Mugabe still in chargeBy Tawanda KanhemaThursday, 18 September 2008
Zimbabwe has perfected its own model of democracy, deal democracy, in which elections are merely political barometers charged with measuring the political worth of candidates for bargaining in post election deals and settlements.THE deal signed by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leaders [...]

The Killing of Count Folke Bernadotte
By STANLEY HELLER
September is a month of memorials. Back in 1982 from September 15th to 18th Lebanese fascists militia supported by Israel massacred at least 1,300 people in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Chatilla. The 28th of September in 2000 saw the [...]

Here’s the text of speeches given by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe after the signing of the power-sharing agreement in Harare on September 15, 2008. Our transcribers are still busy with Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara’s speech.

Morgan Tsvangirai- Speech
President Mbeki, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, [...]

Deals and Accords substitute multiparty democracy.
Power-sharing deal 2008
Unity Accord 1987

The political agreement signed on September 15, 2008 between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai is remniscent of the 1987 Peace Accord between Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo of Zapu. The only difference, Tsvangirai comes into the marriage on the back of more popular support and [...]

Imke Rust with her new work wo-man, one of her mixed-media works on paper

Imke Rust, Namibian-born Director of art and cultural development concern p.art.ners and one of the best artists in Namibia, held a solo exibition at the Wild Art Cafe this weekend and sold out all pieces on display. The exibition was titled [...]

Thabo Mbeki, the Zimbabwean Vice President, no, South African President, has flown into Harare for the umpteenth time this week to put one of his last bandages on the desperate political situation. Even more desperate is the South African premier himself, who not only sees the Zimbabwe crisis as the yardstick of his performance as [...]