Gaddafi 'seen in Zimbabwe on Mugabe's private jet' as Libya rebels march on dictator's home town

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By Damien Gayle

Last updated at 3:48 PM on 27th August 2011

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya to Zimbabwe on a jet provided by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, it was claimed today, as rebels began the march on his home town.

President Mugabe's political opponents claim their spies saw Gaddafi arrive in the country on a Zimbabwe Air Force jet in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

They say the Libyan dictator was taken to a mansion in Harare's Gunninghill suburb, where agents from his all-female bodyguard were apparently seen patrolling the grounds.

Fled? Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his female bodyguards, pictured left in a file photo, are said to have fled to Zimbabwe on the invitation of the country's president, Robert Mugabe, right

'There's no doubt that Gaddafi is here as a 'unique guest' of Mugabe,' a spokesman for Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change told the Sun.

If he has left Libya, Gaddafi could have fled from an airbase in his home town of Sirte, which has been bombarded by Nato warplanes in recent days.

A poster of Gaddafi offering a reward of $1,700,000 USD dollars (1,174,921 euros) for his capture dead or alive

The colonel's bunker in the coastal town was blitzed by cruise missiles fired by British Tornado jets on a long-range sortie last night.

The claims come as:

• Journalists find evidence of mass graves in Tripoli filled with the bodies of as many as 150 killed in a massacre
• Rebel commanders claimed victory in a vital border town and announced they are to merge their fighters in Tripoli under one command;
• Leaders of the National Transitional Council (NTC) pressed foreign governments to release Libyan funds frozen overseas;
• The British Government pledged to fund humanitarian invervention by the Red Cross;
• United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked for international organisations' help in ensuring an urgent end to fighting and restoration of order in Libya.

As Tripoli came under full rebel control today, journalists from Sky News reported that they had seen evidence of a mass grave after as many as 150 were massacred.

Stuart Ramsay, the news network's chief correspondent, said he had counted 53 bodies in a burnt out warehouse shown to him by locals, who said the people there were murdered earlier this week.

Among the dead were two Libyan army soldiers, their hands tied behind their backs, he said, adding: 'Locals believed they refused to fire and were then murdered.'

A volunteer sprays deodorizer in a room where six patients had been left to die in the Abu Selim hospital where aid workers and residents found 200 corpses

A man throws lime onto the decomposing body of a pro-Gaddafi loyalist soldier at the Abu Salim Hospital in Tripoli

Earlier Libyan rebels claimed victory in Ras Jdir, raising their flag at the border post with Tunisia after bloody clashes with regime loyalists.

There was no sign of a swift end to the civil war, which rebels have vowed will only end when Gaddafi is captured - dead or alive - but they claimed to be closing in on the strongman.

A detachment of rebel fighters was turning its attention to Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace, 300 miles east of Tripoli, where British warplanes have bombarded a bunker with cruise missiles.

Some believe that Gaddafi, if he remains in the country, may seek refuge among his tribesmen in the Mediterranean city, which is still holding out against the rebel advance.

Loyalist forces also still hold positions deep in the Sahara desert, days after rebels took much of the capital, looted Gaddafi's compound and paraded their stolen souvenirs.

'Sirte remains an operating base from which pro-Gaddafi troops project hostile forces against Misrata and Tripoli,' said a Nato official, adding that its forces had also acted to stop a column of 29 vehicles heading west toward Misrata.

Rebels remove the 'Fist crushing a US fighter jet' sculpture with a crane at Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound

Libyan's burn a huge poster showing Muammar Gaddafi making the revolution announcement in 1969 attached to an apartment building wall in Tripoli

Meanwhile, leaders of the NTC, the rebel administration, pressed foreign governments to release Libyan funds frozen abroad.

It says the money is urgently needed to impose order and provide services to a population traumatised by six months of civil conflict and 42 years of dictatorial rule.

But Gaddafi's African allies have continued to offer a grain of comfort to the under-pressure dictator by refusing to recognise the legal government.

The African Union called for the formation of an inclusive transitional government in Libya, saying it could not recognise the rebels as sole legitimate representatives of the nation while fighting continues.

If fighting continues unchecked, there are fears that Libya's conflict will spill over into the remote regions of Mali, Niger, Chad and Mauritania.

Algeria has said it believes the chaos inside Libya, and large quantities of weapons circulating there, are already being exploited by al Qaeda's North African branch.

And an influential former Malian rebel, believed to have been involved in the trade of looted weapons from Libya, has been killed in Mali, officials said yesterday.

However, taking control of the Ras Jdir border post reopens a path for humanitarian aid and other supplies from Tunisia to Tripoli, where stocks of medicines and fuel are running low.

The Red Cross today announced that medical support funded by the British Government will help thousands of patients injured during the conflict in Libya, as well as those with serious diseases.

Surgical teams and medicines will be laid on to help up to 5,000 wounded, as well as food and household essentials for almost 690,000.

Red Cross spokesman Steven Anderson said: 'Medical supplies are one of the main problems that will help people on the ground out there.

'Many drugs are lacking and the import has been slowed down. Even drugs for cancer, diabetes, kidney failure are running out and that is a real issue.'

The support comes amid reports of harrowing conditions in one Tripoli hospital - the abandoned Abu Salim hospital - where dozens of decomposing bodies were piled up.

It will also include helping families reunite after being broken up by the conflict.

Britain will provide urgent humanitarian support including medical help, food and other basic supplies for thousands of people affected by the conflict in Libya, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.

Mr Mitchell said humanitarian agencies were doing 'extraordinary' work while putting their own lives on the line in Libya.

'As the conflict moves into its final stages there are many Libyans in need of urgent humanitarian help,' he said.

'The situation on the ground in Tripoli is an incredibly difficult one for humanitarian agencies.

'But organisations such as the ICRC are doing extraordinary work in dangerous and difficult circumstances to get supplies and doctors through to those in need.

'This new funding from our development budget will help them to continue their vital work in critical areas across Libya.

'Today we pay a huge tribute to the humanitarian agencies who are risking their lives in Libya to help and sustain their fellow human beings.'

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that African, Arab and European organizations agreed on the urgent need to end the fighting in Libya and restore order with help from international police if the new government requests security assistance.

After a video conference with top officials from the African Union, Arab League, European Union and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Mr Ban told reporters that 'all agreed that the crisis in Libya has entered a new and decisive phase' and a smooth transition is essential with the UN playing a key role.

'That transition must be grounded in inclusiveness, reconciliation and national unity - under a new government that can effectively deliver on the Libyan people's aspirations for democracy, freedom, and growing social and economic prosperity,' Mr Ban said.

'Clearly, the challenges ahead are enormous,' he said.

 

Zimbabwe throws out envoy over defection

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By KITSEPILE NYATHI NATION Correspondent in Harare
Posted  Saturday, August 27  2011 at  20:08

Zimbabwe has told the Libyan ambassador and his embassy staff in Harare to
leave the country after they defected to the National Transition Council
(NTC).

NTC has been fighting to topple long-time Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi since
February and there are signs the battle is nearing its end.

Libyan ambassador to Zimbabwe Teher Elmagrahi on Wednesday led his
countrymen in Zimbabwe in raising the NTC’s red, black and green flag. But
President Robert Mugabe’s side of the Zimbabwe coalition government said the
pulling down of the old Libyan flag was illegal.

The Foreign Affairs ministry said Zimbabwe had relations with the Gaddafi
Government not the NTC, which it does not recognise.

“If the ambassador of the embassy of the Libya Jamahiriya in Harare and his
staff defect to the National Transitional Council, they will cease to have
legal status in Zimbabwe and will be requested to leave the country
immediately,” the ministry said in a statement. “Flying the flag of the
National Transitional Council in Harare is an illegal act.”

Zimbabwe's Ruling Partners Differ Sharply Over Status of Libyan Ambassador

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26 August 2011

Sources said Libyan Ambassador Taher Elmagrahi angered top ZANU-PF officials
including President Mugabe, who has long had personal ties to Gadhafi even
if bilateral relations were not close

Ntungamili Nkomo | Washington

Zimbabwe's unity government partners have differed sharply over moves by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under pressure from hardliners in President
Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF, to expel the Libyan ambassador after his
declaration of loyalty to the rebel National Transitional Council seeking to
wrest power from Moammar Gadhafi in a popular revolt.

Ambassador Taher Elmagrahi joined dozens of fellow Libyans this week in an
anti-Ghadafi demonstration at his embassy, saying he no longer represented
the Gadhafi government which had been driven out of Tripoli for the most
part by the rebels.

The move prompted Foreign Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary Joey Bimha to
declare that Zimbabwe no longer recognized the Libyan envoy as he had walked
away from the administration that posted him. Bimha indicated Elmagrahi
could be expelled.

Sources said Elmagrahi angered top ZANU-PF officials including President
Mugabe, who has personal ties to Gadhafi even if bilateral relations were
not close.

But both formations of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change
said they oppose action by Harare against Elmagrahi, arguing that he is
representing the viewpoint of the majority of Libyans who are determined to
shake off decades of Gadhafi rule.

The two MDC formations have governed the country since 2009 in an uneasy
power sharing arrangement with President Mugabe's long-dominant ZANU-PF
party.

ZANU-PF parliamentary whip Joram Gumbo insisted Friday that the envoy should
be dismissed because Harare has not yet recognized the transitional council.

"The ambassador was not appointed by the NTC," Gumbo said. "He came here to
present credentials from Ghadafi, so he can not claim that he has now
changed automatically without any arrangement between ourselves and the
Libyan government.

"So that means he must go back, and if he is reappointed by the new
government which is recognized by the African Union, then Zimbabwe will not
have any problem with that ambassador," Gumbo said.

But spokesman Nhlanhla Dube of the MDC wing led by Industry Minister
Welshman Ncube said ZANU-PF's moves to expel Elmagrahi were unacceptable.

"As much as we don't want interference in our own country, we can't also
interfere in the decisions and politics of other countries," Dube said.

The African Union, of which Gadhafi was a prominent member, has been
reluctant to recognize the Libyan rebels, who have enjoyed NATO air support
and other backing for months and were quickly embraced by most Western
countries after taking control of Tripoli.

President Mugabe has often and bitterly condemned the NATO intervention in
Libya as a Western neocolonialist incursion trampling on African
sovereignty.

Spokesman Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC wing of Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai said expelling the ambassador would be tantamount to interfering
in Libya’s internal affairs.

 

Zuma: AU will not recognise Libya rebels

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Sapa-AP | 27 August, 2011

President Jacob Zuma says the African Union will not yet recognise Libyan
rebels as the new government of Libya, rejecting calls for recognition from
Libyan rebel leaders.

Zuma called for an immediate cease-fire and said the Libyan capital of
Tripoli was not yet under full rebel control. He spoke as AU leaders met in
the Ethiopian capital to discuss the next action they should take regarding
Libya. Many African nations have long ties with Col. Moammar Gadhafi and the
AU has had difficulty taking a unanimous stand.

"Fighting is still going on. That is the reality," said Zuma, who chairs the
AU committee on Libya. "We can't say this is a legitimate (government) now."

He said the AU did not rule out pro- or anti-Gadhafi forces from taking part
in a future Libyan government. African countries like Ethiopia and Nigeria
that already recognized the rebels were free to do so and also support the
AU position, he said.

The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya.

"We must help the country's new leaders to establish an effective,
legitimate government that represents and speaks for all the country's
diverse people," U.N. deputy secretary general Asha Rose Migiro told AU
leaders.

Earlier in the day, Mahmoud Jibril, the head of the rebel National
Transitional Council, called for recognition from the AU and the urgent
release of frozen Libyan assets, saying the government could face a
"legitimacy crisis" if the Libyan people's demands are not met.

The Libyan opposition is setting up an interim government in the capital of
Tripoli despite ongoing street battles. They hold almost all of the country
and have already been recognized as the legitimate authority by most of the
world.

Now the opposition says it urgently needs at least $5 billion in frozen
assets to pay state salaries and maintain services in Libya, including areas
still under Gadhafi's control. Funds are also needed for an army and a
police force to restore order and confiscate arms, he said.

"If the services expected by the citizens are not met, we may be faced with
a legitimacy crisis," Jibril said at a joint news conference with Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

Jibril was in Turkey to attend a meeting of the so-called "Contact Group" of
some 30 countries leading efforts to stabilize Libya.

The U.S. and South Africa reached a deal Thursday that will release $1.5
billion in frozen Libyan assets in American banks which the U.S. is
earmarking for the cash-strapped rebels.

South Africa had blocked agreement in the Security Council committee
monitoring sanctions against Libya on unfreezing the $1.5 billion in U.S.
banks over concerns that it implied recognition of the Council. South
Africa, the AU and the U.N. have not recognized the rebel government.

Jibril said he hoped a rebel representative would soon take up the country's
seat at the U.N.

Analysts estimate that as much as $110 billion is frozen in banks worldwide.
Several European nations are also seeking to release funds, including
Britain, France and Italy, which announced Thursday it wants to release $505
million for the rebels.

"The waving of the new flag, international recognition and financial support
are the three pillars for a sovereign Libya," Turkish minister Davutoglu
said.

Refugees ‘disappear’

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Eighty three refugees who were detained by the Zimbabwean government in
February have vanished, amid fears that they have been deported to their
countries of origin in violation of United Nations rules.
26.08.1111:34am
by John Chimunhu

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative for
Zimbabwe, Marcellin Hepie, told The Zimbabwean thathe did not know what had
happened to the asylum seekers.

"As far as the people you are talking about are concerned, I reallydon't
have any information. But they are not at Tongogara refugee camp," Hepie
said.

UNHCR documents in our possession show that 83 foreign refugees, including
some who had made the arduous journey from Somalia and Ethiopia, were
detained by the Harare authorities for illegal entry into the country.

"In February, approximately 83 asylum seekers were detained (including 21
under the age of 21)," the documents say.

The UNHCR expressed concern that most of the refugees granted asylum in
Zimbabwe fled the country.

"At the beginning of 2011, Tongogara refugee camp experienced appropriately
70 to 90 new arrivals each month. It was reported in March that
approximately 300 Somalis and Ethiopians transit through Zimbabwe every
month. Of these individuals eventually reaching the camp, only 30 to 35
percent remain in the camp," UNHCR said.

Moira Gombingo, a senior refugee official in the Department of Social
Welfare, confirmed to The Zimbabwean that asylum seekers entering Zimbabwe
were routinely handed over to the CIO for interrogation.

"From a security point of view, we have to find out who these so-called
asylum seekers are. We call in the security agencies to deal with these
state spies," Gombingo said.

She confirmed that after being grilled by the CIO, the asylum seekers were
then handed to the security services of their countries of origin without
being allowed access to the UNHCR.

"We have to consider bilateral relations. For example, because we are in
good books with the Zambians, if any of their nationals come, we let Zambian
security deal with the issue," Gombingo said.

She confirmed that during the DRC civil war, Rwandan refugees had been
"dealt with" because the country was at war with Zimbabwe's ally.

Enormous electoral challenges - Motlanthe

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South Africa’s Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, has acknowledged that
enormous challenges exist in both the handling and holding of democratic
elections in the Southern African region.
26.08.1106:37am
by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF) party have used
state security agents to unleash violence on the electorate and also stand
accused of employing electoral fraud to remain in power, is one of the
countries that still lag behind in the region’s fight to realise full
democracy.

Mugabe has also been accused of staffing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
(ZEC), which is tasked with administering the country’s elections, with Zanu
(PF) apologists and retired army personnel, while also refusing his
political opponents access to the voters’ roll, which is said to be packed
with ghost voters.

Addressing guests at the official opening of the 13th Annual General
Conference of the Electoral Commissions Forum for the SADC region here,
Motlanthe said the fight for a democratic electoral field was still far from
being realised.

Motlanthe praised those countries that have held free and fair elections
upholding principles and guidelines adopted in the 2004 SADC Mauritius
Summit, but said some still had a lot to do.

“I wish to acknowledge that even though progress has been made in
establishing and strengthening a culture of democracy, there are still many
challenges that lie ahead of us for which we hope this conference will help
identify possible solutions,” said Motlanthe.

“The first challenge is that of ensuring that we continue entrenching
democracy in our countries, understanding that a democratic culture takes
years of painstaking work to build and entrench as a culture, so that it
becomes second nature.

“…..Secondly, SADC Member States also need to work hard to ensure that the
independence and impartiality of the electoral management bodies is
entrenched so that they can be trusted to serve our people without fear,
favour or prejudice.”

He said that building democracy presupposed the setting up of electoral
institutions with full capacity to execute their duties in a manner that
creates confidence in the electorate, in the process deepening public trust.

“As member states, we also need to keep working to enhance transparency in
the election process and making all our citizens owners of the process and
stakeholders in the democratic firmament we are building,” added the South
African leader.

“This is a particularly cardinal point to always bear in mind, since
democracy is about government of the people, by the people for the people.
By making our people the legitimate owners of the electoral process, we are
also preventing electoral conflicts and guaranteeing political stability in
our countries and region.

As Africans our destiny is in our own hands. We should, therefore, at all
times critically engage ourselves with the view to arriving at the best
possible political and economic arrangements for our own people.”

Motlanthe said that deepening democracy ensured effective governance and in
turn created sustainable conditions for peace and stability, ending wars,
conflicts and poverty afflicting the lives of many of the people.

FM Biti Says Diamond Cash Not Covering Civil Service Pay Increase

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26 August 2011

Biti said the government is now running a deficit of US$80 million dollars a
month taking into account the increased cost of salaries since they were
boosted in July, among other items

Blessing Zulu

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Friday that his ministry
received US$23 million in revenues this month from the sale of diamonds from
the eastern Marange field to help meet the cost of higher civil service
salaries - but adds that the cash infusion is not enough.

Biti said the government is now running a deficit of US$80 million dollars a
month taking into account the increased cost of salaries since they were
boosted in July, among other items. He said financial discipline is lacking
in the government, exacerbating Harare's debt position.

The Finance Minister warned when the public sector salary increase went into
effect over his objections that if diamond revenues do not cover additional
costs salaries will be cut.

Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told VOA Studio 7 reporter Blessing Zulu that the
contribution from diamonds is as much as can be made, saying other
ministries must also contribute.

Mugabe heaps praise on Biti

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By Nkululeko Sibanda, Staff Writer
Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:28

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has praised the Ministry of Finance for
timeously releasing funds to boost the farm mechanisation programme which he
said remains the mainstay of the country’s economy.

Officially opening the 101st edition of the Harare Agricultural Show in
Harare yesterday, Mugabe said it was pleasing to note that the finance
ministry had played a critical role in ensuring that the farm mechanisation
programme remained adequately funded by the fiscus.

“It has been aptly proven in recent seasons that farm mechanisation is a key
component in increasing production and agricultural productivity. Government
will continue to pursue the strategy of mechanising agriculture through the
farm mechanisation programme,” said Mugabe.

“In order to mitigate the effects of mid-season drought and intensify
production, government will continue to prioritise irrigation development.

“77 communal irrigation projects countrywide, with a targeted area of 6 150
hectares, the target of our 2011 national budget has been undertaken so far.
The budget availed $11,74 million for this programme.

“A total of $4 056 000 has been released so far and works are currently
underway to ensure that these projects are completed,” said Mugabe.

He heaped praises on countries such as Iran, India, China, Russia, Belarus,
and many others for continuously supporting the farm mechanisation programme
through the supply of machinery for the programme.

The machinery, Mugabe added, would go a long way in ensuring that the
programme of providing implements to farmers succeeds.

Mugabe also revealed that the agricultural sector had made a significant
contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributing
more than 19 percent towards GDP.

“The agricultural sector continues to be a major contributor to the Gross
Domestic Product, with 19,1 percent having been contributed by the sector
this year as compared to the 14,9 percent that was contributed last year. It
is hoped that we will achieve the targeted 19,3 percent contribution that
has been earmarked for the 2011-12 agricultural season,” Mugabe said.

For the first time, the President gave a pat on the back to various line
ministries for contributing to the success of the agricultural sector in the
2010-11 season.

“There was better preparedness in the 2010-11 agricultural season as
witnessed by the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP."

“We noted the timeous availability of raw materials and inputs for
agriculture (which has been a challenge realised by government in recent
years)."

This has seen our agricultural sector being on a rebound over the last two
agricultural seasons,” he said.

Mugabe also revealed that provinces such as Matabeleland South, Midlands,
Masvingo, and Matabeleland North are some of the regions facing food crises,
adding there could be need for government to step in and provide food for
those affected.

The agricultural show’s curtain comes down today, putting a cap to an
intense eight-day show that saw various companies exhibiting their wares
during the event.

Chombo’s perks

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Local government minister Ignatius Chombo has ordered Gweru council to award
hefty perks to officials sent to investigate reports of corruption at the
town house. In total, the perks amount to US$23 000.
26.08.1108:33am
by Brenna Matendere Munyati

The team conducted investigations at town house between May 29 and June 4
this year after the Gweru United Residents Association (GURA) put forward a
dossier chronicling allegations of corruption by councillors.

Gweru mayor, Teddius Chimombe, told The Zimbabwean that the amounts of money
ordered by Chombo were too much for the council.

“The council is financially constrained at the moment. We are struggling to
raise enough money to improve our service delivery and it’s a fact we cannot
get the kind of money Chombo has mentioned, it’s too much,” Chimombe said.

He added that councillors were shocked by Chombo’s directive because when
the probe team finished its work, each one of them was paid.

Teachers forced to support

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Teachers here are being forced to buy Zanu (PF) cards by war veterans, The
Zimbabwean has learnt.
26.08.1107:23am
by Tony Saxon

Teachers at Gombakomba and Dangare schools in Zimunya district last week
said that war veterans led by Robert Rufuse and Jonas Chitakatira were
living in fear as they were forced to buy the cards as a way of showing
allegiance to Zanu (PF).

“The situation is terrible here. We are on holiday but they are coming to
our houses forcing us to buy the Zanu (PF) cards. They also told us to
assure them that Zanu (PF) will not lose in the forthcoming elections,” said
a teacher at Gombakomba secondary school.

“They (war veterans) have all the names of teachers at our school and they
have made sure that everyone has a Zanu (PF) card,” said another teacher at
Dangare primary school.

The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president, Takavafira
Zhou, confirmed that his office had been receiving complaints from various
teachers in schools.

“This has been happening in Masvingo too. Teachers are living in fear. They
have no option besides buying Zanu (PF) cards for their safety,” he said.
Zhou said his organization would meet the Minister of Education David
Coltart over the harassment of teachers.

Police brutality concerns

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The MDC here bemoaned the continuing violation of human rights of
Zimbabweans in South Africa at the hands of corrupt police officers.
26.08.1105:29pm
by Chris Ncube

Alice Mhlanga, MDC Secretary for Information and Publicity, told The
Zimbabwean that infringements were the biggest challenges the district
faced.

South African police have in recent weeks arrested Zimbabwean nationals
following the July 31 expiry of a deadline for Zimbabweans to regularize
their stay in South Africa.

The call to undocumented Zimbabweans came last year but the processing of
permits has moved at snail’s pace, leaving these nationals exposed to arrest
and detention.

“As the biggest district in South Africa we are not without challenges and
problems. The one that continues to worry us is the continued arrests of our
people on the streets on Johannesburg after they have been unable to heed
the call by Home Affairs,” Mhlanga said.

She said such violations amounted to xenophobia.

“We would like to urge the Department of Police to work in liaison with the
Department of Home Affairs as the decision to document Zimbabweans was a
cabinet decision so as to have some unison. Some of the Police are just out
to solicit bribes and we will expose them for that if they continue to
harass people with proper documents merely for the fact that they are
Zimbabweans,” added Mhlanga.

Police have repeatedly denied they are targeting Zimbabweans.

Zanu (PF) Women Went On A Rampage

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Harare, August 27, 2011 - A group of Zanu (PF) women hurled insults at late
night shoppers at a local supermarket on Friday evening calling them Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’ s puppets.

The visibly drunk women, numbering up to about 20, were clad in Zanu (PF)
regalia. They were accompanied by a few of their male counterparts who urged
them on as they hurled insults at the shoppers.

A light skinned woman who was part of a crowd that recently invaded
parliament and assaulted parliamentarians and journalists led the group. The
woman appeared to have been leading the group.

She demanded to see the Spar Anthientis Manager before asking him to take
her to the toilet. The manager told her that there was no toilet at the
supermarket for shoppers but she immediately hurled insults at the terrified
manager telling him that she was the one who liberated the country and can
urinate anywhere she want even in his mouth.

It is at this point that the manager obliged and took her to a backroom
toilet.

In the meantime her colleagues were busy demanding food while others were
grabbing beers and drinking them while in the supermarket.

A lot of terrified late night shoppers hurried out of the supermarket
fearing an attack from the bloodshot eyed women all of whom were reeking of
alcohol.

The women sang songs deriding Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti
saying they will never rule Zimbabwe.

“Tsvangirai imboko isingafi yakatonga Zimbabwe,” (Tsvangirai will never rule
this country) they sung while raising their fits.

The women also sang a song deriding Biti. They sung: “Biti uchachera ngoda
muderere.” (You will mine diamonds out of nothing).

One of the women picked up a fight with the supermarket workers demanding a
bottle of the illicit Kenge spirit while another one wanted her 5 cents
change instead of the voucher usually given to shoppers if there is no
change.

Security guards who tried to intervene were told to stay off or else they
would ransack the whole supermarket.

Some of the shoppers reported the matter at a police post located within the
supermarket premises but the police could not do anything. They watched
helpless with the women telling them to go and arrest prostitutes in the
avenues area before they could even intervene.

Stay out: PM

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By Xolisani Ncube, Staff Writer
Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:15

HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday told traditional leaders
in the volatile Mashonaland Central Province to stay out of politics and
concentrate on their prescribed roles of community building.

Tsvangirai, who was on a whirlwind tour of the province said this after Zanu
PF aligned traditional leaders in Mazowe Central constituency blocked their
subjects from attending a function the premier was officiating.

He was in the area to assess projects funded under the parliamentary
Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

Tsvangirai said the actions of the chiefs were an impediment to development
in the area, saying such behaviour was nothing but cheap politicking.

“I heard that some people were saying don’t go there, we don’t want to see
you gathered there. That is being lost, this place or event is not for MDC
or Zanu PF,” said Tsvangirai while addressing hundreds of villagers who
witnessed the official opening of a clinic constructed under the CDF by the
MP for Mazowe Central Shepherd Mushonga.

Mushonga is from Tsvangirai’s MDC party.

“This clinic is not for Zanu PF or MDC, so you dabble in politics even when
it is not proper, what kind of people are you?” asked the visibly incensed
Tsvangirai.

“You think that a woman who will come and deliver her child here will first
be asked for a party card? No! We should not be lost like that. The
development taking place here is for everyone.”

The clinic will serve about 10 000 people who previously used the nearby
Nyakudya Clinic which has a much smaller capacity.

“We did not construct this clinic so that you start fighting each other on
political lines, let us start to understand that everyone has a choice of
political affiliation,” said Tsvangirai.

The MDC leader, who was accompanied by the Minister of Health and Child
Welfare, Henry Madzorera and the Minister of Constitutional Affairs Erick
Matinenga, has in the past attacked traditional chiefs who have allowed
themselves to be used as Zanu PF political fodder.

The event was also attended by representatives from Mashonaland central
provincial governor Martin Dinha’s office.

In November last year, Tsvangirai met with the president of the chiefs’
council Fortune Charumbira and used the meeting to implore the errant
traditional leaders to stay out of politics.

He said traditional leaders are not politicians and should not be involved
in politics.

Charumbira, at a recent Zanu PF conference held in Goromonzi, urged chiefs
to declare President Robert Mugabe life president.

“We are not for succession as long as one who holds that position is still
alive.” said Charumbira at the time.
According to the set roles of traditional chiefs, a leader of Charumbira’s
stature should be neutral and not seek to devide their communities on party
lines."

Civil society and human rights group’s members have also accused traditional
leaders of championing violence in rural areas especially against opposition
members.

Reports from Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) and Zimbabwe Peace Project
(ZPP) claim that most traditional leaders force-march villagers to attend
Zanu PF rallies and deny suspected MDC supporters food aid usually sourced
from aid groups.

Tsvangirai told the gathering that they should learn to be tolerant and not
engage in violence.

“Please stay in harmony with each other in your rural areas, are you not
relatives? I plead with you because peace leads to development,” said
Tsvangirai.

Tsvangirai lamented the lack of development in the education sector under
the Zanu PF government following his tour of one of the schools in the area.

Mushonga has initiated various projects ranging from constructing clinics
and using the constituency fund and has also constructed class room blocks
for a secondary school and a primary school, among other projects.

The roads in the area are in a sorry state. Tsvangirai had to disembark from
his official Mercedes Benz vehicle and used an all-terrain 4x4 vehicle to
complete his tour of the province.

Zimbabwe Co-Home Affairs Minister Makone Denies Sustaining Mild Stroke

http://www.voanews.com/

26 August 2011

The Daily News quoted MDC spokesman Douglas Mwonzora as saying Makone was
admitted to a Harare clinic after suffering a mild stroke one day after a
Sunday rally in the eastern city of Mutare

Violet Gonda | Washington

Zimbabwean Co-Minister of Home Affairs Theresa Makone has denied sustaining
a stroke this week amid reports she was involved in an altercation at a
Sunday rally of the Movement for Democratic Change attended by party
president and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

The Daily News quoted MDC spokesman Douglas Mwonzora as saying Makone was
admitted to a Harare clinic after suffering a mild stroke one day after the
rally. The newspaper said some MDC members accused Makone of trying to
impose her “loyalists” on them.

Some party members have been calling for Makone's dismissal from her
ministerial post ever since she accompanied Didymus Mutasa, the ZANU-PF
presidential affairs minister, to a police station in July 2010 in search of
his son who had been arrested.

Makone has nominal authority over the police as Home Affairs co-minister,
but observers say her ZANU-PF co-minister, Kembo Mohadi, exerts greater
control - though some consider Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri
to be a law unto himself.

Makone told VOA reporter Violet Gonda that she has a history of high blood
pressure and had forgotten to take her medicine when she travelled to Mutare
for the rally.

She admitted going to a trauma center in Harare a day after the rally when
she felt very weak and tired, but maintained that doctors told her she was
"as fit as a fiddle."

She scoffed at the notion that she might be dismissed. “If someone is
harboring any expectations of my dismissal then they will be waiting a very
long time because this woman works, make no mistake about it," Makone said.

Reached for comment, MDC spokesman Mwonzora said he regretted telling the
newspaper that Makone had suffered a stroke, but said this was what medical
sources had told him.

First casualty of Zimbabwe mine grab

http://mg.co.za/

RAY NDLOVU Aug 27 2011 00:22

Saviour Kasukuwere, Zimbabwe's youth development, indigenisation and
empowerment minister, has cancelled the operating licence of the country's
leading gold mine, as the battle for control of foreign-owned mining
companies intensifies.

The Blanket Mine, wholly owned by Canadian firm Caledonia Mining
Corporation, is the first casualty of Zimbabwe's bid to grab shares in the
lucrative mining sector.

Foreign-owned mining companies have been given a deadline of September 30 by
which to submit plans to Kasukuwere's ministry showing how they will cede a
51% shareholding to indigenous Zimbabweans, as prescribed by the
Indigenisation and Empowerment Act.

A letter written by Kasukuwere to Mines and Mining Development Minister
Obert Mpofu, seen by the Mail & Guardian, informed the Blanket Mine that the
ministry had decided to cancel the operating licence because of the mines
"failure to come up with acceptable indigenisation proposals".

In turn, the mine, which recorded a 300% increase in gold production in its
second quarter, has threatened to take legal action against Kasukuwere,
arguing that he has "exceeded his legal powers".

It is understood that the firm is taking legal advice on the
constitutionality of the empowerment laws and may take the lead in
challenging them.

Kasukuwere said this week that "the mining industry is regrouping, yet that
will not deter us one bit.

"The fight will overshadow the land-reform programme, as this one is much
more sophisticated and is about serious wealth."

At an indigenisation indaba last month, Kasukuwere rejected the Zimbabwe
Chamber of Mines's proposal of a 26% takeover of mines and vowed to "kick
out" non-compliant firms.

Economic analysts have warned of investor flight from the country caused by
the over-hasty implementation of the empowerment laws, which have also split
Zanu-PF between party hardliners and moderates.

There is growing political speculation that a cabal of President Robert
Mugabe's close allies is behind the latest onslaught on the mines.

Alex Mhembere, chief executive of the Impala Platinum-owned Zimplats, said:
"There is a big appetite for a stake in Zimplats by people in business and
political office."

Kasukuwere has now issued a "14-day ultimatum" to mines and foreign banks.

His ministry indicated this week that it had rejected the empowerment
proposals of 39 foreign mining companies and had issued letters warning them
to provide "acceptable" proposals by the expiry of the two-week deadline.

Among the mining companies at risk of losing their operating licences are
Zimplats, Anglo Platinum and Aquarius Platinum.

British-owned banks Standard Chartered and Barclays have also been targeted,
as has Standard Bank's JSE-listed Zimbabwean subsidiary, Stanbic.

As fresh uncertainty fuelled by the empowerment laws gripped Zimbabwe's
fragile banking sector, long queues of panic-stricken customers of Standard
Chartered and Barclays banks were seen making withdrawals over the weekend.

CPCA challenges ruling

http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk

Lawyers representing the Anglican Diocese of Harare in the Church of the
Province of Central Africa (CPCA) on Wednesday filed a Constitutional appeal
against a chamber ruling by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku.
26.08.1108:26am
by Staff Reporter

The Chief Justice ruled that while he reinstated the appeal by the CPCA, he
categorically stated that ‘the appeal shall not suspend the operation of the
order’ giving the ex-communicated Dr Kunonga full custody of Anglican
properties, yet he left the Church voluntarily to form his own Province of
Zimbabwe.

In light of these developments, clergy and members of the laity belonging to
the Anglican Diocese of Harare (CPCA) across Harare, Mashonaland West, East
and Central have been receiving threats, constant harassment and severe
beatings from Kunonga’s hooligans, masquerading as clergy. The latest
casualty is Reverend Jonah Mudowaya who was severely assaulted in Chinhoyi
on Wednesday August 24, 2011.

The Diocese of Harare is demanding that Kunonga’s agents, followers and
representatives should restore to the CPCA all property, movable or
immovable which they took, seized, occupied or otherwise took possession of
from the CPCA.

What continues to worry the CPCA in the ongoing court hearings is that while
Kunonga voluntarily resigned from the CPCA, claiming that there was
homosexuality and was opposed to the land reforms in Zimbabwe, he wants to
be recognised as the legitimate bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare,
which is now legitimately occupied by Bishop Nicholas Chad Gandiya, who has
worldwide recognition in the Anglican Communion.

Plans to revive ‘youth corps’

http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/

The government of national unity is finalising plans to revive a ‘youth
corps’ which observers fear will terrorise the population.
26.08.1108:20am
by Chief Reporter

The move comes as President Mugabe's Zanu (PF) party faces unprecedented
disputes over its future and reports have filtered in from Zimbabwe
Democracy Now that the militia will play a key role in Mugabe's election
rigging strategy.

Deputy Youth minister of the MDC Tongai Matutu confirmed that the youth
militia was being resuscitated. The revelation was taken by observers to
mean that special units made up of ruling party youths and war veterans
would be deployed in the rural areas, where 70 per cent of voters live,
ahead of the presidential election.

The MDC reportedly agreed to resuscitate the youth militia as a concession
to Zanu (PF) during negotiations to form the inclusive government. But the
MDC has stated that it envisages a new youth corps free from indoctrination
by Zanu (PF) propaganda or violence in its curriculum.

The Zimbabwean learnt that the youth corps would be "trained in
self-defence" and encouraged to be proud to be Zimbabwean. Previously, the
youths were trained in tactics that were among the most ruthless used to
secure victory for Zanu (PF) in the elections.

Outwardly, at least, Mugabe is safely in the Zanu (PF) saddle and will use
the militia to consolidate his position while promoting his protégé,
Emmerson Mnangagwa, a sign that he has chosen his heir.

Mnangagwa, 69, was made Defence minister after reversing Mugabe's stunning
electoral defeat last year. He is said to be Mugabe's favoured heir
apparent, and believes in the use of strong-arm tactics to secure political
incumbency.

Yet one party faction considers him "unelectable" as a presidential
candidate, ostensibly because he is more ruthless than Mugabe. He is said to
be strongly pushing for the resuscitation of the youth militia.

Mujuru's death blow to Zanu PF

http://www.dailynews.co.zw

By Thelma Chikwanha, Community Affairs Editor
Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:22

HARARE - British academia and political analyst, Stephen Chan, says the
death of retired general Solomon Mujuru and President Robert Mugabe’s old
age will wipe off any chances that Zanu PF might have had of winning an
election.

Chan who is a professor of international relations at the School of Oriental
and African Studies in London told a public meeting hosted by the Southern
African Policy and Economic Series (Sapes) Trust that Mujuru’s death is a
blow to Zanu PF.

Chan said the late general was a unifying force whose appeal went beyond his
party.

“Mujuru’s death complicates elections because of the timetable. His death
consolidated people more and that might make them want to respect his
wishes,” Chan said adding that Mugabe’s deteriorating health coupled with
his advanced age make the possibility of an election a dicey issue.

He said 2013 will be the most ideal date of the election but because of
Mugabe’s failing health, an early date might be a possibility.

“Can a country go forward with such ageing leadership? There is a new world
order where leaders are young and technocratic and accomplished and can move
with the times. The old men have got to step to one side and make way,” Chan
said.

Chan said while Mugabe maintains the line that Britain is responsible for
the problems facing the country, London no longer cares about his arguments.

“The British don’t care anymore about their argument with Mugabe, they are
working on the premise that he will die anyway,” the professor added on.

On the contentious issue of security sector reforms which the two MDC
formations and civil society are calling for, Chan said; “Generals should
make symbolic willingness to work with the MDC but I do not think that they
should be on the frontline.”

The professor who believes that Zanu PF will continue to play a significant
role in local politics said western governments are unofficially re-engaging
the former ruling party.

“Re-engagement is happening behind the scenes, officially there is no
engagement but unofficially it is there,” Chan stressed.

He said there was need for engagement because even though the West was
weakened by the rise of China, Zimbabwe still needs it.

“A new constitution, free and fair elections, and the return of the military
to the barracks will be enough to change the way the West views Zimbabwe,”
Chan pointed out.

He also took a swipe at the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act saying it is
an old policy that had been tried elsewhere around the world but with very
minimal successes.

“The model has been tried in other East Asian countries. It’s an old model
and it does not always ensure equity in the distribution of wealth. That is
why there is need for young people because they adapt more to new trends
because the old will always stick to the old way of doing things,” Chan
said.

The mysterious death of Solomon Mujuru and fears for the future of Zimbabwe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

The untimely death of Solomon Mujuru, one of the only men brave enough to
challenge Robert Mugabe, is sparking fears for Zimbabwe's future, write Peta
Thornycroft and Aislinn Laing

By Peta Thornycroft and Aislinn Laing in Johannesburg

6:00PM BST 27 Aug 2011

He was one of Zimbabwe's most revered independence warriors, a multi-starred
general who guided Robert Mugabe to power 31 years ago. He was also one of
the few men bold enough to challenge him.

And so when Solomon Mujuru, a senior MP in Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, died
in a fire at his rural farm near Harare earlier this month, few people were
surprised.

Just as a car crash killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife Susan two
years ago, it has never been unusual for politicians and their loved ones to
fall victim to unfortunate accidents in Zimbabwe.

The police account of the fire that killed Mr Mujuru on August 15 states the
blaze was started by a candle, lit by household staff following a power cut.

But ever since, rumours about the circumstances in which he was found have
circulated, with many struggling to believe that an experienced bush
combatant in the liberation war chould have been vanquished by a domestic
mishap. Instead, the fear is that his death may mark the start of a violent
power struggle within Zanu PF, as talk of Mr Mugabe's failing health focuses
minds on his succession.

"The feeling across the country, wherever you go, whoever you talk to, is
that he was murdered," said one senior Zimbabwean politician. "No one wants
to talk about this in public because there is so much tension."

Mr Mujuru, 62, who was the first commander of the Zimbabwean army following
independence in 1980, was a stalwart of Zanu-PF.

His wife, Joyce, currently services as the party's vice-president and is
considered a favourite to take over the party one day, albeit with her
husband as the power behind the throne.

However, the faction that the couple led within the movement was considered
moderate - especially when it came to doing business with Mr Tsvangirai's
Movement for Democratic Change party, with which Zanu PF currently shares
power.

As such, Mr Mujuru posed a direct threat to Zanu PF's hardline wing, who see
Mr Tsvangirai and his followers as Western stooges bent on bringing British
colonial rule.

Last week, as speculation about foul play intensified, Mrs Mujuru added her
voice to the growing chorus of doubt, saying publicly for the first that
there were questions that needed to be answered.

Why, his widow asked, did nobody alert her husband when the house was
guarded by both police and private security staff, and flanked by a village
of farmworkers' homes? And why did he not simply clamber out of the window
in their ground-floor bedroom, used frequently by their grandchildren to
come and go?

"For a military man, it's so weird that he could have failed to escape the
fire," she remarked during an official visit to the Zimbabwean women's
football team, which was filmed by the state broadcaster.

What is known is that earlier that evening, Mr Mujuru, a lover of Johnnie
Walker Black Label whisky, had enjoyed a few tots with friends in a nearby
hotel. But he broke his usual habit of overindulging because he was due to
be up early.

His farm is said to be on a special electricity grid reserved for VIPs which
ensures they are never affected by the power cuts that blight ordinary
Zimbabweans' lives.

But on the night in question, the power had been shut off. When Mr Mujuru
went inside, reports claim, he left groceries he had bought and his mobile
phone in his car.

Wilfred Mhanda, a fellow liberation army commander, believes he was attacked
the moment he entered the house.

"There must have been some people waiting for him inside the house," he
said. "The fire was just to mask the evidence."

It was not until 3am that the emergency services were called, and when a
fire engine arrived an hour later, it had no water to douse the flames.

By that time, a pile of ash and bones was all that remained of the General's
massive frame.

The farm's white former owner, Guy Watson-Smith, who was forced to leave by
Mr Mujuru's men during Zimbabwe's violent land seizure programme a decade
ago, remarked: "Our house was a single storey building, roofed entirely with
asbestos sheeting, and with walls of brick and cement. All that could have
burned was roofing timbers and ceilings, and to imagine the fire spreading
quickly without help is hard to do."

One explanation for how the fire spread is contained in a highly-classified,
preliminary intelligence document which Zimbabwean newspapers claim to have
seen, in which Zanu-PF sources suggest the general was murdered and his body
then doused with gasoline. Pathologists consulted by The Sunday Telegraph
say that his body is unlikely to have been reduced to ashes without the help
of an accelerant.

Diehard supporters of Mr Mugabe felt that Mr Mujuru wanted to steer Zanu-PF
on a more moderate course, away from the uncompromising stance of the
current leader.

But with the 89-year-old dictator looking increasingly frail in recent
months - he is said to be receiving treatment for cancer - many believe that
the behind-the-scenes power struggle for the succession is already underway.

The main contenders were Mrs Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa, the current
defence minister, who ran Zimbabwe's ruthless central intelligence
organisation when it was accused of the massacre of some 20,000 political
opponents of Mugabe in the 1980s.

Tendai Biti, the MDC's Finance Minister in the coalition government formed
with Zanu-PF in 2009, was among the first to implicate Zanu-PF, saying they
had taken to "roasting" their opponents.

Mr Biti later withdrew his comments, and many politicians do concede that
there may be suspects outside of their world. Mr Mujuru had previously
quarrelled with a neighbouring farmer about wages for workers, while his
business dealings in Zimbabwe's controversial diamond mines could also have
made him a target.

But privately, some politicians believe the responsibility for Mujuru's
demise could lie directly at the door of the president himself.

"Mujuru was the last remaining person within Zanu-PF who was able to speak
out against Mugabe during politburo meetings," one told The Sunday
Telegraph.

"His death, whether an accident or an assassination ordered from the very
top, benefits Mugabe more than any other individual."

Abusive Email from Henry Maturure ex diplomat CIO

Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 27/08/11

In the wake of the BBC ‘s current affairs Channel 4 programme Exiles in Fear
aired on Sunday 21 August 2011, yesterday, I received the attached abusive
e-mail from Henry Maturure, a former First Secretary at the Zimbabwe Embassy
in Addis Ababa,  with whom I worked as an Information and Press Attache
nearly 30 years ago.

At that time, he was from the Prime Minister’s Office and I was from the
Ministry of Information as an Attache and my work had nothing to do with his
CIO activities. I had not had any contacts with him since the 1980s when we
worked in the same chancery (embassy office premises). I kept a safe
distance from his activities and was not interested to know them, for which
he is now hounding me especially as I express my political views outside
Zimbabwe with no holds barred.

He now claims to be an academic presumably at Kwekwe Polytechnic where he
has an email address and “regrets leaving” the CIO, but I don’t believe
that. His e-mail has the hallmarks of a bitter and unrepentant CIO agent. If
anything bad happens to me and my family, I put the blame squarely on Henry
Maturure, Mugabe’s CIO agent because he has threatened me and other people
(some of whose names I have deleted for their privacy) in his unprovoked
email.

This vindicates me when I previously said that once someone has been a
Mugabe CIO agent, they will always be CIO agents for life even if they deny
it, otherwise his behaviour is inconsistent with someone who has turned a
new leaf.

Henry Maturure’s email is hard evidence of how Mugabe’s CIO agents are
harassing Zimbabwean exiles in the United Kingdom. It also demonstrates how
unsafe it is to return people to Zimbabwe especially failed asylum seekers
and those on Mugabe’s watch list, who are always kept under surveillance by
his spies.

By threatening other people’s safety and security because of their political
views, Henry Maturure makes himself a legitimate candidate for the EU, US
and UK travel ban and asset freeze if he is not yet on the list.

Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Former Diplomat, Political Analyst, London
Zimanalysis2009@gmail.com

Abusive Email from Henry Maturure ex-diplomat CIO

to Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, former diplomat, Political Analyst, London
Friday 26.08.11 9:38 AM

“AS an academic I am terribly busy and what with commitments kumunda kwangu
(at my field/farm?) I have little time to spare but would have liked  to
engage you and your likes at the level of intellectuals but I doubt if you
people (include xxxx xxxxx, xxxxx and all other MDC apologists who
masquerade as political analysts)  have what it takes to look at things
objectively without worrying about saying things that may annoy your hosts
or your paymasters. I have no paymaster or host.  God is  my paymaster and
keeper. (I am not a member of ZANU PF, or any other political party- check
my membership anywhere if you care for truth). I  lived under Smith, am now
living in  the Mugabe dispensation, will as you hope and agitate for  maybe
live in a  Tswangirai dispensation and I will do so without turning my back
on my country.

MY  fight, if ever there  is any fighting to do,  is carried on zim soil and
my grave will be on Zim soil.  I made a pact with truth that death or the
threat of death will not stand between me and truth. AS for money, its
promise, lack or abundance is totally immaterial in my relationship with
truth. What is truth?  Ndakutokuwanzira.(I am bragging).  Dreams and hopes
aside I find your contributions fairly disturbing in that they are a
reflection of the interests of the ruling elite and monied people who have
the upper hand in global politics. They and yourselves will be rudely
surprised by the turn of events kwatiri kuenda (where we are going). Huri
upenyu  (Depending on life) ten years twenty years from now you wont be able
to say anything ucharamba kuti (you are going to deny) you are or ever
claimed to be a political analyst. .

Democracy haidyiwi  (is not eaten)  Europe haisi pairi (is not at the stage
where it is now) because of democracy nor is China prosperous because of
democracy, South Korea haisi pairi (is not at the stage where it is now)
because of the kind of things, to use a kind word, you say.  Kutonga hakusi
dambe (ruling is not a party) . When the MDC gets into power (which without
NATO aggression as in Libya wont  happen soon)  they  will as of necessity
demand responsible enjoyment of your much trumpeted human  rights.  Be
intimate with xxxx of course but can you exercise that right at 1100 in
Picaddily Square or can I do it with xxxx in Africa Unity Square? . Your
friend xxxx in his submission today in the typical and usual madness that we
ordinary  Zimbabweans find incensing  says the buying of Airplanes  from
France is a breach of targeted sanctions against Mugabe.

Munoreveiko? (what do you mean) Munofunga kuti tiri chinyiko (what do you
think we are). Ten years muchitikwiza (criticising?) the wrong way like this
and you talk of good governance while you are tool for undermining good
governance. You talk of democracy when you are a tool for the subversion of
democracy? And you think zvinongorova? (will be forgotten) In your
submission today you suggest that there is aconsipiracy of silence on
company takeovers. What company takeovers? Where? Is a 51%/49% equity
holding a company takeover?  Is Zimbabwe the only country with such laws.
Can China Buy 80% equity in Northrop or Boeing when they failed to buy
Boston harbour?

Zvakwakaitika mademonstration ikoko Makati ma riots zve. (There were
demonstrations there and riots). Economy yenyu zvoyo gwara ikoko worse
yekuAmerica kunaMugabe dictator zve kana kuti democracy yyopera?  (Why is
your British economy and America’s now sick or worse than Mugabe’s a
dictator). Tibvirei apo muchinyara kusimudza ruoko (are you not ashamed) to
eat food you get by making us your fellow countryman suffer this much.
Haunyari kuti Libya kune (why are you saying there is a revolution in Libya)
when your NATO masters and hosts have bombed that regime to extinction. Is
it not your NATO masters who were giving plaudits about the exemplary nature
of the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes months ago? Hamuzvizivi kuti ku Saudi
Arabia izvozvi hakuna democracy? (Don’t you know there is no democracy in
Saudi Arabia?) Why are you silent?  Prepre to come to Zimbawe and shoot for
every square centimetre. I regret ever leaving the CIO. I should by now be
in a better situation kufa ndaita (to die after doing) my part for my
beloved people vadai kunetswa nevarungu nevatengesi (who are being
persecuted by sell outs) like you.”

END