Zimbabwe: The turmoil, reconciliation, and the future!

[Dua]

Naskia ana wana mpango wa kubadili kipindi uraisi miaka 5 kama wabunge- nae aachie ngazi by mwakani!
Ila Zimbabwe will rise once again to be a giant in Southern Africa!
Na sisi Waafrika tumekaa- tunatazama tu- hatujawasaidia wenzetu Zim vya kutosha. AFRICA WE UNITE OR ELSE WE PERISH!
IF WE HAD A SOUTHERN AFRICAN FEDERATION WITH SINGLE CURRENCY- ZIMBABWE WOULD NOT BE SUFFERING THIS MUCH- THE SAME WORDS SPOKEN BY NYERERE AND NKRUMAH 40 YEARS AGO!

Ni kweli Mugabe sasa hivi saa kumi na mbili imetimia na hata yeye mwenyewe anaona hawezi tena kuwaburuza wananchi wake anatafuta mwanya wa kukimbia.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has not been endorsed by Zanu PF as the party's sole candidate in next year's critical presidential election as repeatedly claimed by his loyalists, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.
The Independent can further disclose the decision to hold joint parliamentary and presidential polls in March 2008 instead of 2010 as initially suggested in official circles was not made by party structures, but by Mugabe and his hangers-on, including Emmerson Mnangagwa and Patrick Chinamasa………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Soma hii habari kwa undani zaidi .

Kuhusu Zimbabwe kuja juu hilo halina ubishi nchi ni watu ambao wanafanya kazi ili kujikomboa na mafedhuli na vile vile wengi wao wanasoma hivi sasa nchi za nje na ukitilia maanani kwamba asilimia kubwa wanawasupport ndugu zao kwa pesa ambazo wanafanya kazi nje. Petrol ina nunuliwa kwa cupon in forex ambazo zinatumwa na Zimbabweans hivyo Mugabe akitoka utaona jinsi watakavyojikwamua.
Angalia hapa chini inflation inavyotesa ..............................................

June Inflation 13 000 Percent - CCZ

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
NEWS
27 July 2007
Posted to the web 27 July 2007

By Paul Nyakazeya
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says its recent calculations for the monthly expenditure for an urban family of six shows that inflation for the month of June was more than 13 000%. The Central Statistical Office (CSO), the official source of Consumer Price Index numbers, has not released its figures since February when it reported annual inflation at 1 729%.
Two months ago businessdigest revealed that Finance minister Samuel Mumbengegwi, had directed the CSO to stop releasing the figures. The March figures were kept under wraps until central bank governor Gideon Gono revealed them during his interim monetary policy review.
The market has come to accept 4 530% as the inflation figure for May although the numbers were never confirmed by the CSO. According CCZ's bread basket for June, a family of six now requires $8,2 million to live an average life.
Families that live below this amount are regarded as poor. The figure shows an increase of 13 445% in year-on-year inflation from $61 097 (revalued) which was required by the same size of family last June.
The basic salaries have however failed to keep up with inflation.
The CCZ attributed the rising breadline to increases in non-food items such as rent and household maintenance and a rise in basic commodities such as cooking oil, sugar, mealie- meal, rice and bread.
According to the figures, a packet of 2kg rice recorded the highest jump of 34 714% up on last year's figure while fresh milk (500ml) went up by 32 643%. Transport cost was up 27 172% while bread weighed in with 20 226%.

Kuhusu kuwasaidia tumewasaidia vya kutosha, Zimbabwe ni sovereign state kama Mugabe mwenyewe anavyosema na suala la kuwa na currency moja au kuungana haliondoi ukweli kwamba nchi zote ulimwenguni madictator watatokea na kama wananchi hawako macho wataumia. Hii miungano ambayo ni ya siri mimi siiafiki, hawa wanaotaka miungano hivi sasa wanataka kutumia ujanja ujanja ili kutafuna pesa za walipa kodi. Miungano hii ingetokea wakati ule wa kupigania uhuru sio hivi sasa wakati kila mtu anakodolea mali ya mwenzake. Cooperation tunayotakiwa kuwa nayo ni ya biashara kuwa na msimamo moja kwenye rasilimali tunazouza nje i.e. madini, vyakula na mazao ya biashara n.k. Utakumbuka vizuri kwa mfano Airport tax Tanzania tulikuwa tunacharge USD 20.00 (miaka ya 1980's) wakati nchi zote majirani walikuwa wanacharge USD 10.00. watalii waliendelea kulalamika kwa kipindi fulani na baadaye wengine waliamua kuwa wanakuja Bongo kwa barabara n.k.

Afrika wote tusimame kidete kuwaondoa hawa mafedhuli.

 

[Dua]

Coalition Set Up to Back Ncube

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
NEWS
27 July 2007

CIVIC society organisations and human rights groups in Bulawayo this week joined hands with political parties to launch a coalition that will mobilise resources for Archbishop Pius Ncube who has been sued for adultery.

The civic groups convened a meeting in Bulawayo on Monday and committed themselves to defending and standing in solidarity with the archbishop until the conclusion of his $20 billion adultery case in the courts.

On Tuesday over 200 people who included leaders of 30 civic organisations thronged the City Hall in Bulawayo to launch the Archbishop Pius Ncube Solidarity Coalition. The launch of the solidarity coalition comes barely days after South Africa-based churches launched similar support for Ncube.

The coalition brings together organisations such as the National Constitutional Assembly, the factions of the MDC, Zapu, Bulawayo Agenda, Christian Alliance, Churches in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe Liberators Peace Initiative. Civic society leaders addressed a press conference and took turns to give solidarity messages to Ncube. Zapu leader Paul Siwela told journalists that an individual's right should not be left to a kangaroo circuit of journalists to decide whether he goes to jail or does not.
"An individual's right should be respected and should not be left to a kangaroo circuit of journalists to decide who goes to jail and who does not," Siwela said.

Human rights activists Effie Ncube was nominated to chair the coalition. Effie Ncube said the coalition will help to mobilise resources and run public awareness programmes in the alleged $20 billion adultery case. He also said the coalition will run programmes to counter propaganda from the state media.
Ncube is being sued by Onesimus Sibanda for adultery. Sibanda alleges that the archbishop was involved in the adultery affair with his wife Rosemary Sibanda. -- Staff Writer.

Mugabe anatumia kila njia kutuliza mapigo.

 

[Dua]

Zimbabwe launches $200,000 note

Food shortages have become common in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is to start circulating a new 200,000 Zimbabwe dollar note, in a bid to tackle the country's inflation, the highest in the world.

The new note, issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe from Wednesday, can buy 1kg (2.2lb) of sugar. Food and fuel shortages have become common as the government relies more heavily on imports, pushing prices to new heights. The official annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe is nearing 5,000%.
In practice, this means the price of a loaf of bread costs 50 times more in cash than it did a year ago.

Shortages

The new note is worth US$13 at the official exchange rate or $1 on the black market.

Zimbabwe's government has created a commission to find a way to control soaring living costs. But correspondents say that as long as Zimbabwe has a shortage of staple foods, including maize, food shortages are likely to continue. Critics have blamed President Robert Mugabe's policies, especially the seizure of white-owned farms, for ordinary Zimbabweans' hardship.

For his part, President Mugabe has accused foreign governments of trying to interfere in Zimbabwe's affairs. The new banknote comes after International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that by the end of 2007, prices will be 1,000 times higher than they were a year earlier, Reuters news agency reports.
"Price controls that are being enforced are likely to exacerbate shortages and ultimately fuel further inflation," said Bio Tchane, director of the IMF's Africa department, who described Zimbabwe's prospects as "bleak".

Soma Hapa

You want to be a millionare overnight come to Zimbabwe.

Hii hali inatisha jamani hata ungemchukua mtu ambaye hakwenda shule uchumi usingekuwa mbaya namna hii. Naona wataanza kula degree za bwana Mugabe.

 

[Insurgent]

Zimbabwe: 'Zim to Import Maize From Tanzania'

The Herald (Harare)
31 July 2007
Posted to the web 31 July 2007

Harare
ZIMBABWE will import about 200 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania as part of drought mitigatory efforts, the Minister of Agriculture, Cde Rugare Gumbo, has said.
He said the country has been importing grain from friendly Sadc countries like Zambia and Malawi in the past few months.

He dismissed reports that the Government had rejected food offers from international food agencies.
"We have been importing maize from Zambia and Malawi. Right now, we are finalising the modalities to import maize from Tanzania," said Cde Gumbo in an interview last week.
"We are determined to feed the nation and we will do our best to achieve that."
He said most areas in Matabeleland and Masvingo had been severely affected by low rainfall and required food aid.
Cde Gumbo said it was not true that Government was spurning food offers from the Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Food Programme and other international donor organisations.
He said Government was still studying the extent to which the country had been affected and its food requirements.
"We are prepared to engage with anybody, but we are still to assess the amount of maize we can purchase locally and how much we require as imports.
"We can't just rush to the international community without concrete figures and proper statistics on the situation," he said.

The Government has since appointed a board of directors for the Grain Marketing Board and said their responsibility was to professionally market and distribute prescribed commodities, a role the minister described as critical at this time when the country was coming from a poor season and was resorting to imports.

GMB board chairman Mr Charles Chikaura said he would discharge the duty to the best of his ability.
"Right now it's too early for me to say much. I am still to consult with the current acting chief executive officer, and we will meet as a board to chart the way forward," said Mr Chikaura in an interview.

Government has declared 2007 a drought year, meaning that drought-prone areas should receive food relief from the State.
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What is the difference between Black Africans and White Africans? Its really a shame to see the same farms used to produce food for the whole Zimbabwe and for export!

This reminds me of us(Tanzania) after Arusha Declaration...

Where are we going wrong? Is it our attitude?

 

[MzalendoHalisi]

Insurget,
Ukame ndugu yangu! Hata sisi tulisaidiwa chakula mwaka juzi tu tulipopata ukame! Hata Lesotho pia serikali imetangaza kuna food shortage!
Nimekuwa naangalia Kaunda position over Mugabe
Look mnaonaje? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6728015.stm

 

[Dua]

Weep for Zimbabwe

New Vision (Kampala)
COLUMN
3 August 2007
Posted to the web 4 August 2007

By John Nagenda
Kampala

WHAT is going on inside President Robert Mugabe's head, he of the destroyed nation of Zimbabwe, with himself, of course, as Destroyer in Chief? I have spent countless hours of agonised argument on this one; some people saying he is bad, others that he is mad, yet others that he is both and more.

You approach the subject invariably with a sinking feeling, and fully aware that nothing about this poor country will currently make your spirits rise.

And if this is the case a thousand and more miles from the eye of the storm, you can only weep for those on the spot. And how are they to be rid of this baleful Presence which plays so capriciously and recklessly with their very lives? It is deeply depressing to revisit this subject, of which I have written so many times, and to know how to pitch it.

For a start I am not even Zimbabwean, nor have I ever visited that by all accounts beautiful country; nor will I go during this cruel man's demonic rule. So, what right do I have to pontificate about it? The still, sad music of humanity, as the poet Wordsworth put it. Second, I hate undressing a fellow African in front of outsiders who will as usual jump at the slightest chance to show that Africans, Blacks, are in every way short of the full packet. I can imagine, for example, ex-Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith letting out a demented cackle and saying to the world: "Didn't I tell you so?"

Ouch! And, shame on him, Mugabe has mistreated his own Black brothers and sisters far more than, for example, the more publicised White farmers. For this he deserves, ironically, the fervent praise of the old racists like Ian Smith. (Not that Mugabe was right to persecute the Whites!) Hang your head, Robert Mugabe!

Of course, like the rest of humanity, Brother Mugabe is a creature of history: he is who he is because of what happened before. But unlike the huge majority of mankind, he has been in the Number One position to better Zimbabwe's lot.

He had played a major part in ridding his country of its rabid pre-independence bigots. He was rightly an African hero; perhaps a degree below the biggest, such as Mandela, Nkrumah, Kenyatta, Nyerere and, in a different fashion, Senghor. Now Mugabe has all but squandered that legacy.

It must amaze those who were not around at his greatest hours that he can even be mentioned in the same breath as those giants. Of course he and Zimbabwe were badly let down by their British ex-Masters; of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. They promised funds for buying out those foreign farmers who preferred to leave, and sometimes even those who didn't. For from the time the Whiteman had first stepped on Zimbabwe soil, the huge bulk of it had been denied to the African.

It was Mugabe's duty and stated promise to rectify this wrong-in-the-bone issue expeditiously. This was well known, and "Great" Britain, following its own plans, duly did its dirty deed. It put Mugabe in an extremely difficult position, and certainly accelerated his moral decay.

For that's what it is. Now even the most flawed of individuals from that brutal time when extreme racism was at the head of affairs will turn round and say that no matter how much funding would have been given, Mugabe would have squandered it on frolics of his own. And the shame of it is that he can't prove otherwise.

And who would easily believe him anyway, having seen the despotic way in which he has treated, and continues to treat, and will do so to his dying day, his own people? In whose interest he is demented enough to insultingly say he is acting!

Some years ago, this column, on its bended knee, prayed to Almighty God to take Mugabe to His better chambers. Or, in plainer words, to remove him from the scene of his crimes! It can be put plainer still, but this is a family paper! In any event God in "His mysterious ways His wonders to perform" did not succumb to the prayer.

Perhaps He thought it wiser that Zimbabweans of conviction should do what it takes; the better to sustain the result. Hunters enjoy even more the meat they have killed by the strength of their arm. However done, "'t were better it were done quickly". Zimbabweans and their country deserve nothing less. Their Man of Tyranny deserves what Fate will bring!

Bofya hapa


Ndio viongozi wetu wanapotaka madaraka ahadi lukuki lakini wakishaingia joto ya jiwe inawapata walipakodi.

 

[Dua]

Mugabe Splashes Trillions On Cars

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
NEWS
3 August 2007
Posted to the web 3 August 2007

By Constatine Chimakure


GOVERNMENT recently spent trillions of dollars buying a state-of-the-art limousine for President Robert Mugabe and Mercedes-Benz S class vehicles for ministers.

This emerged on the back of acute foreign currency reserves, food and fuel shortages in the country. Key ministries are reeling under budgetary deficits after they exhausted their allocations in the first quarter of the year.

Before the latest acquisition, Mugabe used a Mercedes-Benz S600 limousine as his official car. The new limousine is believed to be a modified version of the S600 class.

The new vehicle is said to have additional security features installed by a private tuning company in Europe. A new Mercedes-Benz S600L produced by Daimler-Chrysler in Germany costs about US$210 000 before modifications (about $29,8 billion at the Old Mutual implied rate of US$1: $142 000). The same vehicle with extras such as a video system with monitors and security features, comes close to US$250 000 or $35,5 billion.

The Zimbabwe Independent understands the new acquisition's chassis and other features were modified.

"They call this version Executive," a source said this week. "The cost of the vehicle depends on the number of modifications and especially whether the vehicle has been armoured.

"Just to give you an idea, Mugabe's old S-model as an armoured security vehicle was in the region of US$1 million, meaning his new Mercedes-Benz cost a fortune. Prices for special versions of the standard S600 Pullman are treated confidentially and not available on simple request. A full-house armoured version of the S600 Pullman 'stretch' would be over US$1,4 million or $198,8 billion."

The source said apart from Mugabe's vehicle, government also bought Mercedes-Benz S350 models for ministers, who were given the option to buy the E230 class vehicles they were using at a give away price of $5 million each.

Zimbabwe has over 30 ministers.

This means government recoups a miniscule $150 million from selling the old vehicles to the ministers, which cannot buy an old Peugeot 504 car. A local Mercedes Benz supplier indicated that an S350 Benz cost about US$100 000.

Contacted for comment, Deputy Information minister Bright Matonga said the vehicle acquisitions were justified and a "security issue".

"We're talking about the president here," said Matonga. "Urikuda kuti wafambe nepick-up truck here? (Do you want the president to move around in a pick-up truck?)

"This is a security issue and we don't discuss security issues with anybody. If government decides to buy vehicles for the president or cabinet ministers it is justified because we're a very responsible government."

Bofya hapa


Wakati wananchi wanakufa kwa njaa. Ananunua magari ya anasa kwa kutoa ajira kwa wazungu na kutumia pesa ya walipa kodi bila huruma. - HUYU NDIYE MUGABE

 

[Dua]

Strange Twist in Pius Ncube Adultery Case

Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)
NEWS
5 August 2007
Posted to the web 6 August 2007

By Kholwani Nyathi
Bulawayo

The $20 billion adultery lawsuit against Archbishop Pius Ncube has taken a new twist -- adultery claims have been dropped.
According to fresh High Court papers seen by The Standard last week, plaintiff Onesimus Sibanda's lawyer, Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga says he would make an application to amend the original summons at the pre-trial conference or "any time before trial".

The amendment does not contain any adultery claims against Ncube, a fierce critic of the government's human rights record.
In the original claim, Sibanda, a soldier attached to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, said he wanted $20 billion from the prelate for allegedly having an intimate relationship with his wife, Rosemary.

He said $10 billion was for adultery damages, $5 billion for loss of consortium, and $5 billion for loss of contumelia (loss of comfort). But in the latest application, Sibanda does not mention damages for adultery and instead wants the figure broken down to $10 billion being loss of consortium and $10 billion for contumelia.

This follows an application by Ncube's lawyer, Advocate Nicholas Mathonsi, for Sibanda to clarify how the alleged adultery was committed and also to justify how the claims were arrived at.
On Friday, Nzarayapenga said the amendment only sought "to correct mistakes that were made in the summons and declaration. Otherwise the claim remains the same at $20 billion".

Soma hapa

Tutaona mengi kabla ya mabadiliko!

 

[Richard]

Hivi karibuni nchini Zimbabwe maofisa 15 wa juu wa jeshi wamefukuzwa kazi kutoka katika jeshi hilo. Hatua hio inafuatia jaribio la kumpindua raisi Robert Mugabe wan nchi hio huru ambae amekuwa madarakani tokea akabidhiwe nchi na wakoloni wa Kiingereza mwaka 1980.

Baaadhi ya maofisa hao wamefikishwa mbele ya mahakama ya kijeshi, wengine rumande na wengine hawajulikani waliko! Jaribio la sasa linasemekana kuwa lilikuwa ni zito zaidi ya lile lililofanyika mwaka 1998 na sasa zaidi ya 40 wapo chini ya upelelezi wakifuatiliwa na vyombo vya usalama ambavyo ni moja ya vyombo bora katika bara la Afrika kwa uchapaji kazi!

Lakini matukio hayo yakiendelea, hali ya uchumi wa nchi hio inazidi kuwa mbaya. Benki kuu ina kazi kubwa kudhibiti mzunguko wa fwedha na “wafadhili”, “wahisani” na NGOs wanajitahidi kupenyeza pesa kupitia benki kuu kama sheria inavyotaka hata kama fwedha yenyewe itapungua sana kwa thamani ya Dolali ya Zimbawe.

Wananchi wa Zimbabwe ndio wanaoadhibika kwa hali hio kwani hawana chakula cha kutosha, gharama za maisha zimepanda na watu wamepata nafasi ya kwenda nje hasa Afrika kusini kama wakimbizi au wasomi wengi tu wamekimbilia nchi za magharibi na kusababisha kupungua kwa wazalishaji mali nchini humo.

Raisi mwenyewe mheshimiwa Robert Mugabe yeye anatupa lawama kwa mataifa ya nje zikiongozwa na Uingereza kwamba ndizo zinaharibu uchumi wa nchi hio, kwa makusudi ili wananchi wakasirike na hatimae wamchague bwana Morgan Tsvangirai awe raisi wa nchi hio na akaribishe makampuni ya kimataifa,wawekezaji na mabenki, waje na sera ambazo zitazidi kumkandamiza mkulima, mfugaji na yeyote yule anaeishi kijijini kusikopata habari ya nini kinaendelea pale Harare.

Pia Serikali ya Bwana Tsvangirai itakuwa na udhibiti wa jeshi nchi nzima, ndani ikiwa na wazungu ambao ndio wafadhili wa MDC kwa sasa wakiwa na mashamba makubwa.

Lakini ni nini kiini cha matatizo?

Kwa kuangalia matatizo ya nchi hio inabidi kuona jinsi wananchi wa taifa hilo wanavyotaabika kila kukicha. Umri wa kufariki umeshuka hadi kufikia miaka 37 kwa wanaume na 34 kwa wanawake na inawezekana ikashuka zaidi ya hapo.Kwa hio hapa kwa kiasi kikubwa wazalishaji mali ni wanazidi kupungua.

Halafu kuna Ukimwi,ukosefu wa chakula, ukame,ukosefu wa kazi na mfumuko wa bei ambao umefikia kiasi cha asilimia 1800.

Matatizo ya Zimbabwe hayawezi kuelelekezwa moja kwa moja kwa Mzee Mugabe, kama ambavyo watu watapenda kufanya hivo. Mugabe aliongoza harakati za kuikomboa Zimbabwe kutoka kwa ukoloni wa kiingereza.
Lakini kama kawaida ya viongozi wakti ule, siasa zake na tabia ya kijamaa ya kutaka wananchi nao wafaidi matunda ya uhuru, mzee Mugabe akaitwa London pale Lancaster House kuzungumza na mabepari. Baada ya kikao akaamua kuendeleza sera zake za kijamaa ili kupata kuungwa mkono na Wazimbabwe na wakati huohuo akiridhia matakwa ya mabepari (mashirika, makampuni na mabenki). Sera zote zilizoonesha kuzuia kazi ya mabepari ziliwekwa kapuni na hapo fwedha ikaanza kumwagwa na serikali ya mzee Mugabe ikawa na neema na kutumia fwedha ya misaada kwa kuendeleza Elimu na Afya, wakati huo ukienda Harare(nasikia) ilikuwa ikiitwa “Basket of Africa”.

Kama nchi zingine za Africa ikiwemo Tanzania, Zimbabwe ilikubali mpango wa IMF uitwao kwa Kiingereza “Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility” mwanzoni mwa miaka ya tisini. Soko huria ikawa ndio kisingizio cha kuingiza zaidi fwedha za mikopo kwa hazina ya Zimbabwe kwa masharti kwamba irudishwe ikiwa na riba kubwa juu yake. Matumizi ya fwedha ya Serikali yakapungua kuanzia kwenye Afya, Ukimwi na hatimae deni la serikali (nchi) likaanza kukua kwa kasi na kutokana na masuala ya biashara huria kushika tama duniani na ushindani kuongezeka thamani ya bidhaa za Zimbabwe ikaporomoka na hata madini yakakosa soko na hapo ndipo sera za Mzee huyu zikaanza kuangaliwa kwa undani na wachambuzi.

Mzee Mugabe akaanza kupunguza urafiki na IMF na nchi za magharibi kwani utegemezi wa bajeti ya serikali ambao serikali ilipenda kwa sana ukaondoka. Kama kawaida wananchi huwa wananza kuhisi machungu na mfukoni kunakosa kitu,suluhishi- kuandamana.

Sasa mzee wa watu akachanganyikiwa, akaanza kutafuta watu wa kumuunga mkono na kama kawaida kwa sababu alikuwa kama amewaweka kwenye akaunti watu maskini wa vijijini wasio na ardhi akawaahidi kuwapa mashamba makubwa kwa kunyang’anya mashamba ya wazungu walowezi na kwa kuwa wazungu hawa waliruhusiwa kulima na kufanya shughuli zao bila shaka walikuwa hawakuwahi kusumbuliwa hapo kabla.

Lakini mzee Mugabe akasahau kwamba anahitaji fwedha ya kuwekeza kwenye mashamba mapya ya wazimbabwe asilia kwani palihitajika mashine,elimu na ujuzi wa kulima kuweza kuzalisha chakula kwa uchumi na ulaji.

Kwa pamoja sera za biashara huria za IMF na ushirikiano kutoka ZANU-PF na sera zake zisizoeleweka, Zimbabwe leo imefikia hapo ilipo, na nchi hiyo inatapatapa isijue nini cha kufanya.

Mzee Robert Mugabe bado anataka kuendelea kuwa Kamuzu Banda mwingine.

Mimi nafikiri Mzee Mugabe inabidi afikirie Zimbawe baada ya yeye.Je wewe unafikiriaje.

 

[MzalendoHalisi]

Richard,
Ya Zim kwa sasa inasikitisha- Wakubwa US na UK wasipokupenda hata ufanyeje you will go! Angalia Nkurumah 1966! Kwa hiyo sioni la ajabu Zim kwa sasa!
On a serious note, Mugabe amezeeka angewaachia tu vijana, miaka 27 madarakani kwa mtu mmoja at 83 years inatosha!
Hope mazungumzo ya sasa through SADC yataleta ahueni over matatizo ya Zim. SADC summit Lusaka this August will discuss Zim.

 

[Dua]

Zimbabwe sugar stampede kills two

Two people have been crushed to death in Zimbabwe when desperate shoppers scrambled to buy sugar.
Pressure from the crowd, in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo, caused a pillar to fall on top of a security guard and a 15-year-old boy, killing them both.

The boy was taken to hospital with a broken arm and two broken legs, but doctors were unable to save his life. Zimbabweans are struggling to find even the most basic goods, as an economic crisis pushes inflation above 4,500%.

The country's plight is on the agenda at a summit of southern African leaders meeting in the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is among the leaders in Lusaka.

'Sensed danger'

Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper, the Chronicle, reported that the 35-year-old security guard died at the scene of the stampede. Eyewitness Enos Luphahla told the paper that the man was unlocking the gate to the shopping centre when people began to surge forward. "When he saw the number of people pushing the gate he sensed danger and hid behind the pillar between the two gates.

"The pressure was however too much for the wall and it fell on him and he was trapped under the pillar." The witness added that the wall also fell on the boy and injured several other people.

"Instead of rescuing those who had been trapped, people trampled on the pillar in a bid to be the first in the queue."

Soma hapa

Kwa kweli hii ni laana sijui huko Lusaka kama mambo yatakuwa mazuri?

 

[MzalendoHalisi]

1. Halafu nimekuwa nasikiliza BBC J'borg Wazimbabwe wakimbizi kama 1,000 wanalala kanisani la Methodist na kila siku kanisa hupokea kama 20 new Zimbabweans!

2. SADC took so long to intervene- now it is too late! Hope something good will come out of Lusaka meeting!

 

[Koba]

....27 yrs in presidency/ huyu jamaa need to go no matter what, si aondoke tuu na asipoondoka watamwondoa kwa nguvu sasa,na sio kila kitu anatukumbushia eti alikuwa freedom fighter 40 yrs back wengine hata kuzaliwa ilikuwa bado,he screwed up big lakini still yupo tuu...kachanganyikiwa kama banda naona!

 

[MzalendoHalisi]

1. My problem ni kama ndani ya Zim wenyewe watamwondoa! Sijua hawa viongozi- if he feels unpopular sii tu angeachia ngazi mapema by 2000 yote haya yasingetokea! Huyu mzee bwana!

2. Sasa ukishakuwa na watu over 3 million ktk kipindi kifupi wamekimbia nchi yako- sii bora tu akahamua kuwaachia vijana? Tatizo mzee huyu haambiliki! Now he can not blame UK and US any longer- wakati wananchi wake wanateseka hivi!

 

[Dua]

Govt Splurges U.S. $1.5 Million to Defend Price Blitz

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
NEWS
17 August 2007
Posted to the web 17 August 2007

By Itai Mushekwe

THE embattled Zimbabwe government has once again gobbled scarce foreign currency, thought to be over US$1,5 million, to defend its contentious price blitz and failed economic policies with London-based New African magazine.

President Robert Mugabe's price war has left shops across the country empty and the populace scrounging for basic foodstuffs. This comes hardly two months after government sank over US$1 million on a 70-page sponsored supplement with the same publication to defend its orgy of violence against opposition leaders in March. The attacks on opposition politicians and civic leaders including MDC faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai, drew loud criticism from the international community.

Deputy Information minister Bright Matonga yesterday said government would continue to spend foreign currency on New African magazine and other magazines publishing in various languages to tell the "true Zimbabwe story" regardless of what it costs. "The cost of paying New African magazine is tiny compared to the cost and damage done by the Zimbabwe Independent and Standard against government," said Matonga. "We don't care how much it cost us and will continue to do so (paying for sponsored supplements in New African). Put whatever figure you want, but let me inform you that this is a massive project and we're going to publish the Zimbabwe story in all languages necessary because people out there are interested in hearing the truth. So we're not going back because the message is getting louder and clear. It's a serious game and not Zanu PF propaganda like you call it. The price we paid for the supplement was worth paying."

Matonga, who boasted that government has successfully taken over both the print and electronic media in Zimbabwe, said copies of the controversial New African edition had flooded into Zambia and are being distributed for free as Sadc leaders began meeting yesterday for a crucial summit placing Zimbabwe high on the agenda today. In its latest edition for August/September, New African carries a special 79-page supplement on Zimbabwe attempting to uncover what it calls the "the real story" of Zimbabwe's economy. The massive propaganda campaign includes a nine-page editorial on Mugabe's June 27 speech at Heroes' Acre during the burial of the late Brigadier-General, Paul Gunda in which he accuses business of being "snakes in our midist", and an interview with Reserve Bank governor, Gideon Gono, who vowed that Zimbabwe would not die despite the macro-economic fundamentals haunting the economy.

The so-called Pan-African magazine also contains articles by New African editor, Baffour Ankomah, who now appears to be Mugabe's publicity pointman. Gono, Information permanent secretary George Charamba, and Tafataona Mahoso feature, among others. Zimbabwe is reeling under massive fuel, food, and power shortages, but government appears determined to spruce up its battered international image which critics argue is the direct product of its appalling human rights record and political repression.

A full-page advert in the New African costs US$11 900 (£5 900), a significant sum for 79 pages given the country's depleted foreign currency reserves. Ankomah, who jetted into Zimbabwe on July 7 for a three-week tour for the public relations project on state-sponsored airline tickets and hotel accommodation, attempts in his introduction to the supplement to throw an iron curtain around the reality of empty shelves in Zimbabwe's stores. Pictures show up-market shops in suburban Harare whose shelves are filled with items such as jelly and soup.

The supplement also carries articles by columnists normally critical of government's record such as Bulawayo economist Eric Bloch who on this occasion warns that business is committing "hara-kiri" by increasing prices ahead of the commencement of the Social Contract.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai dismisses the price war as a "poor election gimmick". All the other writers, however, are the regime's usual cheerleaders. Gono backtracks on his initial condemnation of the price crackdown, which he likened to the Iraq war, as first reported by the Independent on July 13, arguing that he was in support of the clampdown on prices but wanted government to take a holistic approach in its implementation.

Charamba, whose ministry is the brains behind the propaganda installment, fires salvos at the West for attempting to foment regime change. Much of the material here will be familiar to readers of the state media but is unlikely to make an impression on readers abroad who already know the record of the regime on governance and the economy.

Resources diverted for the sake of outside world. We have got big problems with our leaders and a long way to go. They can only smile.

 

[Dua]

Australia bans 'Mugabe students'

Australia says it will deport eight Zimbabwean university students whose parents are senior members of the government of President Robert Mugabe.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the move was an extension of sanctions against Zimbabwe.

It was aimed at preventing those behind human rights abuses from giving their children the education their policies denied ordinary Zimbabweans, he said. The Australian government is a vocal critic of Mr Mugabe.

Earlier this year, it banned its cricketers from going on a planned tour to Zimbabwe. Mr Downer said the visa measure was necessary because of the continuing disregard for democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe's government has accused Australia of funding violence by aiding civic groups in the country.

Soma Hapa

Good action and a big YES for the Australians.

 

[Mbu]

....27 yrs in presidency/ huyu jamaa need to go no matter what, si aondoke tuu na asipoondoka watamwondoa kwa nguvu sasa,na sio kila kitu anatukumbushia eti alikuwa freedom fighter 40 yrs back wengine hata kuzaliwa ilikuwa bado,he screwed up big lakini still yupo tuu...kachanganyikiwa kama banda naona!

Mzee Koba, Bob si Baba wa taifa lao?, hata baba wa taifa letu alitutawala miaka kadhaa "tukaridhika"!... Wa Zim wanafuata nyayo zetu, ipo siku nao atatokea "Mzee Ruksa" wao!

Mzee Bob Mugabe si alikuwa anaishi pale Chang'ombe, na miaka yote ile mpaka walipojipatia uhuru 1980(?) alikuwa anatuona na maazimio yetu ya arusha, mara tunavyojifunga mikanda! ...

NASI KWA KUSAHAU!!! ha ha...

 

[Mbu]

Do you think this can happen in Tanzania?

though not to the extent ya hawa watani!

Unakumbuka pale karibu na soko la kisutu miaka ile ya 1970's kulikuwa na biashara imeshamiri sana ya dada zetu toka kabila la kule magharibi walokuwa wanajiuza usiku? hata Morogoro nilipoishi miaka ya 1980's kulikuwa na shamba street!!!

Mbona nasi tushapanga sana foleni ya Sukari Gulu, Sembe la njano, nyumbani kwa balozi wa nyumba kumi, tena na daftari lako mkononi, ambalo limeorodheshwa nyote mnaoishi katika nyumba hiyo, Chakula kwa mgao, ukikosa zamu yako, ujue ndio mpaka wiki ijayo!!!

Mbona nasi tushapigana sana vikumbo kugombea kununua mkate tu, (Wa Siha), foleni inaanzia saa saba mchana, unakuja kununua mkatae kumi na moja jioni?...tena wala sio mbali, miaka ya 1980's tu hapo...

Mbona tushapanga sana foleni ya petroli na dizeli, tena unakadiriwa kwa wikilita zako 20 kwa mfano, tena jumapili baada ya saa nane usiendeshe gari lako mpaka jumatatu asubuhi!!!

Shopping ilikuwa duka la michezo Zanzibar, Nairobi au Mombasa, ndio unavaa BATA brand trainers, lasivyo Safari Boot ya Bora nawee wewe na Safari Boot!!! kama usipopigia mswaki jivu, unakuwa umeuchinja kwa ukiletewa zawadi ya Colgate moja, Imperial leather, lux na Omo,...tena unavificha kweli kweli pale Namanga au Airport, maana ukikamatwa navyo...!!!

Wakati huo ulifikia kuna baadhi ya wananchi Tanzania hii hii walivaa magunia!!! leo hii kwa sera za mzee Ruksa angalau utamkuta mtu angalau na tshirt-Mtumba ya Barcelona hata huko Mahuta Shimoni-Newala!!!

We've been there Mzee, na wala usiombee hali ile irudi tena maana....!!!

Uzuri wetu wadanganyika hatuchelewi kusahau!!!

 

[Mbu]

1. My problem ni kama ndani ya Zim wenyewe watamwondoa! Sijua hawa viongozi- if he feels unpopular sii tu angeachia ngazi mapema by 2000 yote haya yasingetokea! Huyu mzee bwana!

2. Sasa ukishakuwa na watu over 3 million ktk kipindi kifupi wamekimbia nchi yako- sii bora tu akahamua kuwaachia vijana? Tatizo mzee huyu haambiliki! Now he can not blame UK and US any longer- wakati wananchi wake wanateseka hivi!

Inanikumbusha enzi zile Vijana wa Kitanzania wana cross Boarder kwa Boarder kwenda kutafuta meli!!!.

au kina Kisoda waloteka ndege ya ATC kwa embe, ...hili embe embe, dodo!!!

Guys, hawa jamaa wapo katika kipindi cha mpito, they'll pass thru this period na watakuja inuka tena, si unakumbuka ule msemo wa "Nyoka huyo, yu wapi na apite tu"?

TATIZO NI KUTOKUJIFUNZA KATIKA KIPINDI KAMA HIKI!

 

[Bongolander]

Unajua weakness ya baadhi yetu hasa tuliodanganywa na wanasiasa ni kuwa, Wazungu na wabaya na weusi ni wazuri. Najua hapa kwenye Jambo ukiuliza watu who is good for the people of Zimbabwe between Ian Smith and Bob, wengi wanaweza kusema Bob. Siwezi kushangaa, mimi napinga binafsi naweza kusema Ian was much much better in many respects compared to Bob. Angalia Bob alivyoivuruga nchi, sasa hivi Wazimbabwe wanakula Panya balada ya nyama ya ng'ombe ambayo hata watu wa Arusha tuliweza kuila.
Alichukua nchi kutoka kwa Smith ikiwa na heshima kubwa, unemployement was very low, economy was robust, watu walikuwa wanakimbilia kwenda Zim, sasa hivi watu wanakimbia nchi.
Sasa hivi hata ukimuona mwenyewe anavyoonekana unaweza kuona tu ni kweli yanamsubiri kama ya kamuzu Banda. Moja ya mambo yaliyonifanya nisimwelewe BWM ni kumuunga mkono Bob, i wonder what was in Ben mind? Bob hafai kwa kweli.