That Mugabe must now go is thus no longer a dismissible opposition slogan but a strategic necessity that desperately needs urgent legal and constitutional action by Mugabe himself well ahead of the presidential election scheduled for March 2008 in order to safeguard Zimbabwe’s national interest, security and sovereignty.
Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono lopped off 10 zeroes from the country’s bearer cheques yesterday in a desperate attempt to cure the symptoms rather than the root cause of the economic crisis.
In my last letter I said that progress was being achieved at the talks in South Africa. My main reason for saying so was that we had not walked out of the talks and this signalled that our core demands were being met. MDC promptly walked out of the talks the next day!
Because of the [...]
Mr Chairman
Invited guests
Ladies and gentlemen
I have been asked to address you on the subject: Zimbabwe’s Deepening Crisis. I have been particularly requested to make a specific reference to the question: Will the latest Cabinet reshuffle solve the Country’s Problem?
I shall start by dealing with the last part of the request.
Since September 2003, the MDC took [...]
ON the bright Tuesday morning of 8 March 1983, I flew to Bulawayo from Harare with Joseph Lelyveld of the New York Times. He wanted to see something of our work. Lelyveld, who would later become the same newspaper’s foreign editor and then editor in chief, was based in Johannesburg, where he wrote his book [...]
The Politburo of the ruling Zanu PF has declared that veteran nationalist Eddison Zvobgo, who died over the weekend be buried at the National Heroes Acre. President Robert Mugabe delivered a moving condolence message on Monday when he visited the late nationalist’s home in Harare to pay his last respects.
However, some relatives of the [...]
The following is a speech made by Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo at the funeral of ZIPRA commander Lookout Masuku, in Bulawayo on Saturday 12 April 1986 during the height of the Gukurahundi massacres. It is hard to believe how history is repeating itself 22 years later.
Those who rule our country know inside themselves that Lookout [...]
Fellow Zimbabweans and friends
We stand at the cusp of a new era in Zimbabwean history. One of freedom, prosperity and hope.
The Zanu-Pf regime is crumbling as the old man grows weary and the dogs fight over the bones.
Yet as the regime crumbles, so does our country. Our cash has run out, our food has run [...]
The embattled leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, Joshua Nkomo, has flown into London as his country appears to be teetering on the brink of civil war.
Mr Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) party, says he was forced to flee from Zimbabwe because his life was in danger. Troops from the Fifth Brigade [...]
