So, Mr. President, is your staying longer in power “best for the country”?

So, Mr. President, is your staying longer in power “best for the country”?

The rhetoric of political self-preservation has always been wrapped in the language of altruism. 

Zimbabweans question claim two-year term extension will improve development

Some Zimbabweans have questioned the government’s argument that extending the terms of the president and Parliament by two years will allow key development projects to be completed, saying the ruling Zanu-PF has had more than four decades in power without delivering meaningful improvements in public services or the economy.

MDC petitions ConCourt to nullify Mnangagwa term extension

MDC petitions ConCourt to nullify Mnangagwa term extension

Mnangagwa in breach of constitution by failing to order referendum, party argues

South African protesters go door-to-door forcing immigrants from their homes

South African protesters go door-to-door forcing immigrants from their homes

‘Foreigners’ fished out of their homes and thrown into the back of police vans

Coltart says latest constitutional amendment is ‘illegitimate’ and ‘illegal’

Coltart says latest constitutional amendment is ‘illegitimate’ and ‘illegal’

Human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has described the recent constitutional amendment as both “illegitimate” and “illegal”, arguing that the process leading to its enactment was fundamentally flawed and failed to meet constitutional requirements.

5.11.2008 13:39

Mugabe buried Zanu

Mugabe buried Zanu
EDITOR - Zanu (PF) does not want unity and it prospers where there is disorder and confusion. Robert Mugabe has managed to divide the ANC...
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5.11.2008 13:38

No ugly deal

DITOR - It is very disappointing that Mugabe is refusing to cede the Home Affairs...
5.11.2008 13:36

The only way out

EDITOR - There is only one way out as far as the talks are concerned...
5.11.2008 13:36

Admit failure

EDITOR - It was sickening to read an article in the telegraph about a man...
5.11.2008 13:34

No fresh polls

EDITOR - Having another re-run of Presidential polls now is not a good idea because...
5.11.2008 13:34

Always a dictator

EDITOR - Once a dictator always a dictator, we don't need people like that. Mugabe is...
5.11.2008 13:33

Thoughts of a farmer

EDITOR - The democratic and economic performance of post-colonial Africa is mixed and sometimes shameful,...
5.11.2008 13:32

Silence this crow

EDITOR -
I hear the sound of thunder
Pound!
And I looked at my feet...
5.11.2008 13:29

A lot to learn

EDITOR - Zimbabwe has a lot of educated politicians yet it has one of the...
5.11.2008 13:29

Enough is enough

EDITOR - Mugabe's dream since independence has become a reality elsewhere. Free health and education...
5.11.2008 13:27

Rural voter curse

EDITOR - Is it not interesting that ruling parties when they are staring at an...
5.11.2008 13:27

Economic re-birth

EDITOR - I never believed that the GNU accord could take our country from the...
5.11.2008 12:04

Regime Change

  

Mugabe, the eighty-four-year-old president of Zimbabwe

Until recently, Robert Mugabe, the...

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