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Jun 25 2008
I would like to join the clarion call for the postponement of elections in Zimbabwe. From the writing on the wall, the environment currently obtaining in Zimbabwe has nothing to favour a free and fair election because there has been wanton abuse of...
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Jun 4 2008
I don’t know whether or not to agree with Australia’s foreign Minister Stephen Smith that Mugabe’s presence at the World Food summit in Italy is obscene. I am in a dilemma because you see, Mugabe is starving his people back in Zimbabwe because...
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Jun 3 2008
This week, the drama is back in Zambia again between the Catholic Church and ex-communicated Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo. The issue at the centre of all this tug of war is celibacy, which Archbishop Milingo violated, hence his banishment from the...
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May 29 2008
Over 25,000 Zimbabweans escaping xenophobia in South Africa are headed for Zambia. It has been alleged that the individuals are trekking to Zambia through Botswana. I was not shocked when I heard this news in the local and international media. With...
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May 28 2008
I got a chill down my spine when I heard about the atrocities being perpetuated by peacekeepers and aid workers in serving in some African countries. I was listening to one of the international radio stations when I heard about the abuse of women and...
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May 24 2008
It is Africa freedom day again on May 25. But I have a lot of questions on my conscious and sometimes I grow angry with all this. Many years ago, “freedom is coming tomorrow” was among the popular songs on the Africa soil. These songs have now...
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May 21 2008
Last week, arch rivals Zambia’s President Levy Mwanawasa and opposition Patrotic Front leader Micheal Sata reconciled. It was a sudden and unbelievable turn of events. Some people called it a blockbuster. The two politicians were like light and...
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May 21 2008
I have read in the press and seen in motion and still images, the horrific xenophobic situation in South Africa. I saw someone set ablaze and another man being hacked as other assailants beat the poor fellow to the last ebb of his conscious. I saw...
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May 13 2008
Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa has said a lot of things about Zimbabwe of late. I have been reluctant to say a thing about Zimbabwe because the situation is so complex with so many clarion calls for so many things to happen. But it is not fair...
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May 12 2008
ZAMBIAN politics have always been marred by insults, character assassination, defamation and all such invectives. It is the people who have suffered at the end of the day, because our leaders focus on in fighting instead of working for the masses. Look...
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