Opinion
on April 27, 2010 at 4:23 am ×
By Denford Magora Robert “The Solution” Mugabe is reportedly “livid but overjoyed” at Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC after the opposition party boycotted all events associated with the visiting Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Tsvangirai, who had been invited to the airport by Mugabe to meet the Iranian president, decided not [...]
Opinion
on April 24, 2010 at 8:54 am ×
By Denford Magora Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in Zimbabwe and already talking tough against America and the West (The Imperialists). The street poles in Harare are plastered with pictures of the Iranian President and those of Mugabe, with the flags of the two countries flying on all major roads, [...]
Opinion
on April 6, 2010 at 7:45 pm ×
By Denford Magora South African ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema, who has been in Zimbabwe visiting ZANU PF and Robert Mugabe says he will not stop singing the song “Kill The Boer”(Boer being a generic term for white people in South Africa). Malema was responding to reports from South [...]
News / Opinion
on January 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm ×
By Denford Magora Morgan Tsvangirai should not take it personally, I suppose. Mugabe will not let him chair Cabinet, despite the Prime Minister’s persistent requests. He has even made it an “outstanding issue.” Tsvangirai is, after all, Deputy Chair of Cabinet, according to the Global Political Disagreement. It turns out, [...]
Opinion
on December 24, 2009 at 11:16 am ×
By Denford Magora Robert “The Soltuion” Mugabe announced at a press conference yesterday that he has now finally signed the mandates that will allow MDC-Tsvangirai and MDC (Mutambara) ambassadors to take up their posts in the new year. You will recall that this blog was the first media in the [...]
Opinion
on December 22, 2009 at 12:44 am ×
By Denford Magora The Zimbabe Independent has in its possession the report compiled by a SADC Facilitation Team appointed by Jacob Zuma, the South African president, which confirms what I told you last week about Tsvangirai losing out heavily to Mugabe in the ongoing talks in Harare. (See my article “Tsvangirai [...]
Business
on December 13, 2009 at 11:08 pm ×
By Denford Magora The Zimbabwe government has ordered an immediate stop to the continued mining of diamonds at the Chiyadzwa Diamond Fields in Marange. The reason given is that an “environmental impact assessment study has not been carried out by the mining companies.” But the real reason, I am told, [...]
News
on December 11, 2009 at 11:05 pm ×
By Denford Magora Police in Harare are still looking for a public minibus (Kombi) crew that kidnapped a policeman on Thursday and beat him up as they drove off to an unknown destination. The incident happened in Harare, where the police have launched an operation called “Chenai” (Be Clean), in [...]
Opinion
on December 8, 2009 at 11:53 am ×
By Denford Magora The ZANU PF politburo met for more than six hours Monday and made some decisions that would be stunning for those who do not follow this blog. First, let me remind you that when I broke the story of Mugabe’s offer to Dumiso Dabengwa for the the [...]
Opinion
on December 6, 2009 at 6:16 pm ×
By Denford Magora Very authoritative sources now say Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has essentially capitulated on matters before the negotiating team in the ongoing talks in Harare. An announcement is likely to be made within a fortnight after a report from Jacob Zuma is presented to the Southern African sub-body [...]
Opinion
on December 5, 2009 at 7:32 pm ×
By Denford Magora The MDC-T “transport manager”, Pascal Gwezere is still languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after the State pulled every trick in the book to block his release on US$50 bail as ordered by the High Court. Yet there are policemen and soldiers being tried and sentenced for [...]
News / Opinion
on November 30, 2009 at 9:54 pm ×
By Denford Magora In a move seen and even acknowledged by many in ZANU PF as a diversion tactic, Robert “The Solution” Mugabe has now renewed pressure on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to fire Tendai Biti and has now started a campaign to “demonstrate that the Minister is working against [...]
Opinion
on November 6, 2009 at 9:07 pm ×
By Denford Magora Five warthogs (wild pigs) grounded a Chinese-made Air Zimbabwe plane at Harare International Airport yesterday, after the plane collided with them as it taxed down the runway for take off. The plane, an MA60, was damaged at the at the front and two passengers were injured in [...]
Opinion
on October 7, 2009 at 5:02 pm ×
By Denford Magora Robert “The Solution” Mugabe has admitted that his and Morgan Tsvangirai’s Inclusive Government is bloated. So bloated, in fact, that he says “I don’t know how many minister we have and thoughts they have on development.” Admitting to my assessment here yesterday that hi speech was largely [...]
Opinion
on October 6, 2009 at 2:09 pm ×
By Denford Magora After giving the legislature the run around since mid-September, saying he was too busy to officially open parliament, Robert “The Solution” Mugabe finally opened Parliament a few moments ago here in Harare. The Service Chiefs and Defence Forces commanders were out in full force, standing to Mugabe’s [...]
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