Blood-sucking diamond poachers
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu (PF) party has been accused of running a parallel fiscus through which diamond revenues are being fleeced for the benefit of the...
8.9.2011
10:18
8.9.2011
10:17
All shapes and sizes
I will call him Tawanda. That's not the name he told me, and I'd bet US$1,000...
6.9.2011
14:12
Can we question ourselves?
I am reading a book about the rise of the middle class in Zimbabwe which...
5.9.2011
13:46
Wrong again Mr President
From where we are all standing, it is practically impossible to hold elections by the end...
2.9.2011
14:37
God hates divorce
It is true that sometimes a married couple may fail to continue to love each other...
2.9.2011
6:36
The axe forgets
On my first visit to South Africa, shortly after the end of apartheid, I had something...
31.8.2011
9:30
Circles of faith
Some years ago I found myself on a hill on the north side of Paris where...
30.8.2011
17:15
AU out of touch
The African Union (AU) has once again shown that it is a club of leaders who...
30.8.2011
15:47
National professional undertaker
Astute local observers have pointed out to me that almost every year, from July to August,...
