Archive for Category: "Opinion"
Options for non-violent reform in Zimbabwe
When Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister in a loose coalition with Mugabe, there was hope that his presence could influence reform in the country. This government is only a few months old but it has become clearer that ZANU PF is not willing to give up its autocratic hold on power writes Freeman Chari.
SW Radio Africa a tin-can version of Twitter
Journalist Ezra Sibanda sits in London with lists of Zimbabwean cellphone numbers. These are his notes for his radio show which he broadcasts to Zimbabwe via short wave (and the internet). From London’s East End he draws a massive rural listenership.
Confronting evil amid talk of early election
While it is not clear as to when exactly the next election will be held, what is certain is that ZANU PF has already revamped its patronage and violence machinery, the only tool in their box, which is an embodiment of the party’s traditional preparation for elections writes Moses Chamboko.
Mugabe’s lifeline as Prez depends on GPA: Paper
A fit-looking Mugabe returned home on Sunday and immediately trashed the Global Political Agreement which gave birth to the inclusive government. What he did not tell us, is that his powers to dissolve Parliament and therefore his legitimacy depend solely on GPA, which he is trying to rubbish.
Mugabe’s largest voter base, the graveyard
I have often questioned just why Mugabe had his minions spirit away the ballot boxes of the first Presidential election in 2008. Perhaps this article provides some sort of answer to that question writes Robb WJ Ellis.
Wikileaks probe could haunt the hunters
“Kutsvaga n’anga neinobata mai.” These words, bequeathed to posterity by the ancestors, contain a dose of wisdom that Zimbabwe’s political establishment might do well to take heed of writes political analyst Dr Alex T. Magaisa.
The tribal cat is out of the bag: Mushonga
The cat is out of the bag. The MDC congress held last weekend has delivered for the tribal supremacists and the anti-democrats the result they dreaded most and as expected, they have come out guns blazing writes Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga.
The uprising in Tunisia & Lessons for Zimbabwe
The spontaneous revolution of Tunisian people has forever changed the Arab world; it has shown that grassroots revolution can happen everywhere. What happened in Tunisia stunned and embarrassed Arab and Western countries alike writes Zvi Mazel.




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