Category Archives: Blog
Donor fatigue good for the media
Insiderzim 26 May 2010 I was baffled when I read the following headline on the internet:Â Donors Shun Zimbabwe Media Commission. The question that immediately came to my mind was: “Why would anyone expect donors to fund Zimbabwe’s Media Commission?” This was a government commission. Shouldn’t it be funded by the government? The fact that a […]
A letter from the diaspora
SW Radio Africa By Pauline Henson 1 May 2010 Dear Friends, The UK is in the throes of an election campaign. For perhaps the first time in years the Brits actually seem to have woken up to politics and one of the reasons has undoubtedly been the television debates between the leaders of the three […]
Who is my enemy?
Kubatana Blog 20 April 2010 By Mgcini Nyoni Should we take the invitation of the North Koreans to camp in Zimbabwe as an insult? Should we forget that the military ’strategies’ of the Koreans is what wiped out entire villages. Who is my enemy here? Is it the Koreans who trained sadistic ’soldiers in the art […]
A letter to my sister Petina Gappah
Mukomana-speaking.blogspot.com By Tich 19 April 2010 Dear Petina, The month of April is one that is such a blessing to the working folk. The four and three day official working weeks seem to be in a race to out-do each other. If you are resident in Zim your reduced working hours have the added bonus of […]
Are Zimbabweans ready for elections?
Raw Edge Blog By Rawlings Magede Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the presidential elections in 2008 citing political violence against his supporters. He won the first round of elections in March 2008 but failed to get the majority to be sworn into office. There has been talk or […]
Stick to your principles, Shun Zimbabwe
Kubatana.org By Voice for Democracy 30 March 2010 The VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY’s reply to David Coltart’s letter to the New Zealand Herald There is a fine line, as the international community knows full well, between supporting democratic change in Zimbabwe and collaborating with a dictator. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Sport, David Coltart, seems to believe that […]
Zimbabwe Celebrities Dinner Dance 2010- Impressive Guest List
The Zimbo Jam 26 March 2010 Director of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, Mr Elvas Mari, talked about the relaunching of the Artists Development Fund at the Celebrities Dinner Dance held at the Crowne Plaza Monomotapa in Harare, 25th March 2010. The fund which collapsed due to inflation several years ago will be supported […]
The rot within
Kudadex.blogspot.com 26 March 2010 One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.†(Antoine de Saint ) Recently I attended a mass public opinion seminar with the guest speakers being Hon minister David Coltart, […]
“New Zealand cricket are spineless”
Rustygate.org By Joe Black Ruzvidzo 25 March 2010 So I read David Coltart’s plea to the New Zealand government regarding their cancelled (or postponed) tour to Zimbabwe in June. Pretty passionate stuff, but rather more polite than I would like. Basically, the New Zealand government ordered the team not to tour, citing concerns over “player […]
The GNU has not replaced dictatorship
Kubatanablogs.net By Bev Clark 24 March 2010 I was more interested in reading the comments on an article about the postponed New Zealand cricket tour to Zimbabwe on NewZimbabwe.com, than the actual article itself. The assertion by David Coltart that Zimbabwe is safer than the UK and other countries is resoundingly accurate. That is if […]