There will be very little to celebrate this Christmas in Zimbabwe if you’re not a Christian. There is very little food - my trousers are all hanging on me as I have lost so much weight in recent months. There is very little sign of any progress politically and the economic and humanitarian crisis just [...]
The actual events of this past week are still shrouded in secrecy. The negotiation teams are sworn to silence and the press has had to subsist on rumor and the odd leaks, none of which are that accurate. If you are watching the media as we are - skimming the daily press from across the [...]
I know little of the thought process that drives Zanu PF but someone needs to tell them for their own sake that they are now taking things too far. First they loose an election, then, once they had persuaded regional leaders to let them have another go, they run a campaign and is so distorted [...]
I had two disturbing experiences this week. I visited the Head Office of the Ministry of Education and then went to the Government Pensions office. I was asking after the pension of a friend who had been retired for two years and had not received his pension.
The Ministry of Education was a shock - there [...]
Nothing could illustrate the failure of African leadership more clearly than the farce that took place in Harare this weekend. Following the debacle last week when Morgan Tsvangirai refused to travel on an emergency travel document restricted to Swaziland, the SADC organ on politics and security convened in Harare this Monday. It was attended by [...]
If this were a John Wayne movie we would be about to see the good guy walk down the main street against the bad guys who were going to confront him and to try to ambush him from the side streets and buildings. Morgan has agreed to attend the SADC summit on Monday and the [...]
In March 2006 the MDC held its Congress in Harare and 22 500 delegates and guests spent two days working out what to do to get the process of change back on track in Zimbabwe.
I have been in Harare for a few days and therefore been away from my desk. However just back in paradise and thought I should pen a short note to you all to bring you up to date with all that is going on in our Capital City. I expect this will be public knowledge [...]
It all started with that minor speech in 2004. My belief in Obama is not just based on his oratory it’s also based on his record as a Senator, a husband and a father. Of course I support him because he has African roots but also because he embodies everything that the American dream stands for.
I watched Mugabe last night at the SADC Summit in Johannesburg as he listened to the Zambian Foreign Minister lambaste him for his disregard for any sort of democratic principles in his effort to hold onto power. Mugabe had his eyes nearly closed, the camera was focused right up close and you could see his [...]
