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POPS“Mugabe, Schmugabe” Says Tsvangirai
When asked why three secret service officers were holding pistols to his temple while a fourth held a set of notes under his face, Tsvangirai stated “These guys? Pay them no mind. Bobby M hired them to look after me. He said that if anyone tried to assassinate me, they’d be up real close. So these guys are keeping their guns next to my face so scare them away. Honestly. Could we change the subject, please?” He went on to dismiss claims that he was being forced to read a prepared statement by Mugabe, claiming the papers were being thrust under his nose because “I forgot to order a lectern. My bad.” Mugabe praised Tsvingarai’s appointment, stating “This is a new day for the people of Zimbabwe. An era of trust and cooperation is upon us. I know I share my colleague’s fullest confidence as well as the support of his family, who are being housed in my maximum security enclave for their own protection.” He also refuted reports that news footage showed Tsvingarai mouthing the words “Please
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POPSZimbabwe 'facing fresh violence' And the world watches on because they are no threat to industry, they have no resources worth intervention, or bombs, no money to buy, ...... Maybe this is the same mood as was in Nth Korea before they began actively attracting attention.
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POPSThe REAL World today As militants attack his home with burning tyres and drive workers from his land, one of the last white farmers in Zimbabwe feels betrayed by the new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. I remember an old friend of mine, still living though in poverty, in what was the finest country in the world, Rhodesia, now a ruin in the middle of a catastrophe, Zimbabwe. He was born in the isolate district around Gokwe, his family struggled to PAY for his education and he eventually left the army to run several ranches and farms in the Central district. His dad said to me, "Engelsman, there are just three things that ruin Afrika. Mombies. Goats and kaffirs, but in the reverse order." Will those who have never lived in Africa listen those of us who have before Africa is replicated in Britain?
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POPSThe truth about Africa I remember an old friend of mine, still living though in poverty, in what was the finest country in the world, Rhodesia, now a ruin in the middle of a catastrophy, Zimbabwe. He was born in the isolate district around Gokwe, his family struggled to PAY for his education and he eventually left the army to run several ranches and farms in the Central district. His dad said to me, "Engelsman, there are just three things that ruin Afrika. Mombies. Goats and kaffirs, but in the reverse order." Will those who have never lived in Africa listen those of us who have before Africa is replicated in Britain?
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POPSZimbabwe appeals for aid to help million homeless I wouldn't trust Mugabe's involvement in the fair distribution of aid. He has made the problem so he must go. He should be fronting the World Court for genocide. Seen his death camps. Political prisoners starving to death along side others who were driven to crime to feed families.
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POPSScavenger Hunt "Mr. Mugabe defended the suspension by arguing that some Western aid groups were backing his political rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, who bested him at the polls in March but withdrew before a June 27 runoff. But civic groups and analysts said Mr. Mugabe’s real motive was to clear rural areas of witnesses to his military-led crackdown on opposition supporters and to starve those supporters."
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POPSMugabe claims to offer PM job to rival in Zimbabwe Tsvangirai has long accused Mugabe of trying to sideline the opposition to a minor role in a coalition government. Deadlock on implementing their September power-sharing agreement has centred on control of key cabinet posts. The opposition leader said on Friday negotiations were endangered by what he called a wave of abductions of MDC supporters. The MDC blames Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party.
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POPSZimbabwe Parliment broke, sends pols home till Nov 11
Talks to conclude the setting up of the power sharing agreement between the ruling party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party reach a critical phase on Monday when regional leaders visit Harare. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) troika on security will try to persuade Mr Mugabe and his rivals Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and Prof Arthur Mutambara to finalise the allocation of Cabinet posts. The setting up of the inclusive government has been in the works since September 15, when the three leaders signed an historic power sharing pact to end Zimbabwe’s decade old political and economic crisis. Parliament is expected to approve a constitution amendment giving force to the power sharing arrangement and disruption of its settings might further delay the process. Compared to other law makers in the region, Zimbabwean legislators are poorly paid, with their monthly salaries averaging less than $5 (Sh400). They also complain that they had been i
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POPSRobert Mugabe is a shame ... What a calous man this Mugabe is? Isn't there any self-respect left in the man? Highest rate of Inflation ! Lowest rate of Life on earth ! And the old man orders his army to assault his own people.
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POPSMDC challenges Mugabe to new vote The MDC leader gained more votes than Mr Mugabe in March elections but official results show he did not pass the 50% threshold for outright victory. Mr Tsvangirai pulled out of the June run-off, saying 200 of his supporters had been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes in a campaign of violence led by the army and supporters of the ruling Zanu-PF. Zanu-PF has denied the claims and accused the MDC of both exaggerating the scale of the violence and being responsible for it.
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POPSSouth Africa Tells Robert Mugabe To Surrender Worse was to follow. Mbeki flew to Harare and said that Mugabe and Tsvangirai must meet to sign a memorandum of understanding committing themselves to serious negotiations and to share power. The talks, he insisted, must be concluded within two weeks and the two men must meet, shake hands and sign the memorandum. Mugabe had never been willing to meet Tsvangirai, let alone shake his hand. According to leading Zanu-PF sources, he is frightened of going on trial for human rights crimes, particularly since an arrest warrant was issued against Omar Bashir, Sudan’s president, earlier this month. Under Mbeki’s pressure Mugabe gave in.
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POPSPresident Robert Mugabe Calling The Shots ? JOHANNESBURG — Many people in Zimbabwe faced a peculiar choice on Friday: cast their ballots for President Robert Mugabe, the only candidate left in the presidential runoff, or be beaten up and perhaps killed.
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POPSMugabe Is Frankenstein, Says Tutu Mr Tutu said it was crucial the international community didn't leave any intervention too long. "Rwanda happened despite all the warnings that the international community was given, they kept holding back and today we are regretting that we did not, in fact, act expeditiously," he said. "I hope in this case we are not going to wait until several more people have been killed. "We are seeing a situation which is deteriorating rapidly, where people are being held to ransom, a country is being held to ransom and in many ways a continent and even a world is being held to ransom by one person who is thumbing his nose at the international community."
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POPSMANDELA Arrives for 90th. Birthday Party Friday's concert coincides with the 20th anniversary of London's Free Mandela concert, which was held to demand his release from prison. He had been convicted as a TERRORIST by the APARTHEID regime. He was freed in 1990 after 27 years behind bars, and was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994. He will be 90 on July 18. He has visited London many times and has expressed gratitude for the constant vigil that was held outside the South African embassy in the city during the APARTHEID years. One GREAT MAN. What if ... .
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