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Wenger's time is surely up

Wenger's time is surely up

Tue, Jan 24, 2012

Arsene Wenger's gigantic jacket-cum-sleeping bag is becoming a neat visual metaphor for his predicament writes Carlos Amato.

The Principals must put Zimbabwe first this year

Tue, Jan 31, 2012

We are hardly into the New Year but, already, the unity government appears to have upped the tempo in their endless infighting.

ZANU-PF can't claim superiority of ideas, Chamba replies Manheru

ZANU-PF can't claim superiority of ideas, Chamba replies Manheru

by Special correspondent

Sun, Jan 29, 2012

THERE is no doubt that the ZANU-PF of old was the quintessence of the liberations struggle.

Home | Opinion | Wrong for Sata to call Tsvangirai a stooge Wrong for Sata to call Tsvangirai a stooge

Home | Opinion | Wrong for Sata to call Tsvangirai a stooge Wrong for Sata to call Tsvangirai a stooge

by Special correspondent

Sun, Jan 29, 2012

I would rather be a stooge of the western world than a stooge of a simple, bitter, disgruntled, unqualified, politically inexperienced and misguided editor of a newspaper tabloid.

Isaac Esipisu: Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office?

Isaac Esipisu: Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office?

by Special correspondent

Wed, Jan 25, 2012

There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades.

Inquest Into the 'Kingmaker' General's Death - a Test for Zanu-PF?

by Special correspondent

Tue, Jan 24, 2012

On Monday, 16 January 2012, the much-anticipated inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of General Solomon Mujuru, in an inferno at his Beatrice farm, 60 km south of Harare, in August last year opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts writes Gwinyayi A Dzinesa

Vusi Mavimbela :Why Zimbabwe's Herald is wrong about Mandela

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

I am always astounded by the persistent references in the Zimbabwe's The Herald newspaper together with its sister publications to former president Nelson Mandela as simply nothing more than what the African Americans call Uncle Tom or house nigger.

Zimbabwe& Botswana: A New Love Affair

by Special correspondent

Wed, Jan 18, 2012

Being opponents doesn’t mean the truth has to suffer in the name of winning. A lot of people suffocate the truth for the sake of being loved or adored. Well, this is wrong, depending of course on who you are and what you value the most. Some political fanatics may term this hypocrisy; I term it; “reconsidering and adjusting to the real changes.”

Does private media really hate Robert Mugabe?

Does private media really hate Robert Mugabe?

by Special correspondent

Fri, Jan 13, 2012

I found the indignation of the Information minister, Webster Shamu, over reports that President Robert Mugabe had flown to the Far East for medical treatment rather puzzling. (Pictured: Ailing Dictator, Mugabe)

I MARRIED MY TWIN SISTER’S HUSBAND

by Special correspondent

Mon, Jan 09, 2012

Mention polygamy and people assume it’s all about sex, designed to suit men more than women. I’m aware that my life, and my religion, can sound bizarre to outsiders.

Kenya: Helping women to end sex-for-fish culture

Kenya: Helping women to end sex-for-fish culture

by IRIN

Sat, Jan 07, 2012

KISUMU (Kenya) - For the past five years, Achieng*, a 35-year-old widow and mother of six, has sold fish on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria; like many women in the fish trade, Achieng often has to have sex with fishermen in order to get the best catch of the day, a system known in the local Luo language as jaboya.

Men part of solution in reducing HIV infections

Fri, Jan 06, 2012

In terms of the spread of HIV, men should not be viewed only as part of the problem but part of the solution.

Program fights against stigma for Zimbabwe rape victims

Program fights against stigma for Zimbabwe rape victims

Tue, Jan 03, 2012

HARARE – Rutendo Tapiwa Chigudu, 28, says that her 16-year-old neighbor came to her one day in September and told her she had been raped by the caretaker of their block of flats in Harare, the capital writes Geri-Leigh Diana .

Mugabe’s hollow election bark

Tue, Jan 03, 2012

HARARE - 2011 has become another year of unfilled resolutions for President Robert Mugabe, with his failure to force elections as resolved by his Zanu PF party at its December 2010 conference highlighting how the coalition government has diluted the 87-year-old’s power writes Wonai Masvingise and Tendai Kamhungira .

Alexander Rusero : Tsvangirai’s ascendancy to the throne irrefutable

Tue, Jan 03, 2012

HARARE - I am not a fanatic of the MDC neither am I an enemy of the state or even of Zanu PF.

Zimbabwe: Two scenarios for 2012

by Eddie Cross

Mon, Jan 02, 2012

Eddie Cross says SADC must stick to its guns if violent chaos is to be avoided

Mugabe's close apologist admits to a GAY encounter

Mugabe's close apologist admits to a GAY encounter

Sun, Jan 01, 2012

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Peter Roebuck's "sons" were grateful for his generosity but have emerged to make allegations of sexual oppression and cruel beatings. Some friends of the cricket writer are sceptical about the claims – and the air of blackmail hangs over the saga – but even they admit they did not really know Roebuck.( Pictured: Admiring Psychology Maziwisa and Kasukuwere with an excited President Mugabe....so GAY. Guess what the President's left hand is touching?)

Hospital lures rural doctors with unusual offer

by AP

Sun, Jan 01, 2012

ASHLAND, Kan. (AP) — The hospital had lost the last doctor in a succession of those who came to the remote Kansas town and left again. A sole physician assistant kept watch over the 24-bed facility and its adjacent nursing home. It was on the verge of closing.

PRESS RELEASE:Welshman Ncube Group Engages in Fictional Politics

PRESS RELEASE:Welshman Ncube Group Engages in Fictional Politics

Fri, Dec 30, 2011

During the past two weeks, there has been a plethora of articles, comments and statements which appeared in the national newspapers, emanating from the Welshman Ncube led MDC group.

Reform efforts in Zimbabwe move slowly

by Special correspondent

Mon, Dec 26, 2011

ZIMBABWE appears set to start 2012 with a standoff, as President Robert Mugabe insists elections be held during the next year, while the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai continues to demand a new, more democratic constitution be drawn up first writes Colombus Mavhunga.

Mad Mugabe EXPOSED: Nkomo's letter to Mugabe reveals a dangerous megalomaniac

Mad Mugabe EXPOSED: Nkomo's letter to Mugabe reveals a dangerous megalomaniac

Sat, Dec 24, 2011

INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABE Dear Robert,

Mugabe’s election 2013 Waterloo

Thu, Dec 22, 2011

The magnitude and extent of self-immolating buffoonery at Zanu PF is award-winning writes REJOICE NGWENYA in Newsday.