Category Archives: Press reports

Africa News February 24, 2008 By Jan Raath Johannesburg/Harare – Voters in Zimbabwe’s elections due in five weeks will have to puzzle through a blur of alliances, divisions and sub-divisions among the political parties before they can decide who is really the parliamentary candidate they want to vote for. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the official […]

Zim Standard 24 February 2008 By Vusumuzi Sifile ON Friday last week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was still “working flat out” to finalise the list of candidates to contest the 1 958 wards in next month’s harmonised elections, a week after nomination courts sat across the country. This, and the way a few nomination […]

Washington Post By Michael Gerson Wednesday, February 20, 2008; One of the most reckless and cruel acts of government is the destruction of a currency. During the hyperinflation of Germany’s Weimar Republic, the number of marks in circulation went from 29 billion in 1918 to 497 quintillion in 1923. Workers were paid twice a day […]

The Zimbabwean 20 February 2008 BY CHIEF REPORTER HARARE With the diaspora unable to vote, next month’s crucial poll in troubled Zimbabwe will be decided largely by the country’s rural population, who make up 75 percent of the total 11,9 million population. These are the people who have borne the brunt of a violent intimidation […]

Washington Times By David R. Sands January 26, 2008 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is expected to win a sixth term during early elections in March — despite ruinous policies that have led to the world’s highest inflation rate, estimated at 50,000 percent. Zimbabwe’s opposition parties will almost certainly take part in elections set for March […]

Business Daily (Nairobi) OPINION 22 January 2008 By Ochieng’ Oreyo A lot has been written about Brand Kenya. I am doing that again. Why? Because I want this country to move from writing to doing something about the idea. My writing is directed at every Kenyan, who I remind this country is our motherland. The […]

By Craig Timberg Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, January 18, 2008 JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 17 — South African President Thabo Mbeki traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe on Thursday to pressure leaders to complete negotiations that have brought the government and the opposition to the brink of a deal after years of political stalemate, officials from both countries […]

The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger and Byron Dziva in Harare Last Updated: 2:28am GMT 16/01/2008 Robert Mugabe is to face a challenge from within his own Zanu-PF party at a presidential election in March. It is the greatest threat to his rule since he came to power almost 30 years ago. Mr Mugabe was unanimously […]

VOA By Peta Thornycroft 14 January 2008 As of last Friday, Zimbabwean citizens who are also journalists no longer need accreditation or a license to work in their profession. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that a number of amendments to existing security, media and electoral regulations have become law. The laws that published last Friday […]

The New York Review of Books Monday 7th January 2008 In the Pit of Africa A Review by Joshua Hammer At the beginning of Peter Godwin’s enthralling memoir, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, the author, a foreign correspondent living in New York City, returns home to the bush of Zimbabwe, back to the town […]