Namibia: After the war, Its pay day!
Children of the fallen heroes of Namibia’s struggle for independence spent two months camping outside the Ministry of Veterans Affairs building in the capital Windhoek. They have demanded jobs and education as compensation for the role played by their fathers and mothers during the protracted armed struggle against the South African apartheid government. The Swapo-led [...]
Zimbabwe: An unshakable albatross
It is eight months after the election. Zimbabwe still has no government. Mbeki, for all his shortcomings and failure to deliver on his mandate as SADC Chairman, has been toppled by his party and has sunk gracefully into obscurity. The US, a nation at war, has since elected Obama as president, and his former opponent [...]
Namibia: After the war, Its pay day!
Children of the fallen heroes of Namibia’s struggle for independence spent two months camping outside the Ministry of Veterans Affairs building in the capital Windhoek, demanding jobs and education as compensation for the role played by their fathers and mothers during the protracted armed struggle against the South African apartheid government. The Swapo-led Namibian government, [...]
Zimbabwe: An unshakable albatross
It is eight months after the election. Zimbabwe still has no government. Mbeki, for all his shortcomings and failure to deliver on his mandate as SADC Chairman, has been toppled by his party and has sunk gracefully into obscurity. The US, a nation at war, has since elected Obama as president, and his former opponent [...]
Riding for Charity: Milward’s Sacrifice
Simon Milward, a British humanitarian and motorcycle enthusiast, rode a hand-made 600cc motor-cycle through 55 countries, covering 178,000km and raising US$109,000 for medical charities. This heroic journey of his life ended in Mali, after he crashed. He rode through the Road of Bones in Siberia and a civil war in Laos. I met him a month before his tragic death in March 2005 and asked him why he was taking the risk.
Investigative Report: Zimbabwe Torture Camps 2008
Zimbabwe Torture Camps And Election Fraud- 2008. This Investigative Africa story aired on ITN Channel 4 TV, UK on June 18, 2008.
DRC: A new war on the way?
Rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda this week announced plans to “liberate” the whole of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This time, the DRC is without the generous (and taxing) military support of SADC countries. Here’s an excerpt from an interview Tawanda Kanhema had with the DRC ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr Mawampanga Mwana Nanga in September 2007.
DRC: A new war on the way?
Rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda this week announced plans to “liberate” the whole of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This time, the DRC is without the generous (and taxing) military support of SADC countries. Here’s an excerpt from an interview I had with the DRC ambassador to Zimbabwe in September 2007. Barely a year [...]