Around 2008, activist Jethro Mpofu remarked — rather optimistically — that President Robert Mugabe’s end was nigh, but expressed worry at what he termed the “Mugabe in you”. With Mugabe having ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, it can be argued that every facet of the country is made in his […]
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How Robert Mugabe ruined Zimbabwe
In 2016 it became a common sight in the capital of Zimbabwe to see fearful citizens queuing outside banks, waiting hopefully for cash. It was the most obvious manifestation of anxiety about Robert Mugabe’s latest economic scheme. In November the central bank started printing a new kind of money, in […]
Opinion: Corruption will not fall until Mugabe the godfather of corruption has fallen
Former Hong Kong anti-corruption administrator Bertrand de Speville in his book Overcoming Corruption says, political will is the key driver in fighting corruption. I could not agree more with this statement, more so in regards to Zimbabwe where we have all the tools to deal with corruption decisively,yet under Mugabe’s […]
Editorial: So how DID Mugabe get away with it? Zimbabweans look to the Gambia with envy
“We need an Ecowas in southern Africa!” That was the tweeted wail from prominent Zimbabwe lawyer Fadzayi Mahere this week as she and many Zimbabweans watched events up in the Gambia with envy. Much as President Robert Mugabe is widely thought to have done in March 2008, Gambia’s ex-president Yahya […]
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