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NAMIBIA’’S ruling party, Swapo, has experienced internal power struggles from the sixties. (31 January 2006)
Africa deserves UN seats
THE reform of the United Nations (UN) presents an opportunity for the former imperialists who sit on the Security Council to atone for their evil past and accept the continent as an equal partner in international affairs. (30 January 2006)
Sanctions: A socio-economic perspective
ON November 16 last year, I sent a couple of questions, focusing mainly on the relations between Harare and London, to the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Dr Roderick Pullen. (29 January 2006)
The Zim Question
I HAVE heard that the African Union, AU, will discuss a report on Zimbabwe. The AU had sent a mission to Zimbabwe and the mission is now ready with the report.(26 January 2006)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf election: what it means for Africa
THE inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as a first female-elect President of Liberia is not only significant for Liberia but important for Africa for a lot of reasons.(26 January 2006)
MDC saga: Final split imminent
IT is now official, the opposition MDC is headed for a final split next month as the two feuding factions have not only developed parallel structures, but their leaders have also staked a claim to the party presidency. (12 January 2006)
The story behind Zim’s opposition mass protests
MENTION of mass protests invokes images of toyi-toying, stone-throwing men, women and children in running battles with the police and, in some cases, the army. Teargas explodes in pockets, choking demonstrators and passersby scurry for cover. (03 January 2006)
MDC factional war rages on
THE two factions battling to control the MDC after disagreements over participation in the November 26 Senate elections have been setting their troops on all fronts in readiness for whichever direction the fight will take.(30 December 2005)
Jatropha: Hidden value brings hope
FACED by a critical shortage of poles to fence off the family homestead, the Nyamatanga family from Mutoko obtained from a neighbour’’s hedge twigs of a succulent plant popularly known in the area as Jirimono. (29 December 2005)
Conferences should feed into budget
THE recently concluded Zanu-PF Eighth National People’s Conference held at Esigodini in Mzingwane District revealed the need to reconsider the timing of the ruling party’s annual event. (23 December 2005)
Mkapa says new leadership will recover Africa’’s dignity
A new leadership is emerging in Africa that will stand together to recover the dignity of the continent, and will not be pushed around by northern countries, says the outgoing President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa. (2005)
Iraqi polls: US hidden hand exposed
PREDICTABLY, the Bush administration has told the American people that the elections in Iraq will be a democratic milestone for both the country and the broader Middle East. (16 December 2005)
Tsvangirai’’s Achilles heel
THE rank air surrounding Harvest House no longer smells of any harvest. The slender savoury sunrays that used to intermittently visit the sun-baked house have sunk deeper into the murky waters of politics.(16 December 2005)
Imperialist tactics divide, destroy
"The Namibian Dress Rehearsal" — this is the title of a chapter in the book: "Unfinished Business — South Africa, Apartheid & Truth", co-authored by the former deputy to Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), SC advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza and the Cape Town based writer, Terry Bell.(09 December 2005)
Don’t mask Africa’s poverty
THE 23rd France-Africa Summit held in the Malian capital Bamako, from December 2 to 5 was an eye-opener in many respects. It had interesting exposes on the relationship between the coloniser and colonised in Francophone West Africa, which differs greatly from what prevails in Anglophone Southern Africa. (08 December 2005)
UN reform debate a power game
THE worst thing that ever happened to Africa was probably colonialism. Decades of imperial-rule that subjected the continent to mankind’’s worst slavery condemned Africans to second-class status in a globalising world. (21 November 2005)
US duplicity astounding
I MAKE comments on the remarks made by the Ambassador of the US to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell in his speech to the Africa University in Mutare, and repeated with irrelevance, flippancy and bravado at the HIV-US Aid function at Meikles Hotel to which I was invited. (21 November 2005)
The structure, functions of a bicameral Parliament Part 2
Continued from last week 4.2 The house of assembly Sections 38-39 of the Constitution provide for the composition of the House of Assembly as well as for the election and tenure of office of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. (21 November 2005)
The structure, functions of a bicameral Parliament
The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 17) Act, 2005, among other things, reintroduced a bicameral Parliamentary system. This write-up seeks to inform and educate members of the public about the new parliamentary set up. (18 November 2005)
Ncube comes out of closet
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary-general Professor Welshman Ncube’’s statement and description of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai as a person "too dangerous not only to the MDC, but to the rest of the country", needs further scrutiny.(11 November 2005)
Zim’s Look East Policy bears fruit
ZIMBABWE, which is under attack from its former colonial master, Britain, and its ally the United States of America over the land reform exercise human rights issues, has adopted a Look East Policy. With its huge population, abundant natural resources and impressive economic growth, Asia is fast becoming a new global economic hub as well as a strategic centre of gravity in international politics, writes Veeramalla Anjalah of the Jakarta Post of Indonesia. (10 November 2005)
