” she gushed. She was rewarded with a trip to the fabulous Victoria Falls. But she was only f... Poisoning of Mugabe's Opponents in Zimbabwe
Jan Lamprecht - 7/25/2005
Two years ago, when I was involved with Zimbabwean opposition members who had fled to South Africa, I had many interesting conversations with them. I was introduced to many different people, some of whom were particularly interesting. I was especially fascinated when I heard stories of poisoning. One will find that Communist defectors from Russia, for example, will talk of poisoning the opposition. Poisoning is something totalitarians of the Far Left have quite a liking for. It is a way of quietly getting rid of those causing trouble. Anyone who has lived in Zimbabwe will tell you that from th... My Meetings With Zimbabwean Opposition
Jan Lamprecht - 7/23/2005
South African President Thabo Mbeki once again hoodwinked Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai. South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the Foreign Minister has recently defended Mugabe and "Quiet Diplomacy" - which is a misnomer, since in reality it is Quiet Support for Mugabe. She says that nothing will change. They claim that "Loud Diplomacy failed as well". Absolutely! I've been saying all along that diplomacy is going to fail with Mugabe. The only thing that will work is violence. All he understands and respects is force. Right now, he thinks arrogantly that he has a monopoly on the use of force. ANC Supports Mugabe, Plays MDC For Fools
Jan Lamprecht - 7/22/2005
Is Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC a fool himself or is he just surrounded by fools as advisors? Or does a secret cabal of Robert Mugabe's infiltrators interfere with the decision-making of the Movement for Democratic Change? Mugabe Will Not Surrender Through Talks Or Economic Pressure
Jan Lamprecht - 7/20/2005
I have mentioned several times in the past, that whenever Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe does something that irritates the big nations of the world, stories are then planted in various newspapers around the world stating that he will be gone soon. The stories sometimes take the form of reports that his heart is failing, or he is going mad, etc. Or they will say he is old and will retire soon. Zimbabwe: Cry the Beloved Country!
Johann Wingard, Ph.D. - 7/18/2005
This copy of a tragic e-mail from Mrs. Beth McGregor sent to her children, was received via very close friends who live in Zimbabwe, fortunately a distance away from Harare, the capital city. Defeating Mugabe: MDC Must Become More Militant
Jan Lamprecht - 7/13/2005
Zimbabwe MP Roy Bennett, who punched another MP affiliated with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu(PF) Party and went to jail for it, recently said that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change "lacks aggression" in their fight against Mugabe. This is exactly what I have been saying for years. The MDC had many golden opportunities to achieve victory, but somehow they manage to squander it. Most importantly, the MDC think they can hold a few news conferences, organize a couple of strikes and Mugabe will be on his knees, begging them for their terms of surrender. What nonsense! The MDC needs to... Mugabe Forbids Food Growing In Backyards - Millions Starving
Jan Lamprecht - 6/23/2005
Just as Eddie Cross of the opposition MDC predicted a short while back, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has wiped out homes, and even bulldozed grocery stores - in mid-winter. Eddie Cross estimated two million Blacks will become homeless as a result of the dictator’s actions. The UN estimates that this campaign, which has taken only 1 month, has already resulted in 1.5 million Blacks losing their homes. As unbelievable as this may sound, at the time when Zimbabwe needs to import 1.2 million tons of food to support its population, Mugabe has banned people from growing food in their own yards i... Democratic People's Republic of Zimbabwe: The Cult of Mugabe
Bev Clark - 6/17/2005
Harare International Airport isn't overflowing with tourists. On the contrary its vast emptiness dramatically illustrates the decline in tourism in Zimbabwe. Of course it has a couple of peak times like the departure of Air Zimbabwe's flight to London taking yet another planeload of evacuees on the search for a better life. But what is in plentiful abundance in our airport, and our banking halls, schools and countless other offices in Zimbabwe are portraits of President Robert Mugabe. Recently I've been pondering the extent to which Zimbabweans have become psychologically entrapped by the cult of Mugabe. Overthrow of Mugabe: Opportunity Lost
Jan Lamprecht - 6/12/2005
It appears that my predictions from several months ago that Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is dying and is losing influence are coming true. At this point, one can pretty much write off Zimbabwe. Even though the conditions in Zimbabwe are absolutely perfect for a fantastic counter-revolution - there are no real leaders there and no men brave enough to fight, or clever enough to actually think up a workable strategy. Virtually all the Whites have left (and they had the main skills needed for the job if only the Blacks actually trusted them), and the Blacks have no fight in them... The Rising Military Opposition to Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Jan Lamprecht - 6/9/2005
Black opposition in Zimbabwe claims to be hunting for arms to fight the dictatorship of Robert Mugabe. It is easy for people to obtain weapons in Africa. Black Zimbabweans can even get them from people of neighboring states - especially Mozambique, and even in South Africa where millions of AK47's are floating around. If the Blacks in Zimbabwe could make a few small scale successful stands against Mugabe's military, you might see the flame of revolution sweeping across that country very quickly. A raging inferno may explode across that country in a matter of days and weeks. The secret to starting a revolution is to show the general population that resistance does stand a chance of success. Zimbabwe: One Step Too Stupid
Bev Clark - 6/5/2005
This morning I looked at my right front tire and just like it, I felt rather deflated. Not wanting to chance the trip to work I decided to get down to our friendly under the tree tire and air entrepreneurs. They've been around for years and in times of need they've always come through for me. Unfortunately this morning the patch of free land that they occupy near Rhodesville Shopping Centre was empty. These guys have been chased away, just like so many others, in one of Mugabe's latest acts of bizarre misgovernance. So I crossed the road to try my luck at the formal, supposedly respectable, ga... Economic Collapse in Zimbabwe
Jan Lamprecht - 5/21/2005
I must admit that I am pleased to see that Robert Mugabe's Socialist experiment in Zimbabwe is causing chaos. Yet, so many brain-dead people, both inside Africa and outside of it, attacked people like myself, and the many others, who said in 2000 that his Marxist/Racist/anti-White madness would result in incredible suffering and chaos for everyone. Robert Mugabe - Africa's Saddam Hussein
Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. - 4/7/2005
The Western press casts him in the role of an African Saddam Hussein. Neighboring leaders supported his policies, but then succumbed to diplomacy and world opinion and, with a few notable exceptions, shunned him. The opposition and its mouthpieces accuse him - justly - of brutal disregard for human, civil, and political rights and of undermining the rule of law. All he wants, insists Comrade - his official party title - Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is to right an ancient wrong by returning land, expropriated by white settlers, to its rightful black owners. |
