One of Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Ministers, Arthur Mutambara , has
been bad-mouthing both this nation and its popular Prime Minister, Morgan
Tsvangirai. This article is a rebuttal to Mutambara's vituperations as
published in the Zanu (PF) mouthpiece, the Herald of Saturday 13 February
2010.

Although there has virtually no mention of this effort in the American Media there is currently an effort to delay justice in Kenya after the horrific aftermath following the Presidential Elections of January 2008.

While Mugabe is away on his annual leave, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai must show some tenacity and immediately sack Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made.

Zimbabweans are hoping that 2010 will bring continued economic and political improvements, but there are already many signs that the new year will bring more of the same.

The recent forced closure of the Nestle Milk Factory in Zimbabwe clearly shows that Zimbabwe’s ruling elite operate a mafia like protection racket aimed at independent businesses and business people. This trend negatively affects investor confidence and will hinder Economic recovery effort as investors become jittery.

As "the centre of knowledge and wisdom", the city boasts a strong arsenal of communicological smart tools of power in the form of radio and television and newspapers with which to shield its citizenry from rapacious, nefarious foreign propaganda exported to Zimbabwe in order to destabilise and confuse the mind for political gains.

If ever we were to sit back and look at the destruction, death and decay caused by Mugabe’s 30 year rule in Zimbabwe, there is one common denominator in all he does.

The sense of insecurity and uncertainty has never been more foreboding. Talk of the Reserve Bank printing a new currency behind closed doors and in great secrecy and the President saying last week that the local currency would be back by the end of the year. The sudden withdrawal of the MDC from the transitional government and the subsequent negotiations, have all thrown the Zimbabwean population into the slough of despond.

The untimely death of MDC-T MP for Makoni Central, John Nyamande (November 7 2009) in a road accident signifies a loss of modern-day freedom fighters under mysterious and suspicious circumstances.

It was in 1989 that I started to experience a gradually increasing sense of alarm. Having landed a good first teaching position at a respectable Northamptonshire comprehensive my future, always somewhat nebulous till then, suddenly became a lot clearer and I could see myself doing much the same thing for the next forty years.

In November the Kimberley Process will once again meet. If one reads the Annual Review Diamonds and Human Security compiled by Partnership Africa Canada then one can assume that the current process is failing and on the verge of collapse. So why is this occurring?

PRIOR to Amendment No14 of the Constitution, which was promulgated in 1993 (Act 4 of 1993), appointments to senior positions in the police force, the defence forces and the prison service were made by the President (Robert Mugabe), acting on the advice of the Commissioner of Police, the commander of the relevant branch of the defence forces or the director of prisons, as the case may be.

THROUGH your popular medium, allow me to point out a few things that continue to impede democracy – in all aspects of our lives – in Zimbabwe through the corrupt machinations and shenanigans of a few, namely Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono who was controversially re-appointed by President Mugabe .

The decision of the Magistrate in Mutare yesterday to imprison Roy Bennett is yet another example of the wilful disregard that Zanu PF has for the welfare of the country and its citizens.

Zimbabwe's opposition MDC said it would boycott the power-sharing government until sticking points have been resolved and a political deal is reached, sparking the biggest crisis since the administration was formed nine months ago.

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has received with disbelief and amazement the news of the indictment of Mr. Roy Bennet.