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Tsvangirai has lost his moral compass
THERE is something incongruous about how Zimbabwean journalists are reporting the debacle surrounding Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s marriage-that-allegedly-never-was. Whilst the state-controlled Herald has, predictably, gleefully reported on the ‘union’ and its attendant soap operatic saga, the independent media has bizarrely … Read more
Heroes: history has longer memory than Zanu PF thinks
IF THERE was any lingering doubt in the minds of the most ardent Zanu PF zealots that their party had utterly reduced the conferment of national hero status to a mere party spectacle, Didymus Mutasa will have conclusively cleared that. The … Read more
WikiLeaks: Tsvangirai’s waterloo
MORGAN Tsvangirai is one man who is certainly not amused by the daring exploits of WikiLeaks and its swashbuckling founder, Julian Assange. Cables from the American embassy in Harare portray him as a flawed leader in hock to western allies. … Read more
KP playing politics over Zimbabwe
THE opposition to Zimbabwe’s right to sell its diamonds is deeply troubling and must be exposed for what it really is without pussyfooting or beating about the bush. It is instructive to note that the opposition to approving Zimbabwe’s sale … Read more
‘Big Man’ politics and leadership succession in Zimbabwe
FOLLOWING the convoluted succession race in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party demands the patience of a seasoned marathon spectator. As any Zimbabwean journalist will know, there exists an enormous archive in the media spawned by ‘succession journalism’, dating … Read more
Dinner with Tsvangirai
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party is holding a banquet for him on Saturday evening. Zimbabwean groups and other interested parties have been invited to come and wine and dine with the Premier – at the not too modest price … Read more
The moment demands leadership
THE real tragedy in Zimbabwe’s political crisis is that both Zanu PF and the MDC lack viable options outside of a power sharing agreement signed last September. For the suffering majority, the stark humanitarian crisis has reduced politics to a … Read more
Mapping ‘Nkomo country’
LET me start by doffing my hat to Mduduzi Mathuthu, editor of New Zimbabwe.com for boldly dishing out some home truths about the centrality of ethnicity in the politics of our nation. Raising the often emotive subject of tribalism … Read more
