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Gay rights: Tsvangirai’s Nobel master stroke
IT was Professor Stephen Chan who not so very long ago wrote something to the effect that even though Morgan Tsvangirai is prone to gaffes, he is still capable of some strokes of ‘genius’. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than … Read more
After Mugabe: remember the thunder amongst the clouds
WHILE Libya’s National Transitional Council may have achieved its broader objective through the toppling and subsequent killing of Muammar Gaddafi, it however remains clear that the real crunch time lies ahead and other democratic movements which are vulnerable to being … Read more
Zimbabwe: battle lost in confused diagnosis of tragedy
PEOPLE often ask: what is the magic behind the loyalty of Robert Mugabe’s security services? At face value, this question makes sense for it surely must surprise anybody why they have stood foursquare behind Mugabe for this long, and at … Read more
Mugabe will live long after his death
THE events in North Africa where tyrants have either fallen or still risk being pushed out courtesy of a combination of people power and military connivance easily throw light into one of the thorniest questions of our time: The Zimbabwean … Read more
Nkomo statue: Symbolism trumps location
AT A ZANU PF rally in 1983, the biggest banner read: “Forward with the Fifth Brigade. We wish you well”. Swarming around a TV camera, Zanu PF supporters capered and danced in victory loops celebrating the news that Joshua Nkomo … Read more
Rising above the fables of our time
PERHAPS one of the sorriest traditions characteristic of Robert Mugabe’s 30 year rule and which looks set to survive long after he is gone, is Zimbabwe’s penchant for the sanctification of what one might call the doctrine of unwritten and … Read more
The real villains in Zimbabwe crisis
AS THE Zimbabwean crisis drags through its full tenth year, it has become de rigueur for political commentators, journalists and think-tanks to offer what is now something of a gospel to be questioned at one ‘s own peril: Robert Mugabe, … Read more
South Africa: still a land of many possibilities
THERE is something paradoxical about South Africa which will perhaps never go, at least not in our lifetime: no matter what publicity the country gets, life goes on and they survive, dance, drink, laugh, play and still attract millions of … Read more
Tsvangirai: A life on other people’s battlefronts
THERE was once a time when being sceptical or plainly suspicious about the way the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) conducts its business was a matter for private or quiet misgivings. To publicly question or express one’s worry about … Read more
