2008

‘Tis the season of goodwill and forgiveness. And I’m in the spirit and 100% ready to forgive Terror Lekota for being a truly shite Cabinet minister and wishing him well in his new job as undertaker for the ANC. I can do that because I remember the “real” Lekota in the eighties when he was […]

Zimbabwean police ignored a High Court decision ordering the release of Jestina Mukoko and eight other activists to a local hospital. Reuters are reporting that instead armed police have removed them to an unknown location. As in the case of the decision of the SADC Tribunal on land expropriation, Mugabe and the Zanu-PF are showing […]

“Among other things, the vision, principles and values of the ANC teach the cadres of this movement life-long lessons that inform us that, wherever we are and whatever we do, we should ensure that our actions contribute to the attainment of a free and just society, the upliftment of all our people and the development […]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu told the BBCthat “he was saddened that his own country appeared not to be on the side of Zimbabweans. How much more suffering is going to make us say ‘No we have given Mr Mugabe enough time? I have to say that I am deeply, deeply distressed that we should be found […]

Across South Africa, the malls are crowded with busy shoppers buying presents and food for the festive season. And yet just across the border in neighbouring Zimbabwe, thousands of people are dying of cholera and countless more face starvation, with only a meagre assortment of wild berries, seeds and fruits from the veld to provide […]

It’s what farting is to American comedies. You know the script writers have already run out of their already thin ideas when the backsides start to crackle and trumpet. It’s throwing your tomatoes at the curtains after the bungled, boring show is over, or your naartjies at the rugby field after a poor performance but […]

Any university student has a sad story to tell about the death of student politics, the inefficiency of modern day SRCs and the general mediocrity of South Africa’s youth politics. They also harbour strong views about one Julius Malema who is fast becoming a loose cannon. Most urban youths agree that, after watching gallons of […]

Here is the thing with Mbeki’s fabled “quiet diplomacy”: it has not, does not and will not work. While Mbeki and his simpering entourage of struggle buddies have been donning their Armani suits and hopping north on their private jets for the last few years, Zimbabwe has steadily accelerated into anarchy under their entrusted watch. […]