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White farmers return
At least 120 white farmers have returned to the land by setting up farms under leasehold deals with the black beneficiaries of Zimbabwe's land reform programme drawing bitter criticism from…
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Drop sanctions
Presidents Jacob Zuma and Rupiah Banda of Zambia today called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be dropped because they were not were not aiding change in Zimbabwe. "We call on…
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American academic trashes Dell’s report- says it was only meant to flatter his way up the diplomatic ladder
An American academic has described the cables by former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell which were recently released by Wikileaks as “cliché-ridden prose, dripping with patriotic commitment” but with very little insight into actual operations of American diplomacy in Zimbabwe, except promoting Dell’s own diplomatic career.
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Insider celebrates 20 years of publishing
The Insider is celebrating 20 years of publishing this month. The first issue of the printed edition of The Insider was published in December 1990 and the publication has been…
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Zimbabwe asks for help
Home Affairs co-Minister Theresa Makone today said Zimbabwe might have to ask South Africa for help to process passports otherwise it will not be able to meet the December 31…
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Don’t take Mugabe seriously
Britain’s Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham today said President Robert Mugabe should be taken "with a pinch of salt". Mugabe said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former United…
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Fight for civil society representation in Kimberley Process continues
Zimbabwe’s civil society continues to be divided over who should represent them in the Kimberley Process local Focal Point. The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (NANGO) programmes director Machinda Marongwe today said Harare lawyer Shamiso Mtisi had been confirmed by the KP Plenary in Jerusalem at the beginning of this month as the coordinator of the Local Focal Point (LFP). Mtisi is a representative of the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association.
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Cables dangerous
Sharon Hudson, the spokesperson for the embassy of the United States in Harare today condemned the release of cables by former ambassador Christopher Dell who described President Robert Mugabe as…
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Quick view- An assessment of Zimbabwe’s political leaders
President Robert Mugabe is more clever and more ruthless than any other politician in Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is brave, committed but is also flawed, indecisive, not readily open to advice and has questionable judgment in selecting those around him. Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara is young and ambitious but he has spent too much time reading US campaign messaging manuals and too little thinking about real issues.
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Former US ambassador confirms his mission was to topple Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe’s repeated claims that the United States, and in particular Christopher Dell, its Ambassador to Zimbabwe from July 2004 to July 2007, wanted regime change in the country have been proven right according to documents released by Wikileaks through the New York Times. “Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won’t offer a lengthy prescription for our Zimbabwe policy,” Dell wrote before his departure to another trouble spot, Afghanistan. “My views can be stated very simply as stay the course and prepare for change. Our policy is working and it’s helping to drive change here. What is required is simply the grit, determination and focus to see this through. Then, when the changes finally come we must be ready to move quickly to help consolidate the new dispensation”. Below are Dell’s dispatches in full.
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