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The Herald Hacked 3 times(Update)

» Herald website now redirects to Sundaymail
» Government disrupts internet service for a while

» Hacker calls himself ‘r4b00f’

Hackers on Saturday replaced the Zimbabwe government paper The Herald with the headline “Gukurahundi” and pasted it all over the paper.The hacking was repeated on three counts,replacing all updated stories on the website.

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The website www.herald.co.zw remained down from Saturday, Sunday,Monday to Tuesday morning after a hacker calling himself r4b00f, probably angry over its blatant bias, broke in and changed the wording on the home page to “Gukurahundi.”

“Yes we have been hacked. We are still waiting for our service providers to give us feedback. But we should be up and running by tomorrow,” Herald IT Manager Thomson Ndovi told reporters on Monday.

“Gukurahundi”(Shona: “the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains”) was an ethnic cleansing operation started in October 1980 Robert Mugabe, then Prime Minister, signed an agreement with North Korean President Kim Il Sung to have the North Korean military train a brigade for the Zimbabwean army.

The Zimbabwe Fifth Brigade, led by Perence Shiri and Emmerson Mnangagwa, killed suspected members and supporters of the ZAPU in the Ndebele provinces of Matabeleland and the Midlands from 1982 to the late 1980s. Most reliable accounts believe that about 20 000 civilians were killed.

Most of the dead were shot in public executions, often after being forced to dig their own graves in front of family and fellow villagers. The largest number of dead in a single killing involved the deliberate shooting of 62 young men and women on the banks of the Cewale River, Lupane, on 5 March 1983. Another way 5 Brigade killed large groups of people was to burn them alive in huts. They did this in Tsholotsho and also in Lupane.

Those killed could be ex-ZIPRAs, ZAPU officials, or anybody chosen at random.When Prime Minister Robert Mugabe was directly asked the question if he knew what was going on in Matebeleland,he vehemently denied it, and called it antique western sabotage tactics.

Earlier this year hackers broke into the government website and was rendered offline for more than a week.

The Herald based in Harare is the Zimbabwe government’s mount piece and demonizes the opposition as puppets of the west on a daily basis.

Update: It appears all government papers were attacked the Bulawayo based The Chronicle and Mutare based The Manica Post we all offline for about 3 hours,they are now up.The Herald website was redirecting to Sundaymail for the whole day on Monday. Internet service has also been disrupted for a while.

Contact the writer of this story Tongai Gava at: harare@zimbabwemetro.com

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42 comments for “The Herald Hacked 3 times(Update)”

  1. heehehe inga!hack ZBC and radio next!

    Posted by Bokani | May 11, 2008, 2:01 pm
  2. You Zimbabweans are stupid ,you think who ever hacked the site loves Zimbabwe .Its all about divung us and to make us kill each other.ITS CALLED DEVIDE AND RULE

    Posted by DZIMBADZEMABWE | May 11, 2008, 3:00 pm
  3. WHAT DO YOU AIM TO ACHIEVE? ALL YOU HAVE DONE UP TO NOW IS DESTROY OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THROUGH DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND WHAT HAVE YOU….BUT MUCHAONA MOTO CHETE…WE ARE WATCHING AND LEARNING AND MIXING WITH THE ENERMY…ONE DAY MUCHADZOKA PA AIRPORT…MUCHATAMBIRWA NE RED CARPET TREATMENT!!!!

    KUSADZIDZA!!!!YOU DISCUSS TSVINA DZENYU PA INTERNET BUT WE KEEP IT INDOORS.WE RESPECT OUR PEOPLE..THERE IS NOTHING YOU ARE DOING THAT OTHERS CANT DO…BUT WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PUTTING THE COUNTRY DOWN AND CELEBRATING AROUND THE WORLD…HONDO YAKAHWINA PASINA INTERNET KANA MAMOBILE AND WHAT HAVE YOU…

    THE HERALD YOU ARE MESSING ABOUT IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE ZANU PF.IT IS THE ONLY PAPER WITH REAL LOCAL NEWS NEVER MIND THE POLITICS.ONLY PEOPLE NOT INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMY OF ZIMBABWE DO THIS DISGRACEFUL THING…

    WE WILL PREVAIL AGAINST ALL ODDS…CHIMURENGA ICHO.

    Posted by BOSSO | May 11, 2008, 4:52 pm
  4. BOSS IM WITH YOU.THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.THEY ARE IN THE COMFORTS OF FOREIGN GOVTS.WE DO IT QUEITLY ROVA MBIRA[BLACK MAMBA]

    Posted by DZIMBADZEMABWE | May 11, 2008, 5:59 pm
  5. BOSSO AND DZIMBADZEMABWE HAMUZIVI ZVAMUIR. HERALD IS matibili’s personal paper. This paper saves no national interests except dining with corrupt devils like these two mentioned green bombers. BOB is 84 years and almost dead, some will leave to regret. That will be the end of zanu-idiots

    Posted by tino | May 11, 2008, 6:43 pm
  6. We want to hear something positive from our country to some who lives abroad like us.We need to follow sports, entertainment,leading stories and so on.We therefore get puzzled by this move to block the Herald. Whats the reason? Is it that the Herald is telling things as they are?Some of us who are criticising MUGABE are now sympathetic to the state controlled press.If you are the kind of person whom we trust to lead the nation then i am afraid we will have to think again.

    Posted by ambassador percy | May 11, 2008, 7:45 pm
  7. hacked or unhacked there is no news anyway. In the first place who reads it- not even ZANU PF supporters.

    Gandanga

    Posted by gandanga | May 11, 2008, 10:55 pm
  8. relatives friends, comrades toita sei nehama dzedu dzirikurihwa what action should we take just imagine people are being asked to roll themselves in sewages i saw it live and now they are delaying to announce election dates Zimbabweans needs peace uyu oyo hweumhondi uyu! lets keep on praying to God we need a leader who comes from above imi maborder gezi instead of going to school yu are being used to kill people think twice what do yu benefit from that?

    Posted by grace | May 11, 2008, 11:15 pm
  9. Obviously it wasn’t a Linux/Unix based server. They need to update the operating system I think.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 12:12 am
  10. MDC DEMAND THE WEST ARE INVITED TO OBSERVE THE ELECTIONS—-FINE.WE DEMAND THE WEST DROP THE SANCTIONS FIRST…THEN ITS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

    WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY MDC? WIN WIN SITUATION.

    MADOFO EVANHU…DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT SANCTIONS MEANS?

    Posted by SCARFACE | May 12, 2008, 1:40 am
  11. For sure if sanctions are in place, the field is not level.It is tilted in favour of MDC.That`s why Zanu pf is now resorting to violence and other forms of rigging.
    But without sanctions MDC cannot win even if Zanu pf stops violence.

    Posted by Ibu | May 12, 2008, 2:07 am
  12. Hi all…The link below will take you to the full text of the sanctions bill…Most of you won’t have read it in full. Surprisingly…it is trying to help Zims. Unless of course you’re not really open to arguments which disagree with your views

    Posted by Dave. | May 12, 2008, 2:29 am
  13. US,EU,UK Lift up sanctions for free and fare political play.
    Zanu Pf stop violence and all forms of rigging for free and fare political play.

    Dave,the Zimbabwe Sanctions And Economic Destruction Act will only bring back food onto the table which it has taken away until you sell your country to USA etc.This is through a Zanu Pf admission to the requirements in Section 4 etc or voting in an MDC Gvt which must not fall short of implementing what that law says.If for instant,MDC wins (not very likely) and rejects that law, the west will not rest in their quest for regime.
    At the end of that act, you can note that, the USA wants to establish an investment bank to deal with Southern Africa.This means that the USA interests in Southern Africa will increase raising the need for protection of these interest by an establishment of a military base in the same manner they do in Asia etc.What kind of domination is this?
    They say to colonise man - Control his money and his muscle power.

    Posted by Ibu | May 12, 2008, 4:15 am
  14. Ibu…Thats a reasonable comment. But the basis of the act was to force Zimbabwe to act in a fair manner in finance, the rule of law and electoral practices. I think the events since 2000 have justified the Bill. Yes it’s hurting ordinary Zimbabweans but its hurting the Government and RGM much more.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 5:00 am
  15. Ibu….Section 4 attached

    SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

    (a) FINDINGS- Congress makes the following findings:

    (1) Through economic mismanagement, undemocratic practices, and the costly deployment of troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Government of Zimbabwe has rendered itself ineligible to participate in International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Monetary Fund programs, which would otherwise be providing substantial resources to assist in the recovery and modernization of Zimbabwe’s economy. The people of Zimbabwe have thus been denied the economic and democratic benefits envisioned by the donors to such programs, including the United States.

    (2) In September 1999 the IMF suspended its support under a `Stand By Arrangement’, approved the previous month, for economic adjustment and reform in Zimbabwe.

    (3) In October 1999, the International Development Association (in this section referred to as the `IDA’) suspended all structural adjustment loans, credits, and guarantees to the Government of Zimbabwe.

    (4) In May 2000, the IDA suspended all other new lending to the Government of Zimbabwe.

    (5) In September 2000, the IDA suspended disbursement of funds for ongoing projects under previously-approved loans, credits, and guarantees to the Government of Zimbabwe.

    (b) SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY- Upon receipt by the appropriate congressional committees of a certification described in subsection (d), the following shall apply:

    (1) DEBT RELIEF AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE- The Secretary of the Treasury shall–

    (A) undertake a review of the feasibility of restructuring, rescheduling, or eliminating the sovereign debt of Zimbabwe held by any agency of the United States Government;

    (B) direct the United States executive director of each multilateral development bank to propose that the bank should undertake a review of the feasibility of restructuring, rescheduling, or eliminating the sovereign debt of Zimbabwe held by that bank; and

    (C) direct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to which the United States is a member to propose to undertake financial and technical support for Zimbabwe, especially support that is intended to promote Zimbabwe’s economic recovery and development, the stabilization of the Zimbabwean dollar, and the viability of Zimbabwe’s democratic institutions.

    (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SOUTHERN AFRICA FINANCE CENTER- The President should direct the establishment of a Southern Africa Finance Center located in Zimbabwe that will include regional offices of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Trade and Development Agency for the purpose of facilitating the development of commercial projects in Zimbabwe and the southern Africa region.

    (c) MULTILATERAL FINANCING RESTRICTION- Until the President makes the certification described in subsection (d), and except as may be required to meet basic human needs or for good governance, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to oppose and vote against–

    (1) any extension by the respective institution of any loan, credit, or guarantee to the Government of Zimbabwe; or

    (2) any cancellation or reduction of indebtedness owed by the Government of Zimbabwe to the United States or any international financial institution.

    (d) PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED- A certification under this subsection is a certification transmitted to the appropriate

    congressional committees of a determination made by the President that the following conditions are satisfied:

    (1) RESTORATION OF THE RULE OF LAW- The rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and association, and an end to the lawlessness, violence, and intimidation sponsored, condoned, or tolerated by the Government of Zimbabwe, the ruling party, and their supporters or entities.

    (2) ELECTION OR PRE-ELECTION CONDITIONS- Either of the following two conditions is satisfied:

    (A) PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION- Zimbabwe has held a presidential election that is widely accepted as free and fair by independent international monitors, and the president-elect is free to assume the duties of the office.

    (B) PRE-ELECTION CONDITIONS- In the event the certification is made before the presidential election takes place, the Government of Zimbabwe has sufficiently improved the pre-election environment to a degree consistent with accepted international standards for security and freedom of movement and association.

    (3) COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE, LEGAL, AND TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM- The Government of Zimbabwe has demonstrated a commitment to an equitable, legal, and transparent land reform program consistent with agreements reached at the International Donors’ Conference on Land Reform and Resettlement in Zimbabwe held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in September 1998.

    (4) FULFILLMENT OF AGREEMENT ENDING WAR IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO- The Government of Zimbabwe is making a good faith effort to fulfill the terms of the Lusaka, Zambia, agreement on ending the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    (5) MILITARY AND NATIONAL POLICE SUBORDINATE TO CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT- The Zimbabwean Armed Forces, the National Police of Zimbabwe, and other state security forces are responsible to and serve the elected civilian government.

    (e) WAIVER- The President may waive the provisions of subsection (b) or subsection (c), if the President determines that it is in the national interest of the United States to do so.

    SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, THE FREE PRESS AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA, AND THE RULE OF LAW.

    (a) IN GENERAL- The President is authorized to provide assistance under part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to–

    (1) support an independent and free press and electronic media in Zimbabwe;

    (2) support equitable, legal, and transparent mechanisms of land reform in Zimbabwe, including the payment of costs related to the acquisition of land and the resettlement of individuals, consistent with the International Donors’ Conference on Land Reform and Resettlement in Zimbabwe held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in September 1998, or any subsequent agreement relating thereto; and

    (3) for democracy and governance programs in Zimbabwe.

    (b) FUNDING- Of the funds made available to carry out part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2002–

    (1) not less than $20,000,000 is authorized to be available to provide the assistance described in subsection (a)(2); and

    (2) not less than $6,000,000 is authorized to be available to provide the assistance described in subsection (a)(3).

    (c) SUPERSEDES OTHER LAWS- The authority in this section supersedes any other provision of law.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 5:09 am
  16. Ibu…As you can see…the bill was introduced because Zimbabwe was getting huge loans and debt waivers and then spending it on a war in the DRC. The IMF is run by other governments but oversight devolves to the USA. The people of Zimbabwe would have still been getting this money and aid if RGM hadn’t decided that DRC’s war was his war. Your land reforms would have been supported and farmers resettled. The Police would have reponded to the rule of law instead of the patronage and graft now present.

    Sad..but true.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 5:47 am
  17. The major problem the world is suffering is that it is afraid of itself.
    Dave,for one thing if you commit an offence and get reported,they will bundle you up in no time.That is the law.
    But what is this kind of immunity which the world leaders are protected by?
    One is allowed to kill, to cause others to kill,maim,go to self-serving wars-trumpling under their strong feet weak innocent people.
    The Act we are talking about is a real scandal.That`s my thinking.
    Because I do not see any reason in making people suffer the same fate together with their enemy,if in any true case Mugabe is a real enemy.
    If USA has got the guts and pravado, then they should move through the UN to make meaningfull conventions or recommendations for the arrest of a Head Of State.
    USA is double headed.They try to stop Mugabe at the same time making an inroad to establish their authority in the Southern Africa.
    The earlier versions of this Act can show the real thinking of the Americans;to colonise.
    No one can despute the need for a change of our national leadership we really need that.But how can an election be free and fare when a country is under sanctions because a few individuals have eloped with power.
    NO TO SANCTIONS;NO TO VIOLENCE - Dave.
    Peter Tatchel is much better than USA,UK,EU.He came closer to arresting Mugabe.Why not these guys who want illegall superimposed sanctions do the same act and arrest him together with his cronies,with the masses of Zimbabwe enjoying their filled tables.
    I`m worried by this insidious involvement of the westin Zim issues which has left stinking hospitals,empty stores,grounded industries,hyperinflation,you name it.
    I want you to help me understand this - How can a man take all the money in a country and make it his own such that itsno longer promoting business in that country?
    So if Mugabe can do that,do we need sanctions which are destroying the national institutions?

    Posted by Ibu | May 12, 2008, 6:57 am
  18. Ibu…sorry for the delayed response, I had to pick up the children from school…

    The West wants nothing from Africa that isn’t paid for. ie Trade, Loans etc. Thats the real world.

    The East..China..wants to perpetuate the communist ideal. It works for them (just). I have travelled around the world and I can say that Zimbabweans are meek. They accept hardship. I’m immensely impressed. However. Your government which should have been ousted in 2002, has not been thinking of the ordinary citizens. They have been filling offshore Swiss bank accounts. Stealing Land and giving it to each other. Setting up businesses which have a monopoly. (Petrol, Electricity etc.)not to mention the slaughter of innocents
    during “Gukurahundi”. I am saddened and have been doing my bit via the NGO’s. But it’s now down to YOU and the ordinary person. This government of yours has built itself immense mansions while it’s citizens starve and die of curable diseases. I wish you well Ibu..God Bless.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 7:38 am
  19. Dave isn’t it the same everywhere? The same happens in europe and the states - politicians are all the same - they want to profit for themselves and not the people.

    The truth is, whenever the west decides to mess around with other peoples politics for their own idea of what is right little good comes from it. Mugabe is in power for this long because the west decided to back him no matter what the cost - when he started slaughtering people in the 80’s they ignored it as the ‘african’ way and chose to send him more money and aid to build these mansions which they knew about. He learned that he was answerable to no man and that is what has happened - if you crossed him you pay. This is what happened to the ndebele and this is what happened to the farmers. They backed the wrong people and now they pay. And now when he is totally out of control and it is hurting them - through investments lost etc… they want change.

    The truth is the west aids these dictators when it suits them and when it does not they cry bloody murder and try and change it again. It is hard to cause change when foreign powers are forever dabbling in africa as if they are being kind and loving but they are simply causing ruin and pain. Their aid goes towards arms and personal wealth. There are no good strings attached - like this is only for a school - but other agendas like you need to run your country like this or like that…

    If the west wants to help then stop sending money - help yes, but really it is time we learned the hard way. Truth be told your aid is really a burden that we are still having to pay off. The World Bank has enslaved us through funding these dictators even though they know what is happening with it. And for years now our profit goes to them and not to the places it needs to go.

    We have to learn and sometimes it is through great pain and suffering that new life is born with new ideals and a new people.

    Posted by White Man | May 12, 2008, 8:41 am
  20. I need your help guys… There is a large force of Vets destroying the grain, Maize and homes in Maramba and Uzumba areas.

    The people directing this are:

    Retired major Cairo Mhandu (who is also the M.P. for Mazowe North) has been very involved in the violence in Chiweshe, and so has the unopposed Zanu PF winner of Muzarabani South constituency - Esward Raradza.

    Phone numbers, mobile numbers addresses would be good !! for these persons.

    Thanks

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 9:26 am
  21. Sorry…mistake in the name of Radadza. It’s Edward Raradza. he’s a tobacco farmer and Vice president of the Zim farmers Union.

    Posted by Dave | May 12, 2008, 9:46 am
  22. MUGABE AND HIS RULING GOVERNMENT IS A DISGRACE! … MUGABE AND HIS CRONIES SHOULD BE TRIED IN FRONT OF AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF LAW (THE HAIG)FOR THE ATROCITIES HE HAS COMMITED TO FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS(AND I AM SURE HE WILL ) … JUST WAIT TILL MORGAN WINS … HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS! … THE MILLIONS MUGABE AND HIS ‘FRIENDS’ HAVE STOLEN SHOULD BE CONVISCATED AND RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE SO AS TO BUILD ROADS, SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS!…

    Posted by WHITE GUY AND PROUD! | May 12, 2008, 9:55 am
  23. WHITE GUY AND PROUD! You forget the fact that the white culture has chosen not to connect with the local black cultures…You may call for this but what most see is a white man calling for it and that is why there is so much violence right now.

    These thugs realise what is at stake and will not give it up - people still see Mugabe for what he did for independence and so there is a huge clash of ideologies here. Yes he is a dictator with a lot of blood on his hands but he is also a liberation war hero who helped bring ‘freedom’ to his people.

    The whites never saw him as that and have always held to the view that he was not their president. Now we cry for ‘our’ country but for how long did we say ‘ speak to your president? or government?”. Until it hurt us most were not interested to actually be part of Zimbabwe and wanted to stay as the when wes. There in is the problem. I want change and I want the new generation of people not driven by hatred to lead but until the country is unified as one this will not be so - it may be that God will use this torrid time to bring people to their knees and look to Him and not to themselves but what ever happens getting MDC in will not change a country that carries to much hurt and prejudice in it people. That will not be enough - what needs to change is in the hearts and minds of a people.

    Posted by White Man | May 12, 2008, 11:55 am
  24. i am 100% zanu pf-100% dynamos-100%black-100%african-100%zimbabwean

    we wii never be a colony again…never ever ever!!! Mdc pupperts muchaona moto sezvazviri..kuswero namata mabhunu-muchamama.

    Now my dynamos just scored a huge victory over the continental african champions of Tunisia and all you losers dont even show respect.DEMBARE is greater than morgan we all know that.

    any other country would be proud if their team had done so well.Liverpool beat AC milan 2005 and look at how happy it made the whole nation..

    But you losers just focus on the negative shit-mudakufa makatsamwa here? you need to have a balanced life….

    So you brought the herald down and in that process took away my right to access that news channel.This was a big moment in my teams footballing life…dembabre.So no coverage of the football and that moment will never come back…you bastards—-

    If you dont want to be influenced by any news media - just ignore it or avoid it.This could actually turn out to be a positive thing for the herald—all this free publicity..you dum asses.

    You let my team down and for that-there is a price to pay…keep looking over your shoulder!!!!!bitch

    Posted by huchi | May 12, 2008, 3:38 pm
  25. THATS THE WAY TO GO, INTERNET WAR. LETS FIGHT ZANU (PF) FROM ALL ANGLES

    Posted by lm | May 12, 2008, 11:04 pm
  26. IMAGINE ONE DAY -OF CAUSE IT WONT HAPPEN-BUT I WILL ALLOW YOU TO JUST IMAGINE IT HAPPENED…LIKE A WET DREAM-MDC ARE IN GOVT..DO YOU YOU THINK THEY CAN COPE WITH THE SABOTAGE BY ZANU PF MACHINERY-AND LOYAL FOLLOWING?

    YOU WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN-IF THE MPS DONT MAKE IT HARD FOR YOU THE SUPPORTERS WILL…YOU WILL NOT GOVERN FOR MORE THAN THRE MONTHS.

    ITS EASY TO BE IN OPPOSITION

    Posted by sniper | May 13, 2008, 5:25 am
  27. Thanks Dave,there was no network today.

    What I think guys about our Zim situation is for MDC to call for the relaxation of the sanctions as motivation to reach a negotiated peacefull settlement.There is no way Mugabe can stop violence toward MDC even after a run-off as he seeks to erradicate it.Mugabe is injured and afraid of these sanctions which he believe can hurt him even more when he is not protected by power.SEC 6
    Yes the USA,UK,EU could be showing their endeavours to assist us but this is the correct time to encourage dialogue by removing threats by these santions.

    Section 4(b)(2)of the Zim Demon Act shows how USA and it`s friends would ensure their power and authority manifestation in Southern Africa through Puppet Zimbabwe under a sell-out government.

    SEC 4(c)(1)and (2) shows how the USA and it`s friends are currently having total control over Zimbabwe monies.This is to ensure that no any other money shall flow into ZIM at the time they will be discouraging western direct investments in ZIM.Therefore discouraging ZIM to deal with any other willing nations successifully.
    Ensuring definate collapse of national institutions and blame that on Mugabe although it is Tsvangirayi and friends.

    SEC 4(d)(1)is all about the restoration of land to it`s original owners as of before 01/01/2000.This is what one of the earlier versions demand and it reflects the true thinking of the west regarding ZIM.
    This section also like some other sections is dictotarial.

    I think the above sections at must be removed paving way for the total repeal of this dangerous act.

    I call these sanctions WHITE COLAR VIOLENCE while Mugabe`s killings is BLACK COLAR VIOLENCE in the end there is no defference.

    Mugabe or Tsvangirayi: Mugabe better since he is in his finals than Tsvangirayi 56 year old start up westrn backed dictator.

    Posted by Ibu | May 13, 2008, 7:17 am
  28. Restoration of land to the rightful owners. Good to hear that. ZIM has over 12million people.What criteria are they using to ensure that all benefit? If we are all the owners then we must get a fair share of the farms or the government takes all the farms then use them effectively then give people food for free.Now what did they do gave all the farms to stupid War Vets and call that fair distribution. Leave to farms with the whites coz they will utilize them better than the stupid 20 year olds War Vets. To my knowledge true War Vets are around Mugabe’s age some just below.Where did these come from? Are they not members of Gukurahundi? Come on guys lets face the truth.We need proper develpment in ZIM not not what Mugabe and his children are doing.

    Posted by Time for change | May 13, 2008, 10:23 am
  29. war vets fought the war and they desreve part of the land-morgan was in hiding.lets not talk about that loser.

    HOPEFULLY THE RAINS WILL IMPROVE-THERE IS ALSO SO MUCH SABOTAGE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON TO EFFECT REGIME CHANGE THAT WE ARE NOT AT ALL SURE HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.

    THE MDC KNOW -STARTING WITH SANCTIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.EVEN THE HERALD HAS BEEN TARGETED.THE PROBLEM WAS WE DID NOT HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE INFILTRATION BY THE ENERMY BUT NOW WE DO.ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW YOUR ENERMY.

    WE NOW DO SO ITS TIME TO WORK

    Posted by ghost face | May 13, 2008, 2:09 pm
  30. I come to most zim forums looking for intelligent debates and articles-sometimes i do go overboard too but only because no one is coming up with credible measured articles or opinions.

    come forward talkzimbawe-they have repositioned from their previous rubbish.They are now doing the right thing for zimbabwe-sensible articles and debate.

    try this piece by nancy nyamhunga titled -when common sense finally prevails uk would have to engage zanu pf….thats at talkzimbabwe.com.

    Some debates on this site are good but the majority are one sided…if you have a different take on issues you are castigated.

    lets have credible debates-this internet war is not doing us favours just further misery and more hatred. you can smell the hatred…sometimes i respond and hit back but now i am reformed.

    no cyber war

    Posted by SNIPER | May 13, 2008, 2:38 pm
  31. NO TO MDC , NO TO TSVANGIRAI, NO TO SANCTIONS, NO TO FOREIGN OWNED OPPOSITION VIVA ZANU WITH OR WITHOUT MUGABE MDC MUCHAMAMA CHETE

    Posted by TSVANGIRAI JUNIOR | May 13, 2008, 3:57 pm
  32. Until you bunch of losers stop thinking in terms of color - and vote for the people who will get things done, zanu will continue to kill and destroy.
    Wake up Zim!

    Posted by bibi | May 13, 2008, 4:53 pm
  33. Good for you Sniper if you are reformed, thats what we all want. Constructive debate not personal attacks with no content !!

    Posted by Siqoqodo Amunyare | May 13, 2008, 10:21 pm
  34. LOOKING AT RECENT EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA-ATTACKS ON ZIMBABWEANS ETC-IS IT TRUE TO SAY ZIMBABWEANS ARE MUCH BETTER OFF AT HOME?

    EVEN TAKING THE CURRENT WAVE OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN ZIMBABWE IS IT TRUE TO SAY ITS STILL SAFER THAN IN SOUTH AFRICA?

    ONE POOR LADY WHO HAD BEEN RAPED BY THESE BLACK RACISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA DID SAY SHE WOULD BE BETTER OFF AT HOME AND SHE HAD ONLY COME TO LOOK FOR WORK.

    IS IT TRUE THAT MOST ZIMBABWEANS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE ECONOMIC MIGRANTS NOT PEOPLE FLEEING VILOLENCE?

    I HAVE MY OWN THEORY ON THE LATEST WAVE OF ATTACKS ON ZIMS IN SA- I THINK THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN MEETS THE EYE..COULD IT BE PEOPLE ARE BEING PRESSURED TO GO BACK HOME TO VOTE BY USING THESE EVIL METHODS?

    MORGAN WAS ROBBED AT LEAST ONCE IN SOUTH AFRICA-BUT HE SAYS HE IS SAFER THERE..YET HE HAS NEVER BEEN MUGGED IN ZIMBABWE?

    WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THESE NEW BLACK ON BLACK ATTACKS IN SA.IS IT MASKING A MUCH DEEPER PROBLEM IN SA -PEOPLE IN ABJECT POVERTY WITH NO HOUSING BLAMING HARD WORKING SETTLERS FOR THEIR POVERTY AND NOT THEIR GOVT.

    ZIMBABWEANS- NOT ALL OF THEM ARE DOING JOBS THAT THESE LAZY RACISTS DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYWAY..SO WHY BOTHER THEM? I USE THE TERM RACISM BECAUSE THATS HOW I SEE IT..XENOPHOBIA DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE…XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IS TOO SOFT A TERM TO USE. THIS IS RACISM PERIOD…BLACK ON BLACK STYLE.

    DO YOU THINK WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE OF A FAILURE TO SORT OUT OUR OWN PROBLEMS?

    THAT BRINGS US TO ONE OTHER PROBLEM-THE MORE EXTERNAL INTERVENTION WE SEEK THE DEEPER THE PROBLEMS GET…EVEN IF THEY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION NOW IN THE LONG TERM IT WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US.

    THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS A PEACEFUL ELECTION-ONE MAN ONE VOTE.NO INTERFERENCE FROM OUTSIDERS…WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT AS NEUTRAL AS THEY SHOULD BE.WE ZIMBABWEANS SHOULD DECIDE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR JOURNEY SINCE INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT BEING PRESSURED BY OUTSIDERS.

    BY NOW WE SHOULD KNOW WHICH PARTY HAS THE BEST POLICIES AND BEST ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLANS-HOW DO THEY INTEND TO CREATE JOBS ETC.DO WE KNOW -DO WE ASK THEM THESE QUESTIONS? WE DO NOT WANT TO GO FROM ONE DISASTER TO ANOTHER SO LETS PROBE THESE POLITICIANS DURING THE CAMPAIGNS…DONT LET THEM GET AWAY OR YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE IN THE END.

    Posted by SNIPER | May 14, 2008, 2:35 am
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  38. - One thing which i have noticed that is typical of our beloved party comrades is, in the absence of FACTS, we always resort to insults and denigration. We can never discuss facts and articulate out ideologies, because as you know we dont need facts and figures because they are a product of the west brought about to reverse the gains of our hard won independance!
    - I have resolved, that this Morgan Tsvangirai traitor is a really powerful man comrades, maybe more powerful than Cde RGM himself, he single handly incited the west to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, instructed the IMF and the World Bank to withhold balance of payments support, which in turn sent inflation soaring to 355 000% year on year in March, emptied all supermarkets of commodities, caused extensive power and water cuts, reduced agricultural production to nought and industrial capacity to near 10% and emptied the central banks coffers of all forex… All this could not be averted with the support of one of the world largest and fast growing economies. Dont know about you comrades, but i am tempted to vote for this man…
    - But not to worry, not even for that will i sell my birth right.. Because we all know that Zimbabwe will never be a colony again! The Herald still lives to weave another tail of deceit, lies and violence at the hand of those traitors. Cant you see comrades it makes so much sense that the opposition would be going out and unleashing violence on our beloved people, the little they have done is not enough and they feel the victory they won is not enough, but not to worry, on the June 27 we will show them, in the words our revolutionary leader Cde RGM, we don’t do rounds like boxing it will be a know out!

    Posted by ZANU PF | May 16, 2008, 3:59 am
  39. I love zanu pf - with all the evil leadership.I belong to zanu pf and i will die for zanu pf.I was born zanu pf and grew up zanu pf..i have enjoyed life under zanu pf as a memeber of zanu pf-i am zanu pf just like mugabe.If you say he is evil you are also attacking me because i am zanu pf…we will defend our nation as zanu pf and we will rule till the end of time as zanu pf.If you take him to the so called hague you have to take all of us because we are all zanu pf..we look out for each other..zanu pf is a peacful family franchise that will keep growing until all mdc have perished..soon mdc will be confined to the history books and zanu pf will be writing those books for our children need to be reminded at all times that evil will never leave our motherland because of our riches…

    zanu pf is a strong party that fights for the rights of all black people and accomodates others as long as they are peaceful.when you come to our land you must bowe down because we are a force greater than you in our homeland…mcgee and frazier take note.

    zanu pf will never be ruled by mdc..we would rather commit scuicide.I am speaking on behalf of zanu pf ..mdc will never ever rule zimbabwe.we will defend our country against oppression until we have no bones left-take my word.mdc has caused a lot of economic sabotage but we are still standing…we are prepared for the lond distance run of sanctions if they think we will give in one day-we dont live for food alone-we fought the rhodesians when all the shops were piled with food…so your promises of hand outs will not phase us.

    zanu pf has become the first African country to take land from whites and give it to landless blacks..some achievement even if we suffer for now.The day we get a good harvest we will rip the benefits…

    We have been operating under sanctions and very soon we will overcome them and find our own ways of increasing productivity without strings attached.That is real empowement…the enermy will fight tooth and nail to make sure it does not happen aided by judas tsvangirai-but as the raster man says we shall overcome…mark my words. we are in control and we are behind our courageous honourable R.G.M.The one who showed the whites that Africa is controlled by us and we will determine our own destiny.

    once zanu pf always zanu pf-now watch us clean the re-run and shock the diapora community.

    morgan has no game plan-kutengesa nyika nekuhura kubotswana -now ireland..you will never smell the sate house…you wont even be mdc leader for long.your backers are fed up of having to do everything for you…wasting their tax payers money on a useless brainless idiot.

    chinja maitiro ako morgan-zanu haitambe ichidaro..uchamhanya west east- south- north kushikira wati pamberi nezanu!!!!

    Posted by zuze | May 16, 2008, 5:45 am
  40. ZANU PF …you are smoking your socks! … you speak as though Zanu PF is the majority? … the majority of the zimbabwe people have already spoken and Morgan won the elections by a landslide … evan after Mugabe tried to ‘massage’ the results, Morgan won… so stop kidding yourself!!! … You are a minority … Mugabe and his thieving cronies WILL be tried in an international court even if they have to ‘fetch’ them from, Malasia ….

    I think Morgan will be a good leader, which will be good for the country and people … and a lot of help will be given from countries like the USA and UK … but I know that if Mugabe is still in power, no aid will be given …

    As for the farms … the day zimbabwe gets a good crop is the day that white farmers are in charge again … the farmers who are educated, and who understand what farming is all about … otherwise my brother, you will continue to eat grass and dust and die before you reach 40 years old…

    Posted by white and proud | May 16, 2008, 6:56 am
  41. A post read:

    “I love zanu pf - with all the evil leadership.I belong to zanu pf and i will die for zanu pf.I was born zanu pf and grew up zanu pf..i have enjoyed life under zanu pf as a memeber of zanu pf-i am zanu pf just like mugabe.If you say he is evil you are also attacking me because i am zanu pf”

    My comment:

    Good for you - I am sure you appreciate the benefits the country has achieved. Lets see - failed mass transit systems, insifficiently funded and poorly maintained hospitals, Police arresting whoever they like at the whim of ZANUPF, The economy in ruins, worthless money, disfunctional farms, no new economic activity - in fact the more the current situation continues, the less of Zim there will be to fight for.

    Mugabe has had his place in the country’s history and its time to move on - to move forward towards development and renewal, words foreign to the current leadership.

    If Mugabe is ZANU PF just like you, then he’s certainly creating a level playing field for all in Zimbabwe, there’ll be nothing left for anyone, we’re nearly there !

    Posted by Tom Waites | May 27, 2008, 5:05 am
  42. Where is‘r4b00f’?

    Posted by Kabdul | June 24, 2008, 5:46 pm

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