Wilful manipulation of ignorance is what comes to mind in reading Jacob Zuma’s “bold vision” of how his MKP would liberate and “rectify the systemic inequalities” to deliver “true freedom” (The Mercury, December 17). Stalin used to blame the...
My late cousin who lived in Marondera, Zimbabwe, used to say that on a good day they might have six hours of water and electricity. Otherwise, there were periods of three days when one or both necessities were not available. Since March 9, there...
International indifference to the brutality of the Mnangagwa regime in Zimbabwe invites comparison with the international condemnation and sanctions which were applied more than 50 years ago to what was then Rhodesia. The glaring difference...
Although there is universal awareness of Zimbabwe’s economic collapse under Mugabe, its extent needs to be contextualised. In 1978 the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies based in Uppsala, Sweden, published a research paper by Howard Simson...
The Daily News is to be commended for its forthright and honest editorial (November 23) on the culpability of presidents of South Africa in condoning and failing to act against the brutal despotism of Robert Mugabe. Verse 8 of Psalm 12...
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