IT HAS been a victorious week for many Zimbabwean asylum seekers. The Court of Appeal decision in RN (Zimbabwe) has been long coming and has been welcomed by Zimbabweans, refugee groups and support organisations for Zimbabweans across Britain. The … Read more
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Paying politicians for appealing to our worst instincts
THIS paper is a response to Mduduzi Mathuthu’s challenging article, The Ndebele President, and must be read with the context created in that article. Let us face it, my writing of this paper is unlikely to be regarded as a … Read more
Beyond the headlines: what MDC resolution means
FOR those of us old enough to remember, the date 14 November always carries an ominous meaning. This was the day which eleven years ago was christened ‘Black Friday’. It was so named because on that day two calamitous … Read more
A story of hope, a visa and a flight to the UK
SO ON the 6th of July, 2008, at approximately 09:15 GMT, I was aboard Air Zimbabwe’s flight UM722, flying from Harare to London. I was excited beyond measure. Well, of course I was on Air Zimbabwe! I couldn’t imagine … Read more
How do you solve a problem like Zimbabwe?
THE failure by the SADC Summit last week to secure an agreement between the MDC and Zanu PF to equitably share cabinet posts is perhaps the clearest indication yet that a negotiated settlement of Zimbabwe’s political crisis is elusive and … Read more
Cursing Ceasar Zvayi
THE continued vilification of the MDC by Zanu PF over the disagreement on the allocation of cabinet portfolios that would ultimately lead to the formation of a power sharing government in Zimbabwe cannot be left unchallenged. In this regard, … Read more
New Home Office policy on ‘family life’ cases
IN A previous article on the effect that power sharing in Zimbabwe will have on Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the UK, I indicated that I would write a series of articles assisting people who fear that they may have to … Read more
Shared responsibility, not power sharing
THE dirty face of politics in Africa is the abnormal fixation on sharing rather than distributing responsibilities in managing the resources and the sovereignty of states. This seems to be the main underlying problem in the current Zimbabwe impasse, for … Read more
