Mutambara back in control

Three years ago the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change almost split when legislators expressed a vote of no confidence in the party leadership especially party leader Arthur…

Zimbabwe puts US in a fix

Zimbabwe has put the United States in a fix. The world’s most powerful country wants to become vice-chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, the body that regulates the trade of rough diamonds, this year which would automatically lead to chairmanship next year but Zimbabwe is putting on the brakes.

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Real power shifts to Buhera

Real power in Zimbabwe has shifted to Buhera. The district, formerly part of Masvingo but now in Manicaland hosts Prime Minister organ Tsvangirai, central bank governor Gideon Gono, President Robert…

Media has let MDC down

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai celebrates his 59th birthday this week. He has his faults but his worst enemy has been the media- both local and international. As far as Tsvangirai…

Journalists selling the country for their daily bread

“The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell the country for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what folly is this toasting an independent press. We are the tools and vassals of the rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.”

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Jocelyn Chiwenga a toothless bulldog- Wikileaks

Jocelyn Chiwenga has sent a lot of people scouring for cover. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, photographer Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi and Lawyer Gugulethu Moyo. She even bayed for blood when wanted to take over a farm from one white farmer. “I have not tasted white blood for 20 years,” she warned. 

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