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By Darlington Nyambiya As Zimbabwe’s Opposition leaders gradually find each other on the roadmap to form a Grand Coalition and plot the country’s economic revival; it is important to note that under Zanu PF long ruinous rule, the economy of Zimbabwe shrank significantly after 2000. In fact between 2000 and 2007, the national economy contracted […]
By Bishop Dave Chikosi “In the end what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given? My life” – Lee Kuan Yew The difference between the dictatorship of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) of Singapore and that of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) of Zimbabwe is worthy of careful study. Whereas Singapore […]
By Bishop Dave Chikosi In the end what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given? My life – Lee Kuan Yew I have been to Singapore, a favorite destination for Zimbabwe’s First Family. But not for a medical visit or a shopping spree. I went there in the 1980’s for aviation studies. […]
The man who created Singapore died a few days ago. I watched his son, now Prime Minister himself, give the eulogy at his father’s funeral, it was a brilliant speech, almost a sermon and deeply moving.
This week the world joined the people of Singapore to mourn the passing of their beloved leader, Lee Kuan Yew. US President Barack Obama aptly described him as “a true giant of history” while UK Prime Minister David Cameron fittingly acknowledged that he was “one of the greatest success stories” of our time.