Archive for September, 2008

Indictment of Thabo Mbeki , the man Zimbabwe and Africa will not miss.

Indictment of Thabo Mbeki , the man Zimbabwe and Africa will not miss.
With a legacy of a presidency replete with episodes of controversy, sometimes utter buffoonery and lunacy, Thabo Mbeki’s collapse is well merited.  From his irritating brotherly solidarity with dictators of Zimbabwe and Sudan to deliberately misunderstanding Aids and HIV given its trail of [...]

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“Houston, We’ve Got a Problem,” (Called Mugabe)

Why the GNU is a ‘Successful Failure’ and the case for a New Opposition and Civic Groupings in Zimbabwe.
It was April 13 1970, two days after Apollo 13 lifted off en route to the moon. At an altitude of 401 056km, the third manned lunar-landing mission was crippled after Apollo’s fuel cell tank exploded. Astronaut [...]

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Economic Recovery for Zimbabwe: Strategy Memo Part II

Massive Aid
In 1947, two years after the end of Second World War, the US announced a historical aid program meant to resuscitate Europe’s economies devastated by the war. Inflation and food shortages were the most catastrophic problems. Popularly known as the Marshall Plan derived from its chief architect, the then Secretary of State George C. [...]

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The Economies That Bush and Mugabe Destroyed (and why they did it)

By Dr Paul  Mutuzu,  (CEO.
 
Any economic analysis of Zimbabwe and US will yield the same results pointing to a tale of two economies in the woods, even though the magnitude may differ slightly.  In both countries there is no doubt that the populations are hurting yet there is no end in sight.
What has caused such [...]

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