JULIUS Malema has his frailties and excesses, some of which are concerning, others totally despicable. But much less attention has been paid to his contribution, his capabilities and the factuality of his message. That needs to change, starting preferably with … Read more
JULIUS ‘Juju’ Malema, born March 3, 1981, in the northern Limpopo province has suddenly become the new bold face of South African politics. The African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president has in the past five years experienced a meteoric … Read more
IF THERE are some people who are in for a rude awakening this week, it’s the mindless regime change scribes and their handlers whose wishful thinking is that President Jacob Zuma will use the extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe scheduled for … Read more
IF THERE is one good outcome of the unusual media and diplomatic excitement engineered by British and American mischief makers for illegal regime change in Zimbabwe since the March 31 Livingstone summit of SADC’s organ troika on politics, defence and … Read more
THE fake hullabaloo over my views on the March 31 controversial summit of the SADC troika on politics, defence and security cooperation held in Livingstone, Zambia, to review the situation in Zimbabwe has been very useful in so far as … Read more
IF REGIME change consultants out there thought they would get away with sending a subliminal but pointed neo-colonial message to Zimbabweans by having Livingstone in Zambia as the ironic venue of last Thursday’s summit of the SADC Troika on politics, … Read more
THIS piece is penned with a heavy sense of exasperation and bewilderment at the inability of Zimbabwe’s political opposition and some civil society groups and private media to come to grips with the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front’s political … Read more
THERE are only two ways to deal with ANC Youth League president Julius Malema: either the whites physically eliminate him, or the ANC sacrifices him. Neither option resolves the key question of Malema’s popularity: the quest to give meaning to … Read more
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
A COLLEAGUE reacted to news that President Robert Mugabe would seek re-election if asked by Zanu PF, and that such elections could be held whether or not there was a new constitution, by saying the elderly gent was having a … Read more
