Archive for August, 2008

Sinking Economy, Misery Index and Zimbabwe’s Moral Quandary

 
Dereliction of duty best describes the indictment befitting a regime that has consistently failed its people for nearly three decades with Mugabe as its Commander-in-chief. The end-product of this incompetence has been an impoverished nation whose out-of-touch government cannot even afford to feed starving citizens or take care of the sick as productive farms were [...]

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Mugabe Dismayed By Leaked Memo

 

 
August 30, 2008—–It is a sweltering Saturday afternoon at the State House grounds in Harare, where President Mugabe was speaking to a thronging crowd of journalists. Standing next to him was Morgan Tsvangirai, the recently ‘selected’ Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
 

The previous day, a memo written by Mugabe to Morgan Tsvangirai was leaked to the [...]

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Time to Terminate Unity Talks in Zimbabwe

Dr Paul Mutuzu, CEO. Email – nvinstitute@aol.com
 
At this stage what the citizens are asking for is very simple, they are pleading with Morgan Tsvangirai to walk out of the deal until the other side is serious about nation building. On a number of occasions, the Mugabe camp has already acted in bad faith.  After all, [...]

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Redefining the future of race relations in the new Zimbabwe

Dr Paul Mutuzu, CEO. Email – nvinstitute@aol.com
It was just before Independence on January 27, 1980 when upon his return from a five-year self-imposed exile, Robert Mugabe pleaded with the whites to “stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.” 
Delivering his Independence message on April 18, 1980, [...]

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Memo to the New Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on Economic Recovery (Part 1)

Dr Paul Mutuzu, CEO. Email – nvinstitute@aol.com
It is undeniable that the world knows Zimbabwe as that infamous African country where economic policy barely exists given the litany of ‘llions’ (millions, billions, trillions, quadrillions) used to describe every aspect of economic expression whether it is rate of inflation, price of bread or a mere commuter-bus ride, [...]

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