Monthly Archives: September 2019
Mangwana blames doctor’s abduction on ED attempted assassins
NewZimbabwe.com 16th September 2019 By Leopold Munhende INFORMATION Secretary Nick Mangwana has blamed Saturday’s abduction on doctors union leader Peter Magombeyi on what he termed third forces which he linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s shock escape from a Bulawayo bomb blast last year. Mugombeyi was seized by suspected State agents from his Harare home in […]
The other side of Mugabe
The Standard 15th September 2019 BY NQABA MATSHAZI In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour. When Mugabe arrived, with a huge convoy as usual, other guests were told to clear the […]
Andy Flower hopeful for Zimbabwe’s future after Mugabe’s death
Bulawayo News 24 8th September 2019 Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe cricket captain and England coach, hopes his country can emerge from “a quagmire of corruption” following the death of ex-president Robert Mugabe. Mugabe died on Friday at the age of 95, two years after being ousted from power. In 2003 Flower joined team-mate Henry […]
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The Standard By Siphosami Malunga 8th September 2019 The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played. The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage. Rage that this man who killed thousands and destroyed so many livelihoods has died without facing justice for the […]
Zimbabwe’s ex-President Robert Mugabe Leaves a Mixed Legacy
Inter Press Service By Busani Bafana 7th September 2019 Former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe, who died this week, aged 95, leaves a mixed and divisive legacy. Mugabe – the oldest African leader when he was removed from power in November 2017 – died of an undisclosed illness in a hospital in Singapore on Sept. 6. Once […]
A complex and brilliant man, but with a dark side: David Coltart on Mugabe
ZimLive.com 6th September 2019 Tributes are being paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before he was overthrown by the military in 2017, died in a hospital in Singapore after being admitted in April this year. Movement for Democratic Change treasurer David Coltart […]
Loved and loathed, Robert Mugabe leaves a controversial legacy in Zimbabwe and Africa
Los Angeles Times 6th September 2019 By KRISTA MAHR Passionate tributes and unapologetic condemnations rocketed across Africa on Friday after the Zimbabwean government confirmed that 95-year-old strongman Robert Mugabe had died, a testament to the complex and controversial footprint of one of Africa’s longest serving leaders Mugabe, who governed Zimbabwe from its independence from Britain […]
A history of abductions, assassinations
The Standard 1st September 2019 October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with other nationalists leading to a split of the UANC and the reshuffling in the ranks of both […]