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Zimbabwe isn’t ready for elections, says Mulafulafu

by Post Zambia

Tue, Mar 09, 2010

ZIMBABWE is not ready for elections, Caritas Zambia executive director Sam Mulafulafu has said.

Nation Bleeds While Battle for Chiadzwa Intensifies

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

THE mystery surrounding the Chiadzwa diamonds continues to deepen with the alleged blockage of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines' visit to the fields for investigations wites William Chibhebhe.

Benj Moorehead: Zimbabwe resurgence?

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

Are we witnessing the resurgence of Zimbabwe?

Avi Krawitz: An Open Letter to Abbey Chikane, the New KP Monitor for Zimbabwe

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Dear Abbey: Firstly, congratulations on your appointment as the Kimberley Process (KP) monitor for Marange, Zimbabwe. It would be appropriate to say welcome back to the diamond industry, and even more appropriate to say welcome home. As a founding member and a former chairman of the process, I can’t think of any individual who is more suited to the job at hand.

Three decades of murder and misrule

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

ON 4 March 1980, Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. In this article, Richard Dowden explains how this intelligent and charismatic man’s quest to hang onto power has brought down what was once one of Africa’s best economies down to the ground: wites Richard Dowden

`We Are All Zimbabweans Now': A Review

`We Are All Zimbabweans Now': A Review

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

In this paper, James Kilgore, a US scholar who lived and worked in Southern Africa for about 20 years reviews his book ‘We are all Zimbabweans Now’ which he wrote while in prison between 2002 and 2009. The paper explores some of the myths about the Zimbabwean story and challenges the consevative Western media’s approaches to reporting events in the country. It was presented on February 3 to the University of Illinois Centre of African Studies where Kilgore is a research scholar. Kilgore begins by outlining the plot of the story and then discusses what the novel means. This article was first published by Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

For Mugabe's children, life gets tougher and tougher

by Special correspondent

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Zimbabwe's leader lavishly celebrated his birthday last night. But four in five of his country's young cannot afford to go to school writes Rachel Shields in the UK's Daily Telegraph

Transcript: FT interview with Jacob Zuma

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Interview with Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa.