Mugabe is selling off the nation's treasures for a song to buy his stay in power. The Chinese and Indians know the tyrant is desperate for money to finance his dubious ZimAsset plan.
Recalling the 9 MPs on the Tendai Biti faction will meaning the country holding by-elections in the nine constituencies; that will presents Mugabe with a big headache for a number of reasons:
It is rutting seasons in the wildebeest MDC camp, sex is in the air and the bulls are reeking of their own urine saturated with pheromones. They are bellowing and snorting with malice, aggression and intent; they are itching for a fight. There is going to be a fight; horns will lock, tufts of fur will fly and blood will flow.
Zimbabwe’s economic melt-down is here and even the normally secretive Zanu PF government is openly acknowledging it and the extremes people are now going through to escape the economic hardships it has brought.
One of the tragic results of three decades of this Zanu PF brainwashing is that it has lowered people's ability to think logically. Zimbabweans have become masters of rhetorical nonsense; yes, even Supreme Court Judges too are at it.
Gabriel Manyati examines Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 through the lens of political science, arguing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest reforms are less about governance than the enduring logic of political survival.
On the 18th anniversary of Zimbabwe's disputed 27 June 2008 presidential run-off, Luke Tamborinyoka recounts his imprisonment, remembers victims of political violence and argues that CAB3 represents a new chapter in what he describes as state-sponsored attacks on democracy.
Self-imposed opposition leader in Parliament Sengezo Tshabangu has called for Zimbabwe to abolish by-elections between general elections, arguing that political parties should simply nominate replacements, as the Senate approved Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3).
South Africa has ordered police to act decisively against threats, violence and hate speech linked to planned anti-immigration protests on June 30, warning that anyone inciting attacks on foreign nationals will face criminal prosecution.
