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Pro-government papers hailed the World Summit for Sustainable Development in South Africa as the unique platform for President Robert Mugabe to set the record straight on the land issue.

(65 VIEWS)

A group of African Americans who visited Zimbabwe in August 2002 came under fire from the Daily News which accused them of being used as a propaganda tool by President Robert Mugabe to demonstrate that his land reform programme had international support.

(66 VIEWS)

We now have 1100 Wikileaks cables on Zimbabwe alone. As we have stated before our aim is to publish all the Wikileaks cables that were released on Zimbabwe. This does not in any way mean that we agree with what the cables say. Our primary aim is to demonstrate United States thinking on Zimbabwe. And once we have a complete database of all the cables, we will start investigating some of the things mentioned in the cables.

(73 VIEWS)

Global Witness’ report on diamonds in Zimbabwe entitled: Diamonds: a good deal for Zimbabwe? leaves more unanswered questions about one of the major diamond miners in Marange, Anjin, than it provides answers.

(40 VIEWS)

Zimbabwe was not a punch bag for bullies from the Western world who, while preaching democracy, had autocratic foreign policies. This was said by the Bulawayo daily, Chronicle, in an editorial in which the paper supported President Robert Mugabe’s threats to hit back at the Western nations by imposing sanctions on them as well.

(64 VIEWS)

Zimbabwe had the second longest unbroken record as a multiparty democracy in Africa so it was surprised as to why the United States was complaining about the breakdown of the rule of law and human rights and lack of democracy.

(82 VIEWS)

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said the appointment of central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney-general Johannes Tomana had to be rescinded before the MDC could join a government with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

(437 VIEWS)

“Just as I was being dragged to the UN Security Council to be put on the sanctions list, I was offered a job by the World Bank as senior vice president with the full blessings of none other than George Bush himself”.

(559 VIEWS)

Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono increased the individual and corporate cash withdrawal limits from Z$500 000 and Z$1 million a day to Z$100 million and Z$50 million respectively with effect from 4 December defusing a scheduled protest march by civil society groups demanding unlimited cash withdrawals.

(63 VIEWS)

President Robert Mugabe renewed central bank governor Gideon Gono’s term in office for five years effectively killing speculation that he would be sacked due to his lax monetary policies and extensive quasi-fiscal operations that pushed inflation through the roof.

(48 VIEWS)