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Tackle Zimbabwe, archbishop urges


The UK has been pressed to act

The Archbishop of York has launched a fierce attack on Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe and called for Britain to lead sanctions against his government.
Writing in the Observer, Dr John Sentamu likened Mr Mugabe to the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

"Mugabe is the worst kind of racist dictator," he wrote.

He told the BBC that Gordon Brown should lead a coalition of countries in mounting stricter international sanctions against Zimbabwe. The archbishop highlighted a recent report from Zimbabwe for BBC Two's Newsnight which exposed drastic food shortages, infant mortality, average life expectancies in the mid-30s and poor living conditions in townships.

Orwellian vision

"The appalling poverty suffered by those who queue daily for bread in southern Harare is a world apart from the shops, boutiques and sprinkled lawns of northern Harare, where Mugabe's supporters live in palatial surroundings," he said in the newspaper. "Having targeted the whites for their apparent riches, Mugabe has enacted an awful Orwellian vision, with the once oppressed taking on the role of the oppressor and glorying in their totalitarian abilities."

At worst, Mbeki is complicit in his failing to lead the charge against a neighbour who is systematically raping the country he leads.

The archbishop also called for an end to current foreign policy introduced by Tony Blair, with its emphasis on the role of neighbouring governments such as South Africa.

"The time for 'African solutions' alone is now over," he said.

"Despite his best efforts, president Mbeki [of South Africa] has failed to help the people of Zimbabwe. "At best he has been ineffective in his efforts to advise, cajole and persuade Robert Mugabe that it is time for him to reverse his unjust and brutal regime.


"At worst, Mbeki is complicit in his failing to lead the charge against a neighbour who is systematically raping the country he leads." In an interview on BBC One's Sunday AM, he called on Mr Brown to lead a complete economic boycott.

"I think we need a very robust solution, things like boycotting sporting activity with Zimbabwe and reducing the number of embassy staff all over the world. "These embassies become conduits to take money out of the country."

The argument that sanctions would hurt the poor is wrong, he said, because their plight could not worsen.

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Tutu calls for action on Zimbabwe


Tutu said diplomatic efforts on Zimbabwe had failed

An estimated 3m Zimbabweans are thought to have fled to South Africa

The former Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, has called for tougher action to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.
He told a British television station that South Africa's "softly-softly" diplomatic approach had failed and more forthright measures were needed.

His remarks came as Zimbabwe's main opposition reported progress at South African-mediated talks with President Mugabe's government, held in Pretoria. In Harare a strike called in protest at living costs is being largely ignored.

"All of us Africans must hang our heads in shame for having allowed such a desperate situation to continue almost without anybody doing anything to try and stop it," Archbishop Tutu said in London.

The Pretoria talks appear to have led to a surprise deal on constitutional changes. Both factions of the MDC agreed not to offer resistance to draft constitutional amendments put forward by the governing Zanu-PF, even though there was speculation the changes would strengthen President Mugabe's position and allow him to choose his own successor. The constitutional amendments will pave the way for joint parliamentary and presidential elections in 2008. Thokozani Khupe, deputy leader of the main MDC faction, said in parliament: "As a confidence-building measure we have made a bold decision not to stand in the way of the constitutional amendments."

Economic woes

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) called for a two-day general strike in protest at the escalating cost of living and a salary freeze decreed by the President. But reports from the capital, Harare, suggest it was business as usual on Wednesday, with workers saying previous protests had not achieved anything and they could not afford to forfeit wages.

Zimbabwe has the world's highest inflation rate at an estimated 7,000%, and four out of five Zimbabweans live below the poverty line.

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Control prize aliyoianzisha Dictator Mugabe imefanya vyakula kupotea madukani.

The sting, in which a camera was planted in the ceiling of the archbishop's bedroom, was widely seen as a move by Mr Mugabe to silence his most strident critic, who has described the Zimbabwean leader as a megalomaniac and called on Christians to pray for him to die.
Pictures of a man believed to be Ncube climbing naked on top of a woman were printed in the state run press, which described them as coming from "the archbishop's love nest". Video of the former archbishop apparently having sex was shown on Zimbabwean television several nights in a row.

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Naona sasa Mugabe kaamua kula nao sahau moja wabaya wake wote. Patamu hapo!

Kyaruzi said:

Naona sasa Mugabe kaamua kula nao sahau moja wabaya wake wote. Patamu hapo!

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Makubwa haya.....

Zimbabwean inflation under 7,000% Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate slowed in August to 6,592.8% from July's record of 7,634.8%, according to the Central Statistical Office (CSO).
The slowdown came in the midst of a price-control programme imposed by President Robert Mugabe in June.
Businesses were ordered to cut or freeze prices for items such as bread and milk.
But critics say the measures have just deepened the chronic food shortages suffered by Zimbabweans.
At the end of August, President Mugabe introduced jail terms of up to six months for anyone caught trying to raise prices or wages.
The CSO said the decline in inflation was due to a slowdown in prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks.
Despite the fall, Zimbabwe's inflation remains by far the highest in the world.

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Hivi ni nani kati yetu anaweza kuishi kwenye inflation kama hii ya 4 digits? Hebu oneni aibu na kusema ukweli ambao siku zote ni mgumu kuusema. Game Theory na hii ni propaganda? CSO ni yake Mugabe ndio inasema hivyo na lazima ujue hapo wameweka chumvi kidogo.

Army General Threatens Coup If Mugabe Loses Election

SW Radio Africa said:

NEWS
26 September 2007
Posted to the web 26 September 2007

By Lance Guma

As Zimbabweans digest the implications of current talks between Zanu PF and the MDC, army Brigadier General David Sigauke sparked a reality check after threatening a military coup if Mugabe loses the coming election. According to news site Zimonline Brigadier General Sigauke told soldiers at a graduation ceremony over the weekend that Zimbabweans should vote wisely to defend their 'sovereignty' failing which the army would intervene. Zimonline quotes him saying, 'as soldiers, we have the privilege to be able to defend this task on two fronts, the first being through the ballot box and second being the use of the barrel of the gun should the worse comes to the worst.'

He went on to say, 'I may therefore urge you as citizens of Zimbabwe to exercise your electoral right wisely in the forthcoming election in 2008, remembering that 'Zimbabwe shall never be a colony again.' His comments echo similar ones made by former army commander, retired General Vitalis Zvinavashe, who told journalists at a press conference that the army would not back anyone who did not have a liberation war history. The remarks were made on the eve of the 2002 presidential election and were viewed as an attack on opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

The situation is not helped by the fact that dozens of former army personnel have been deployed to run several government parastatals and institutions. The Attorney General's office, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, National Railways of Zimbabwe and the Grain Marketing Board are all headed by former soldiers. Farai Maguwu, the Director of the Civic Alliance for Democracy and Governance, told Newsreel there are many soldiers who have committed crimes against humanity and amassed a lot of wealth along the way. He said it is these individuals who feel threatened by a possible return to normalcy in the country.

Maguwu doubts General Sigauke's position is the official stance of Zanu PF and says there are camps in the party pulling in different directions. He claimed the camp led by retired General Solomon Mujuru is unhappy with the MDC for making concessions to Mugabe because they felt this has now put him in a better position by reducing regional and international pressure. Maguwu believes Mugabe will come out the winner, just as the 1987 unity accord swallowed the opposition Zapu into Zanu PF.

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Haya basi, mambo ndio hivyo hiyo ndio democracy ya Zimbabwe.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Statement by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Comrade R. G. Mugabe, on the occasion of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 26 September, 2007[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your Excellency, President of the 62ndSession of the United Nations General Assembly, [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. Srgjan Kerim,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your Majesties,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Distinguished Delegates,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ladies and Gentlemen.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Allow me to congratulate you on your election to preside over this august assembly. We are confident that through your stewardship, issues on this 62nd Session agenda be dealt with in a balanced manner and to the satisfaction of all.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let me also pay tribute to your predecessor, Madame Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, who steered the work of the 61st Session in a very competent and impartial manner.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Her ability to identify the crucial issues facing the world today will be remembered as the hallmark of her presidency.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We extend our hearty welcome to the new Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, who has taken up this challenging job requiting dynamism in confronting the global challenges of the 21st Century. Balancing global interests and steering the United Nations in a direction that gives hope to the multitudes of the poor, the sick, the hungry and the marginalized, is indeed a mammoth task. We would like to assure him that Zimbabwe will continue to support an open, transparent and all-inclusive multilateral approach in dealing with these global challenges.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time. Its negative impact is greatest in developing countries, particularly those on the African continent. We believe that if the international community is going to seriously address the challenges of climate change, then we need to get our priorities right. In Zimbabwe, the effects of climate change have become more evident in the past decade as we have witnessed increased and recurrent droughts as well as occasional floods, leading to enormous humanitarian challenges.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We are for a United Nations that recognises the equality of sovereign nations and peoples whether big or small. We are averse to a body in which the economically and militarily powerful behave like bullies, trampling on the rights of weak and smaller states as sadly happened in Iraq. In the light of these inauspicious developments, this Organisation must surely examine the essence of its authority and the extent of its power when challenged in this manner. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Such challenges to the authority of the UN and its Charter underpin our repeated call for the revitalisation of the United Nations General Assembly, itself the most representative organ of the UN. The General Assembly should be more active in all areas including those of peace and security. The encroachment of some U.N. organs upon the work of the General Assembly is of great concern to us. Thus any process of revitalizing or strengthening of the General Assembly should necessarily avoid eroding the principle of the accountability of all principal and subsidiary organs to the General Assembly.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Once again we reiterate our position that the Security Council as presently constituted is not democratic. In its present configuration, the Council has shown that it is not in a position to protect the weaker states who find themselves at loggerheads with a marauding super-power. Most importantly, justice demands that any Security Council reform redresses the fact that Africa is the only continent without a permanent seat and veto power in the Security Council. Africa's demands are known and enunciated in the Ezulwini consensus.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We further call for the U.N. system to refrain from interfering in matters that are clearly the domain of member states and are not a threat to international peace and security. Development at country level should continue to be country-led, and not subject to the whims of powerful donor states.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Zimbabwe won its independence on 18th April, 1980, after a protracted war against British colonial imperialism which denied us human rights and democracy. That colonial system which suppressed and oppressed us enjoyed the support of many countries of the West who were signatories to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Even after 1945, it would appear that the Berlin Conference of 1884, through which Africa was parcelled to colonial European powers, remained stronger than the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is therefore clear that for the West, vested economic interests, racial and ethnocentric considerations proved stronger than their adherence to principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The West still negates our sovereignties by way of control of our resources, in the process making us mere chattels in out own lands, mere minders of its trans-national interests. In my own country and other sister states in Southern Africa, the most visible form of this control has been over land despoiled from us at the onset of British colonialism.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]That control largely persists, although it stands firmly challenged in Zimbabwe, thereby triggering the current stand-off between us and Britain, supported by her cousin states, most notably the United States and Australia. Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view must be controlled by their kith and kin. I am termed dictator because I have rejected this supremacist view and frustrated the neo-colonialists.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Clearly the history of the struggle for out own national and people's rights is unknown to the president of the United States of America. He thinks the Declaration of Human Rights starts with his last term in office! He thinks she can introduce to us, who bore the brunt of fighting for the freedoms of our peoples, the virtues of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What rank hypocrisy! [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I lost eleven precious years of my life in the jail of a white man whose freedom and well- being I have assured from the first day of Zimbabwe's Independence. I lost a further fifteen years fighting white injustice in my country. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ian Smith is responsible for the death of well over 50 000 of my people. I bear scars of his tyranny which Britain and America condoned. I meet his victims everyday. Yet he walks free. He farms free. He talks freely, associates freely under a black Government. We taught him democracy. We gave him back his humanity.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He would have faced a different fate here and in Europe if the 50 000 he killed were Europeans. Africa has not called for a Nuremberg trial against the white world which committed heinous crimes against its own humanity. It has not hunted perpetrators of this genocide, many of whom live to this day, nor has it got reparations from those who offended against it. Instead it is Africa which is in the dock, facing trial from the same world that persecuted it for centuries.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let Mr. Bush read history correctly. Let him realise that both personally and in his representative capacity as the current President of the United States, he stands for this "civilisation" which occupied, which colonised, which incarcerated, which killed. He has much to atone for and very little to lecture us on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His hands drip with innocent blood of many nationalities.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He still kills.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He kills in Iraq. He kills in Afghanistan. And this is supposed to be out master on human rights?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He imprisons.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He imprisons and tortures at Guantanamo. He imprisoned and tortured at Abu Ghraib. He has secret torture chambers in Europe. Yes, he imprisons even here in the United States, with his jails carrying more blacks than his universities can ever enroll. He even suspends the provisions of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Take Guantanamo for example; at that concentration camp international law does not apply. The national laws of the people there do not apply. Laws of the United States of America do not apply. Only Bush's law applies. Can the international community accept being lectured by this man on the provisions of the universal declaration of human rights? Definitely not![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr President, [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We are alarmed that under his leadership, basic rights of his own people and those of the rest of the world have summarily been rolled back. America is primarily responsible for rewriting core tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We seem all guilty for 9/11. Mr. Bush thinks he stands above all structures of governance, whether national or international.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]At home, he apparently does not need the Congress. Abroad, he does not need the UN, international law and opinion. This forum did not sanction Blair and Bush's misadventures in Iraq. The two rode roughshod over the UN and international opinion. Almighty Bush is now corning back to the UN for a rescue package because his nose is bloodied! Yet he dares lecture us on tyranny. Indeed, he wants us to pray him! We say No to him and encourage him to get out of Iraq. Indeed he should mend his ways before he clambers up the pulpit to deliver pieties of democracy.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The British and the Americans have gone on a relentless campaign of destabilising and vilifying my country. They have sponsored surrogate forces to challenge lawful authority in my country. They seek regime change, placing themselves in the role of the Zimbabwean people in whose collective will democracy places the right to define and change regimes.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let these sinister governments be told here and now that Zimbabwe will not allow a regime change authored by outsiders. We do not interfere with their own systems in America and Britain. Mr Bush and Mr Brown have no role to play in our national affairs. They are outsiders and mischievous outsiders and should therefore keep out! The colonial sun set a long time ago; in 1980in the case of Zimbabwe, and hence Zimbabwe will never be a colony again. Never![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We do not deserve sanctions. We are Zimbabweans and we know how to deal with our problems. We have done so in the past, well before Bush and Brown were known politically. We have our own regional and continental organizations and communities.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In that vein, I wish to express my country's gratitude to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa who, on behalf of SADC, successfully facilitated the dialogue between the Ruling Party and the Opposition Parties, which yielded the agreement that has now resulted in the constitutional provisions being finally adopted. Consequently, we will be holding multiple democratic elections in March 2008. Indeed we have always had timeous general and presidential elections since our independence.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mr. President,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In conclusion, let me stress once more that the strength of the United Nations lies in its universality and impartiality as it implements its mandate to promote peace and security, economic and social development, human rights and international law as outlined in the Charter. Zimbabwe stands ready to play its part in all efforts and programmes aimed at achieving these noble goals.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I thank you. [/FONT]

Insurgent,
Kwa kweli Mzee Mugabe ametoa "KIDONGE." Napendekeza kwenye retirement package yake ianishwe kwamba atapewa nafasi kuhutubia UNGA kila mwaka for the rest of his life!!

Maneno ya R. Mugabe kwa wale ambao hawamfahamu yanaweza kuwa matamu kama sukari lakini hakuna hata moja jipya ambalo ameliongelea ni tantrums zake za kawaida. Ukimuangalia siku hizi body language yake utaliona hilo ni mtu ambaye kafilisika siyo kimwili tu hata akili. Yeye hata hakubaliki kama father of the nation vile vile yeye ndio anawakosesha mlo moja kwa siku raia wa nchi yake.

Ni fedheha rais anayetegemea pesa ya kodi kwa kula yake ya kila siku kuwa na kiburi kisicho mfano bila Wazimbabwe asingeweza kula, kunywa na kutembea kila anakotaka na kutumia pesa hizo kuchoma vibanda vyao pamoja na kuwacharaza viboko. HEBU ONA AIBU MZEE NA UFE MAPEMA MAANA MZOGA WAKO HAKUNA ATAKAYEPENDA KUUONA.


Power Cuts Explained

The Herald (Harare) said:

NEWS
29 September 2007
Posted to the web 29 September 2007
Harare

MOZAMBIQUE has reduced electricity supplies to Zimbabwe from 300 megawatts to 195MW over a staggering debt of US$35 million, forcing Zesa Holdings to increase load-shedding by 50 percent.

Zesa acting spokesperson Mr Shepherd Mandizvidza confirmed the debt has resulted in the reduction of power supplies from Mozambican power utility Hidroelctrica de Cahora Bassa.

"Zesa had engaged HCB of Mozambique with a request to access 300MW up from 150MW. In principle this was agreed but is currently being thwarted by the increasing debt, now over US$35 million," Mr Mandizvidza said. -- HR.

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Sasa hayo madeni ya umeme anataka walipa kodi wa UK na USA walipe na yeye aendelee kupeta. What an idiot!

Dua said:

Maneno ya R. Mugabe kwa wale ambao hawamfahamu yanaweza kuwa matamu kama sukari lakini hakuna hata moja jipya ambalo ameliongelea ni tantrums zake za kawaida. Ukimuangalia siku hizi body language yake utaliona hilo ni mtu ambaye kafilisika siyo kimwili tu hata akili. Yeye hata hakubaliki kama father of the nation vile vile yeye ndio anawakosesha mlo moja kwa siku raia wa nchi yake.

Ni fedheha rais anayetegemea pesa ya kodi kwa kula yake ya kila siku kuwa na kiburi kisicho mfano bila Wazimbabwe asingeweza kula, kunywa na kutembea kila anakotaka na kutumia pesa hizo kuchoma vibanda vyao pamoja na kuwacharaza viboko. HEBU ONA AIBU MZEE NA UFE MAPEMA MAANA MZOGA WAKO HAKUNA ATAKAYEPENDA KUUONA.


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Sasa hayo madeni ya umeme anataka walipa kodi wa UK na USA walipe na yeye aendelee kupeta. What an idiot!

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Sidhani kuna mahala ametaka walipa kodi wa UK au US walipe.(though in reality they owe us alot for all exploitation in the past)
Umesema maneno aliyoongea siyo mapya...kweli. Lakini hukusema kama maneno aliyosema ni uongo. Kwa mtizamo wako anachofanyiwa Mugabe na Wazimbabwe kwa ujumla na nchi za Magharibi ni haki?

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Sidhani kuna mahala ametaka walipa kodi wa UK au US walipe.(though in reality they owe us alot for all exploitation in the past)
Umesema maneno aliyoongea siyo mapya...kweli. Lakini hukusema kama maneno aliyosema ni uongo. Kwa mtizamo wako anachofanyiwa Mugabe na Wazimbabwe kwa ujumla na nchi za Magharibi ni haki?

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Hivi ni mpaka lini tutaendelea kulialia they owe us a lot for all exploitation? Dar Es Salaam hivi sasa WTZ wanabaguliwa kwenye kuajiriwa, hata kwenda kula tu kwa pesa yako mahotelini kosa la nani? Mugabe anabomoa nyumba anasema anasafisha mjini hili ni kosa la wazungu? Mashamba wamepewa marafiki zake ambao hawalimi hili ni kosa la mzungu? Wazimbabwe wenyewe ndio hawamtaki kulikuwa na akina Tekere, Nkomo na Bulawayo wote hawamtaki sasa hili nalo kosa la wazungu? UK walilipa pesa za mashamba anakula na familia yake shopping za UK na USA nalo kosa la wazungu? (Wamemzuia yeye na group lake kufanya hizo shopping nalo kosa la wazungu? Anafanya birthday party inayotumia dollar million moja nalo kosa la wazungu? n.k.

Umeme huo Mozambique wanataka walipwe hana pesa za kulipa anataka wazungu wampatie alipe ...........................................ndio kosa la wazungu. Huwezi kuongoza nchi kwa mishen town, inlation over 7000%. Hivi haoni aibu hata anapokwenda nchi za watu kuongea utumbo wake anatutia aibu hivi sasa waafrika wote. Yes once he was a hero not anymore. Ndio yale yale mkataba wa Buzwagi kwa mfano nalo kosa la wazungu. kila kitu kosa la wazungu kwa sababu they owe us. We need to grow up na ku-take our own responsibilities.

Waziri Mkuu wa Uk Bwana Gordon Brown ametishia kutohudhuria Mkutano wa Commonwealth huko Kampala ,Novemba 2007,ikiwa tu Rais Robert Mugabe ataalikwa kwenye Mkutano huo.Kutohudhuria kwa Brown ina maana serikali ya Uk haitohusika na Mkutano huo ambao uenyekiti wake unakuwa chini ya Malkia.Je?Mkutano huo Mkubwa kwa mataifa yaliyotawaliwa na Uingereza utakuwepo? kwani Viongozi wengi wa Afrika ikiwemo TANZANIA Wanataka Rais Mugabe aruhusiwe kushiriki.Pitia hapo chini uangalie misimamo ya Viongozi wengine wa Afrika kuhusu ushiriki wa Mugabe ktk Mikutano ya kimataifa;

TANZANIA NA UINGEREZA ZATOFAUTIANA

*Ni kutokana na Brown kumzuia Mugabe
*Zambia na Ghana nao watoa kauli nzito
*Asipohudhuria mkutano wa marais basi

Na Mobhare Matinyi, New York

TANZANIA kwa mara nyingine imeiunga mkono Zimbabwe ikisema itaungana na Zambia na nchi zingine za Afrika kususia mkutano ujao wa wakuu wa nchi za Ulaya na Afrika utakaoifanyika Desemba nchini Ureno, iwapo Zimbabwe haitaalikwa.

Akizungumza katika mahojiano maalumu wiki iliyopita na mwandishi wa habari hizi jijini hapa, Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa, Bw. Bernard Membe, alisema wazi kuwa kama Zimbabwe haitaalikwa na Tanzania haitahudhuria mkutano huo.

Waziri Membe alikuwa akizungumzia kauli iliyotolewa hivi karibuni na Rais wa Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, kwamba Zambia itasusia mkutano huo iwapo Rais Robert Mugabe wa Zimbabwe hataalikwa kutokana na mwito wa Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza, Bw. Gordon Brown.

Bw. Brown hivi karibuni katika kauli yake, alitishia kwamba atasusia mkutano huo Rais Mugabe akihudhuria na kumfanya Rais wa Zambia ambaye ni Mwenyekiti wa Jumuiya ya Maendeleo Kusini mwa Afrika (SADC) kutoa tamko na msimamo wake hadharani.

IMF Official Tells Mugabe to Shut Up

Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone) said:

NEWS
28 September 2007
Posted to the web 3 October 2007

By Monkganedi Gaothobogwe
Gaborone

International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive director Peter Gakunu told President Robert Mugabe yesterday to shut up and start resolving Zimbabwe's economic crisis.

"I listened to Robert Mugabe on television yesterday speaking at the UN General Assembly. Frankly speaking, talking is not enough, he has to do more than just talk," Gakunu said at a press briefing at the Bank of Botswana Premises at the end of the IMF team's two day visit to Botswana. "I come from Kenya. You know that for many years, Kenya was not getting any donor funding until they changed economic policies.

Zimbabwe must put in place the proper economic policies and gradually they will see the IMF coming on board," said the former Kenyan Finance Ministry official.

"The problem with Zimbabwe is that the central bank is getting involved in business. It is not its duty to do so," he added. "Zimbabwe at present is the only country which does not have good relations with the IMF, along with Somalia and Liberia. Zimbabwe's situation is difficult. We have a government whose macro-economic framework does not conform to reality. Zimbabwe has a lot of resources. It should start managing them properly. Zimbabwean authorities need to do something so that when the IMF comes in, it could give a meaningful assistance."

The Washington-based Kenyan criticised Mugabe's land grabbing in Zimbabwe. He said the land problem should have been handled differently. "Localisation policies are welcome if they are done properly with economic rationale," he said.

Gakunu told Mmegi in a separate interview that he visited Zimbabwe last year but there has been no progress. "I met with Mugabe, and discussed policies. But then they immediately fired the Finance Minister."

Earlier, the deputy IMF Managing director, Japanese Takatoshi Kato who headed the delegation said the organisation has long advised Zimbabwe to introduce economic reform measures, to accommodate reduction in fiscal deficit and to be flexible in the management of the exchange rate.

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Soma hapa


Sikio la kufa halisikii dawa.

Part ya hotuba ya Mugabe, UN!

Mr President,
The British and the Americans have gone on a relentless campaign of destabilising and vilifying my country. They have sponsored surrogate forces to challenge lawful authority in my country. They seek regime change, placing themselves in the role of the Zimbabwean people in whose collective will democracy places the right to define and change regimes.

Let these sinister governments be told here and now that Zimbabwe will not allow a regime change authored by outsiders. We do not interfere with their own systems in America and Britain. Mr Bush and Mr Brown have no role to play in our national affairs. They are outsiders and mischievous outsiders and should therefore keep out! The colonial sun set a long time ago; in 1980in the case of Zimbabwe, and hence Zimbabwe will never be a colony again. Never!

We do not deserve sanctions. We are Zimbabweans and we know how to deal with our problems. We have done so in the past, well before Bush and Brown were known politically. We have our own regional and continental organizations and communities.
In that vein, I wish to express my country's gratitude to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa who, on behalf of SADC, successfully facilitated the dialogue between the Ruling Party and the Opposition Parties, which yielded the agreement that has now resulted in the constitutional provisions being finally adopted. Consequently, we will be holding multiple democratic elections in March 2008. Indeed we have always had timeous general and presidential elections since our independence.

Zimbabweans are in trouble.

Nikikumbuka vituko vya serikali ya ZANU PF huwa nakumbuka kikaragosi hiki cha mwanaharakati Gado kutoka Kenya.
Fungua ukione.

duh, hii thread nadhani ina muda hapa hata zaidi ya ................ bab kubwa !

Letter from Zimbabwe

Dear The People Of Tanzania Your chosen president , Kikwete , has conspicuosly shown unfettered support of Mugabe and his cronies and we the people of Zimbabwe believe that he is commiting genocide by proxy.If you are watching news of late how does your president sleep at night? Women with babies strapped on their backs trying to cross the crocodile infested Limpopo river with the majority falling victims to the corrupt South African border police.Some are brutalised and raped with impunity by these thugs and in the end contract diseases such as the deadly HIV.And as this is not enough some fall prey to the marauding lions and hyenas.This is only a tiny fraction of what is really happening, reports from Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and even the tiny states of Swaziland and Lesotho show how the ordinary people of Zimbabwe have become victims to a situation created by Mugabe and Zanu PF and yet which continue to be pepertuated by SADC especially your President. Your President is hoodwinked into thinking that ululating and singing praises to the octagenarian symbolises unstinting Pan Afracanism. The spilt blood and the lives of children dying everyday of hunger and diseases is nothing to Kikwete but the vitriol and menacing cruelty aggravated by the failed policies of Mugabe is Pan Africanism.Pan Afrcanism to Kikwete is the disenfranchisement of millions of Zimbabwe, uncurbed barbaric brutalisation of the opposition , hunger and dieases, corruption and deprivation of education to millions of children.I call this kind of support The African Disease.A warped kind of thinking which has stagnated Africa in the doldrums.A love affair of the weirdest kind. I therefore ask you The loving people of Tanzania to show solidarity with the embattled people of Zimbabwe and scorn any attempts by your President to present you as willing partners of this genocide taking place in Zimbabwe.Remember , one day it might be you and therefore our problems are yours as well. Lets tackle this misconcieved Pan Africanism attitude. Pan Afrcanism is standing together in truth. If a brother errs help him by telling the truth.Kikwete and SADC are living in cloud cuckooland by thinking that supporting and abbetting Mugabe is a form of Pan Afrcanism. I curse them. lets write to other SADC nations as well