Owsblog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Now Hugo is really pushing the boundries, and I'm not on about him ordering his troops to start destroying frontier bridges . Today he's been defending his "brothers": this not only about people responsible for 'destroying' an entire nations but also know murderers and known terrorists. Robert Mugabe isn't who many sane people would call their brother, much less saying of Idi Amin" "We...
Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | yesterday
What's on Hugo Chavez's mind? CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important ''revolutionary fighter'' who supported the cause of the Palestinians...In his speech, Chavez also sought to defend other leaders he said are wrongly labeled ''bad boys'' internationally, including Zimbabwe's...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joshua Nkomo of ZAPU and Robert Mugabe of ZANU, leaders of the Zimbabwe liberation struggle. This photo was taken during the revolutionary war to liberate ZImbabwe during the 1970s. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos The Casablanca connection Courtesy of the Zimbabwe Herald IN 1978 Abel Muzorewa and Ndabaningi Sithole signed an agreement with Ian Smith to extirpate on the people...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended jailed killer "Carlos the Jackal" and several world leaders he says are wrongly considered "bad guys". In a speech to international socialist politicians, Mr Chavez said "Carlos", a Venezuelan, was not a terrorist but a key "revolutionary fighter". He is serving a life sentence in France for murders committed...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Is Bruce Vilanch writing for Hugo Chavez now? 'Cause the Venezuelan leader's comedy material is pretty good lately: now he's a cannibalism apologist. In a recent speech, Chavez praised Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the late Ugandan dictator Idi "Butcher of Uganda" Amin. Said Chavez: "We thought he was a cannibal... I don't know, maybe he was a great nationalist,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
South Africa's main agriculture and farming union has expressed concern about the bilateral investment treaty agreed with Zimbabwe, which is set to exclude South African owned farms that were expropriated by the Robert Mugabe regime during the chaotic land 'reform' programme.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Related: I give you the future of South Africa The following article ties up nicely with Angulus Calx' previous article. The first of two articles by a Moneyweb jounalist, this one is his opinion on how things may spiral out of control in SA, and into the abyss into the not too distant future. JOHANNESBURG - The low road spiralling down into a dystopian nightmare is one of two extreme scenarios in...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
THE government is still to constitute the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board, rendering null and void the board announced in September by Information minister Webster Shamu Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said this week. According to Tsvangirai, Shamu appointed the BAZ board, chaired by Tafataona Mahoso, in disregard of the global political agreement, which states that President Robert...
The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated... -o00o- PACHEDU (Roy Bennett) Racist taunts from Chinamasa Made Roy Bennett cross the line Minor scuffle led to trauma Jail was worse than any fine Justice more than once miscarried Babe knew naught of lost Estate Nor how much Heather was harried Brutalized by greed and hate Tortured thoughts of one in prison Suffering subhuman woes Lice enjoy incarceration...
IOL (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honour the power-sharing accord.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A top official from the mainstream MDC on Thursday said there were doubts Robert Mugabe would implement the Global Political Agreement, even if party negotiators manage to strike a deal.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to maintain political pressure on President Robert Mugabe to honor their power-sharing accord.
Andrew Bolt (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Why does Amnesty International boss Irene Khan - who rated John Howard alongside Robert Mugabe and the…
The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Howzit Among the list of obstacles that face the unity government, there is the appointment of the Attorney-General (who spent most of this week in court prosecuting Roy Bennett - and who was having a hard time of it) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Gideon Gono. Both appointments were made unilaterally by Mugabe, and he has stated that neither man is going anywhere. But perhaps there was...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Proteas have tried to inspire antagonism, but are England too nice to sledge? It must be frustrating for Graeme Smith and Mickey Arthur. Their normal whipping boy, Kevin Pietersen, is keeping an uncharacteristically low profile on this England tour. Perhaps he has matured; perhaps his missus is about to launch her solo career; either way, KP has deemed it fit to renounce his normal belligerence,...
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