"We needed it [this fund] back in 2002," said Gugulethu Moyo, new director of the Media Legal Defence Initiative, referring to the Mugabe government's suppression of the Daily News eight years back.
The company owning the paper still sat with...
This whole world, especially the African continent, is fast running out of leadership material.
When you look around, it is very easy to see successful men and women who have "made it" in politics or business, whatever that means.
In fact, the ...
Old Mutual says its investments are dictated by profit and not political considerations.
The insurance giant was reacting to a call to shed its investment in the Zimbabwean company that prints the Mugabe government's propaganda mouthpiece, The He...
I honestly don't think I can stomach another indignant person imploring "the West" to "do something about Zimbabwe". This gem is usually delivered on the back of some hack thesis about the hypocritical invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq to free them f...
By Sarah Logan
It was with disbelief that I read Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's recent demands for an apology from the EU for the sanctions placed on him and his inner circle since Zimbabwe's disputed 2002 presidential elections. The thought...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's inane giggle (testified to by those who have seen him up close and nervous) came straight to mind when I read the Presbyterian-sounding judgement of Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Justice Secretary. The ruling paved the way for...
Had it not been for the 13-or-so million lives involved, one could almost feel sorry for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. It seems the old man has had it with foreign donors only getting off their wallets for NGOs active in his country, rather tha...
Pursuant to a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe the Democratic Alliance gave a media briefing at Parliament confirming that they were of the view that there is no doubt about it but that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is preparing for war.
In t...
The funniest thing I have read in a long time is the article about the "diesel conjurer" who was convicted of fraud for fooling Bob Mugabe's government into thinking she could tap diesel from a rock.
What makes it so funny is the fact that a con ...
If regard is had to the approach being taken by US President Barack Obama in respect of dictatorships in general and the ongoing crisis in Iran in particular, then the decision to persist with sanctions against Zimbabwe is not only unfair, it's cruel...
