Zimbabwe’s vice President Joyce Mujuru threatened a senior executive of a British company with unspecified action after the company refused to handle $15 million worth of “blood diamonds” that her daughter wanted to sell. The executive Bernd Hagemann, the head of Firstar Europe, a commodities trading company based in Warrington in the United Kingdom, said […]
Blair, Bush gone, is it now time for Mugabe to go?
I heaved a sigh of relief as George Bush stepped down and Barack Obama was sworn in as the President of the United States. I had nothing against Bush. As an African I was celebrating the inauguration of Obama but that was not the reason for my relief. Bush’s departure was the fulfilment […]
Mugabe May Be Evil, But Tsvangirai is No Saint
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is considered one of the most evil men in the world today. He has been called all sorts of names— tyrant, dictator and monster. He is said to be ruthless with his own people. Local pastors even at one time described him as a biblical “beast of anarchy” because of the […]
Africom could be a headache for Obama
United States President Barack Obama will have a lot of homework to do. The people of Africa are expecting him to be more understanding and sympathetic to their cause. They consider him one of their own because his father was born in Africa. One of the issues he would have to address urgently is the […]
New church may have answer to Zimbabwe’s woes
A new multi-million dollar church that is being built near Masvingo in Southern Zimbabwe may have the answer to Zimbabwe’s woes. A political solution has eluded Zimbabwe nine months after its inconclusive general elections in March and more than three months after the major political parties signed a power-sharing agreement on September 15. […]
Castrated
Castrated! The word evokes shame, disgust, barbarism and brutality. But for the past five months, I have literally been castrated by Zimbabwe’s central bank governor, Gideon Gono. He did not do it physically. He did it mentally by robbing me of my manhood. I am a father of four. I have a respectable, […]