Tuesday, August 5, 2003

Desperation

By way of this post on Mugabe’s latest moves to try and salvage a nearly dead nation, we introduce Africablog.

President Robert Mugabe is making more moves that might be designed to do one of two things: win over international support in an attempt to jump-start foreign aid without making real changes to the system, or reach out to opposition parties in a real attempt to start changes that could salvage the country.

Friday, July 25, 2003

Get Whitey

Paul at Frozen in Montreal has an entry on how he thinks South Africa is heading down the Zimbabwe road…

At any rate, here’s what I’m driving at: is this move actually to create a (thief-?) friendly atmosphere, or is this the first phase of a South African attempt to “pull a Mugabe”, as it were, and get rid of Whitey?

As distasteful as we were told Apartheid was, it’s far too rapid removal has completely destablized the stable part of Africa.  There must have been a better way to undo it, and I think S. Africa will only proceed down, like Zimbabwe.

Afrikaaners should be given refugee status in Canada. 

Thursday, July 10, 2003

Look over here, GWB

Resurrectionsong has an entry about how Mr. Bush should take a good look at Zimbabwe and do something to help fix it.  Now.

Robert Mugabe continues to hold power in Zimbabwe through torture, fear, and political oppression. An article in today’s Fox News details the attacks dissidents have suffered--attacks designed to stifle their voices and destroy opposition in the country.

Thanks to Venemous Kate, who has possibly the best comeplete theme to a blog on the net that I’ve found (and she’s cute and she lives in Paradise).  Oh, and she’s the latest addition to my blogroll on the left.

Saturday, July 5, 2003

Time for a raise

LGF reports that Mugabe has given himself a raise.

While the people of Zimbabwe starve, Bobby Mugabe has just hiked his own salary more than sixfold: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe receives massive pay hike. (Hat tip: Juliette.)

Saturday, June 21, 2003

Brilliant discussion

This is the greatness of the blogsphere: discovering gems like this - complete with amazing comments from great readers.

This whole Zimbabwe mess makes me think that actually something much bigger may be going on than merely the struggle between these bad guys (in power) and these good guys (not yet in power). WHat if things in Africa just keep on getting worse and worse, and what if the decision that we all, in our nice safe countries, have eventually to make about Africa is not which ones are the nice Africans whom we should be helping, but whether to try to rescue the entire place by conquering it, again.

The Samizdata post also pointed me to Kim du Toit - who has a great post on the African mess.

Saturday, June 7, 2003

Game over?

Many are saying that time is up for Mugabe and his tinpot dictatorship (if there is any tin left in the now starving country).

The extraordinary scenes in the capital were an indication for many, in Zimbabwe and other African capitals where Mr Mugabe has enjoyed support, that the end-game has begun for his regime.

Saturday, May 31, 2003

Mugabenomics

More interesting stuff from LGF’s Zulubaby:Mugabenomics and how they helped destroy the breadbasket of South Africa.

NOTHING typifies Harare’s way of doing things more than the hilarious interview that talk show radio 702 recently had with one of President Robert Mugabe’s most trusted lieutenants, which the station occasionally replays to my utter glee.

Get Ready…

Seems like there may be some shooting going on in the morass that is Zimbabwe next week.

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces, which include the army, air force and police, gave warning that the military “will not be an idle observer” during the planned mass action.

Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Removing Mugabe

Maybe Canada’s next PM will help get rid of Mugabe.  Why are the Aussies the only clear thinking commonwealth country outside of the UK?

Thanks to Mr. Mugabe’s demagogic campaign to wipe out Zimbabwe’s white farming class, the country—once Africa’s breadbasket—cannot feed itself. Displaced whites say Zimbabwe’s annual corn production has fallen 80%.

Sunday, May 11, 2003

Zimbabwe needs regime change

Toronto Sun Columnist: Peter Worthington speaks to the need for regime change in Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of South Africa.

The sorriest country on the continent of Africa is also the country that had the most potential for harmony and prosperity - and blew it.