The Herald (Harare)
26 September 2008
PRESIDENT Mugabe says he sees no hitches in implementing the power-sharing agreement between Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations and has called on the West to remove the illegal sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe.
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Here's how I see it: In the West, minus a few exceptions like Cuba, Venezuela, etc.; democracy, human rights, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, religious freedom, respect for human rights..... In the East, minus a few exceptions like Japan; religious bigotry and intollerance, totalitarianism, Marxism, communism, oppression, protection of fellow thugs, terrorism, threat, intimidation....
One always finds solace in those who share their same philosophy.
Mine is in the West - and I'm Indian ....
dilip11860
Many Indians have been lost to their own indigenous culture, which is thousands of years old. That is why they would turn to something less inferior from outside themselves. That is main reason why Indians have been colonized and mentally enslaved to the less mature 'cultures' from Europe and from the Arabian Peninsula.
Imagine, the wicked europeans from the Arabian Peninsula and from the West entered India to rob, rape, kidnap, enslave, colonize and sodomize and subvert Indian culture. Then what? The mentally enslaved of India turn around a look to their mental enslavers in the West. Other mentally enslaved Indians worship the islamic ideological insanity from the Arabian Peninsula See how lost such and Indian MUST be?
One must remember who and what India is It is the oldest Racist society on the Planet today It has wrapped racism and servitude to their Aryan ruling class in various levels of religion known as the “cast System” This System was put in place to keep the Dravidian and Tamale peoples in perpetual servitude , which it has done for the last 2000 years India’s ruling elite is caught in the middle they want to be Europeans but they are linked with the people they have been perpetually despising and brutalizing from their conquest 2500 years ago Hence its Schizophrenic behavior to itself India is now on a fast track collusion course with herself, as her teeming masses slowly awake to shed their 2000 years trappings of mental and physical slavery.
I have no idea what Omugabe and kingswood are talking about or what they say has to do about anything. I'm not sure if I should read your statements as racist - they just don't make any sense to me......
I do know one thing though, I have absolutley no respect for anyone who does not respect human rights. Yes, I am proud of my heritage - Indian. I am proud to be a Zimbabwean by birth. I am proud to be an American by choice.
There is one thing we agree on though, Hinduism has enslaved the Dalits and I am doing all I can to free them from that bondage. How about you ? I will also do whatever I can to free Zimbabwe from that murderer, thief and liar, who calls himself president.
who is protecting George Bush, Tony Blair and allies for devastating the humble living community of iraq and afghanstan? east, west or centre? Get your ideas right about western tabloids!
OneStoleZim , you are an incredible Moron , every UN agency run by men of colour have acknowledged that things got better for the average person in Iraq and how the Taliban had hurt the people of Afghanistan, yet you still write absolute rubbish ! The problems caused in those places are caused by people addled with hatred like YOU ! Are you not ashamed ? Ishe Komberra Afrika !
My dear Omugabe, let us keep to the truth if we want to solve problems. The truth is that both Bob/ZanuPF and Morgan/MDC have brought disaster to the country - the former through the hijacking of the people's revolution because of corruption and incompetence and the latter through a shallow change agenda focussed only on the removal of an individual and not a restoration of the people's revolutionary agenda. The people shall govern! Long live the people.
Lunatic Mugabe is again humiliating Zimbos by accusing the West for having created the MDC!! What a rotten scrap! The devil thinks that Zimbos are incapable to think for themseleves. He is worse than Ian Smith, because this time it is a black humiliating 13 million citizens.
What is worse is that the devil was canvassing sympathy for himself from the West arguing that he never acted against UK and USA!! Did you hear that??
He would so much like to revisit Buckingham Palace while his Grace would look forward to another shopping spree at Harrods!
What a U turn from his Heroes Day diatribe against UK and USA?? Did we not say Mugabe was a lunatic?? at the head of a rotten banana republic??
Other lunatics can of course band together with the circus buffoon like birds of the same feather that flocks together.
Prem , do not be discouraged in your brave writings ! Some of the evil people who write on this esteemed page always chant at former Rhodies for for missing the life they knew , well my brother , the scum from ZANU PF are no better, they feel that change is coming and it means they must give up their prestige positions in Zimbabwe, they complain about apartheid and yet they practise it with their own black brothers, they want to be supreme ! Now the winds of change are blowing and they resent it ! Stay strong Prem , not all of us Afrikans are blinded by the "LUNATIC" mugabe. And no "bokk droll" I am not paid to write on these pages ,so save you addled hatred filled mind from attacking people with a different view ! Aluuta Continua ! Ishe Komberra Afrika !
Some Black people confuse being anti-white with being patriotic. Some Zimbabweans confuse being a Mugabe supporter with being patriotic.....But let me just give you a few facts on the land issue.. Lancaster House imposed the 10 year clause which sayed "willing seller willing buyer". THIS EXPIRED IN 1990.
The Zimbawean government made it compulsory that any one who sold a farm had to offer it to the government first. So they had first choice on any farm being sold.
The British did make available funds for land aquisation. In 1999 the Zim government was still sitting on £4m of this .
In 1999 the Zim government owned 77 vacant farms aquired for resettlement using British money.
225 farms were sold or leased to undeserving individuals as exposed by the Margaret Dongo List.
The Zimbabwean government was selling land to foreigners. ie Arizona Farm sold to David Stevens who was murderd by so called war vets in Mrewa.
The Compulsory Land Aquisation clause in the rejected Draft Constitution was inserted into the current constitution so there was no reason for the violent invasions. According to the constitution the Zim gorvenment can takeover any farm it wants.
Just some of the many facts that You might have not known or choose to ignore due to the prejudicial blinkers that you wear. The majority of Zimbabweans suffered during Rhodesia and they still do so today under Zanu PF. ZANU's ideas have failed dismaly over 28 years and the people of Zimbabwe have a right to choose who to lead them. Bush and Blair do not cast the ballot in Zimbabwe, Zimbabweans do. Afghanstan and Iraq have their own problems with the West, that is no excuse for an African government to brutalise its own citizens.
First, allow me to salute his excellency President R.G.Mugabe for his well thought , articulate and incisive speech at UN..He is a thorn in the flesh of the Western oppressors & former slave owners., who shamelessly hype about human rights..Secondly, i want to castigate strongly Britain, EU, &USA for their relentless efforts to try to subotage our people's land revolution & unity agreement at all costs..Now that the 2 MDC parties have conceded that Zimbabwe is reeling under ruinous economic sanctions , Britain , EU and USA should bear full responsibility for the trail of destruction their sanctions left in their bid to torpedo a determined group of Africans from taking charge of their own land..However, we remain resolute, with our leader Comrade R.G.M as a pillar of strength , to protect a revolution that gallant children of Zimbabwe fought and died for..ALUTA CONTINUA..
The ravings of a Marxist lunatic, a coward, a murderer and a common tsotsi !
Did any average Zimbabwean's life improve under the criminal regime of Bob the Tsotsi ? NO !
Only his regime benefited. It's only his regime that occupied the farms. It's his regime that stole Zimbabwe from the people. It's his regime that drives around in expensive European cars. It's his band of thugs that have food on the table, gasoline in their cars, water in their pipes and electricity in the wires. I don't see any suffering in that criminal gang.
He could have chosen to follow democratic principals, including the recognition and protection of human rights and freedom of the press and free speech. He could have found an equitable way to re-distribute land to the people. He could have fought corruption. He could have done all of this without bending to the US and UK and he could have been a hero.
But he chose the way of a thin skinned thug with a gun. He can point a finger at the US and UK, but 3 are pointing back. He is to blame for the destruction of Zimbabawe.
did you want one of the european cars and did not get one?
I drive an American car, purchased with my own earnings.
I don't need anything bought with stolen money. I don't want a car or a farm or anything else. Zimbabawe belongs to the people of Zimbabwe and not to the dictator, nor the police nor the military. They should serve the people and not line their own pockets.
dilip. You must be aware of the way that Indians treat black people. In your shops you throw our change at us. You look past us when a white person comes into your shops. You think black people will "pollute" you because this is what your caste system insists is your preroative. Yours is the longest running racist system in the world. India is over populated and so you went to South Africa to continue your racist practices. In all your desperate marriage adverts you insist "No Gollywogs". It is no wonderyou prefer the West. It makes you feel cosy about just how evil the Indians are.
First of all, there are racist Indians, rascist Europeans and racist Africans. I believe that all men are created equal and there is no difference between a black, brown or white person. I believe in repect for human rights. I know that some Indians treat Africans badly. I know that some Africans rape and murder other Africans. I know that some Whites would not drink out of the same cup an Indian or African drank from.
But, what has that got to do with what Bob the Tsotsi is doing to Zimbabweans ? There is nothing to explain this ! There is no excuse for it ! If there is anyone who had a reason to do anything like this, that would be Mandela. Yet, look at the contrast.
I totally agree with Author: mabhiza. Zimbabwe has been given a new start Mugabee has cut down the old tree and dug some of the old roots Zimbabwe now must chart a new course and be careful not reinstate the old trees that had showered them with prickles and controlled their destiny in the past. Best Wishes Zim may your pre Colonial ancstorial gods of Zimbabwe guide and protect you all
Listen to the evil speaking. He still feels he owns Zimbabwe. He ranted about the strong arm tactics of the USA and UK but forgets about the heavy handedness of his prty, police cio and all other gvt institutes. The food for patronage system. What of him thinking any dissenting voice is being stooge of the West. In any country there are divergent voices. Your time is up old man. even mother nature is demandng its pound of flesh.
A contributor here is dissilutioned and lost as to all that,s happening .What do you(BABA)think of the Bush,s,Blairs, Howard,s who,ve directly and indirectly caused and still counting,the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocents in Iraq,Afghanistan,etc,open your head.It,s obvious you don,t yet know the world you,re living in.The racist west has no moral right to tell us how to run our lives, even though, they are partly responsible for the mess in the first place,how? helping to keep stolen funds from Africa,helping to instigate wars when the equilibrium does,nt favor them,openly campaigned for regime change in a lot of African countries ostensibly to prop up their stooges, (Nkrumah)(Lumumba) the list goes on and on.As far as i,m concerned, Mugabe was right to retake the land from the thieves, let them go back to Britain and farm there. We welcome foreigners to our part of the world but not the type that,s caused us historical and present day pains.We have not forgotten the past, like a stupid contributor in here is always advising us to,no we won,t forget for as long as the offender does,nt feel they,ve commited crime against humanity.Be warned, kingdoms have come and gone,it,s the nature of the world.Respect human beings you stand a chance,disrespect human beings and you have yourselves to blame.Viva zimbabwe,Viva Africa.
A very well put address to the world by Mugabe, my best wishes to the reconstruction of Zimbabwe. I'm glad to hear that Zimbabwe is looking outside the West to Iran. I'd like to see Hugo Chavez strike a deal with Zimbabwe to help with the fuel shortages, I'm actually surprised that Venezuela hasn't done so already.
"I'm actually surprised that Venezuela hasn't done so already." Even Hugo's smart enough not to do business with a snake is a good reason,and that doesn't surprise me!
Two wrongs don't make it right. Mugabe and his cohorts are enjoying their lives while millions upon millions of other Zimbabweans are living a paltry existence in exile; including being killed in South Africa over jobs. How does blaming going to help the ordinary Zimbwabeans ? The only revolutionary about Mugabe is how is using racism in reverse to cling to power. Grabbing lands from white Zimbabweans and giving it free to dowdy generals who have no clue on what to do with land will never advance Zimbabwe; it is only moving Zimbwabwe backwards. He can insult people as much as he wants but in the end he will have to go. It is just that somehow the villains always stay longer the good ones.
my dear brothers and sisters...lets not start the blame game..lets look within Zimbabwe and see where the fault is and make sensible recommendations...simply..Mugabe must go...he has destroyed the country and its people. Whenever he messes up..he plays the blame game and falls back on racism..mother nature is waiting for you Robert. Why are you and your cohorts so hungry for power...simply because you are eating everything in the country and the pooor get poorer and poorer and poorer..give it up Robert for the sake of Zimbabweans
Wow. You start out with a "lets not start the blame game" and just a few sentences later you say: "Mugabe must go...he has destroyed the country and its people."
Flawless logic...
But you're right, lets not start the blame game. Lets end the sanctions and just move on.
All the contributors to this debate are agreeing loudlly!!!! And yet they think they are disagreeing!!Its common cause that imperialism,slavery,and oppression hapenned to Africa and Europe was largely responsible.The Arabs were there too,so look East carefully.It hapenned.None of us were there and noone can change what hapenned.There were positives too!!The English gave us a language which allows us to communicate with the world and each other.They brought literacy,medicine,technology and Christianity,all very good things.We have to move on.Lets use history to avoid future mistakes,not to seek retribution for past gripes.Neither past British brutality nor current Mugabe brutality is acceptable.The British,as far as I know,are prepared to pay reparations,provided the reparations are not going to be looted by a clique of unelected thugs who think they represent all the dead of past wars.
PRESIDENT Mugabe,here in America we AGREE with you 101%. NO SANCTIONS.That Monster Quartet,Chaney,Bush ,Blair and Brown needs to ask Zimbabwe for some help.In America we are catching hell.We all Pray that Jesus help us and Zim., send that Quartet quickly to the HOME OF EVIL SPIRITS.WAR MONGRELS.God Bless Africa and Ameica.Oweij Liebo- Tarboro, North Carolina U.S.A.
Levi, I have no doubt about your assertions as to the credibilty of the Messes: Bush ,Blair ,Chaney and Brown.....Greed,power,anger and stupidity of all race, colour and creed is responsible .Unless we are aware of this with our own hearts then we are just like the blind swordsman slashing at thin air.
Hey Levi, if America is such hell, why are you still there? The fact is you have never had it so good in all your life but because you are trying to be an African who embraces Mugabe's ideals of always putting down the West and all others who do not agree with his sadistic life style of plundering and murdering, you think you will be praised by the African people. The fact that you begin your posts by stating, "Here in America we"...shows what a pathetic wannabe and a hypocrite you are. You have your own country. Just leave man.
Maybe "Levi" just wants to be a settler in America since it seems to work so well for others in Africa. BTW, the West, lead by the Empire, has its own record of plunder and murder in the world. It seem a bit ironic that the country who boasted about making tiny Zimbabwe's economy "scream" has its own economy screaming like crazy now. The Cosmos works in mysterious ways wouldn't you say?
Djoser, not only was America screaming about the predatory lending of mortgage banks but the whole world became shaky. Luckily there is great liquidity in the country and lawmakers have worked around the clock to avert the crisis. As for Leviboone, my advice to him would be that he should not crap into a plate from which he feeds.
And guess what? Those lawmakers failed. Zimbabwe has no where to go but up -- we have no where to go but down. Poetic justice if you ask me.
I'd rather be at the top than the bottom though. Thats the kind of statement thats bollocks and is just designed to make people feel better because they are on the bottom, but at the end of the day, they are still on the bottom. Kinda like telling a kid that just got pooped on by a bird that its good luck. End of the day, the kid is still covered in shite. And the lawmakers may have not passed that bill, they will rewrite it and it will get passed. Common sense will prevail. A bit differet to Zimbabwe dont you think?
True, but I'm not talking about the short term. It's becoming increasingly difficult for the United States to maintain its power over the rest of the world and it's costing a lot of money to do so. I have a feeling this economic crisis will result in a fairly sizable redistribution of wealth/power worldwide.
Zimbabwe has no where to go but up? Don't fool yourself! There is still a LONG way Zimbabwe can fall. Do you not realise that Zim can very easily become another Somalia or Rwanda? Until real power is given to the MDC to make changes Zim will fall, and fall, and fall.
Loser are you back making ridiculous statements again ? I suppose it takes all kinds to make a world ! Confound the ignorant ! I wish you , Ba Boone , AK 47 , Touchy Phiri, bokk droll and a few others would go and stay in Zim , maybe Mugabe could use your gardening skills , you seem to have manure spreading down to a fine art !
Again Leviboone shoots off his ignorant mouth about things he knows nothing about. If you hate America and the west , get yourself back to lovely "free" Africa. I warned you Ba Boone , the authorities have your terrorist views on view and deportation can follow.
DJOSER, thank you very much for your well crafted assessment, God bless you.They think they can cheat nature and here is reality screaming down their throats.We in Africa shall overcome someday.I wait for the day Britain will undergo similar and even more difficult circumstances.
Well, I certainly was wrong and am shocked that the American bail-out bill has been defeated. The consensus was that it would pass as SO much is at stake. It is evident that no matter what, the lawmakers will continue improving this bill as the bailing of Wall Street also means the bailing of main street and the stabilization of world markets. The Speaker of the House Mrs Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic party are committed, but it is now up to the Republicans to vote in a bipartisan way to facilitate this vital passage. Meanwhile the ripple effect is global and wishing a worse situation to other Western countries means certain death to Africa.
The bail out bill has been approved, but think of it like the worst retarded bankers having to be bailed out and then times it by a trillion US dollars and you get the idea of what mugabe has done to Zimbabwe. I would not put mugabee or regime in charge of a brothel an d a brothel never loses money! Mugabee and regime are the worst economists in the history of man, they have produced the highest inflation known to man in the history of man on this planet. I would rather put a bank robber in charge of my kids piggy bank than let mugabee and regime control the local paper round! I really do not think the world has ever seen a more retarded government than mugabee and regime. They make the movie "Dumb and Dumber" look like the world is full of smart people. If every house wife in this world could not do a better job than mugabee and regime, i would be shocked! Mugabee and regime have done a worse job for Zimbabwe than any womens group could every do! Mugabee and regime are worse than women and dont even have the balls to take on real women! I really believe mubagee's wife controls what he says and does because he really is a women, without the knowledge! Now that i think about it, Mugabee is gay and it shows with the makeup he wears and the lotion he always uses on his face in public. God help Zimbabwe with a gay ruler like Mugabee that uses products to make his skin shine so he looks like to girl that is miss Zimbabwe! Maybe there should be a civil war with makeup so Mugabee has a chance to win.I have never seen any man wear so much skin cream, let me guess he will bleach next like michael jackson so he can be more colonial and white. A vote for mugabee is a vote fore being gay, nothing wrong with being gay but the country should really know he is gay and likes wearing makeup and dressing like a female!
The West, what a revelation! You know, more often those who are homophobic and do the most shouting are the ones who have something to hide. Now that the bail out bill was approved and signed let us see how the markets rally. In the USA, the months of October usually see flat markets anyway and it will take approximately 45 days before we start to see the effects of this huge pay out locally and abroad. I see even the European countries are doing major bail outs of their banks that have also gone wild and uncontrolled. It is a lesson to be learned that even poor or rich, if there is no proper control and regulation of that money, whether spending, borrowing or lending, you can wake up in serous trouble - not just you but all those affiliated with you.
Harare, Munich to revive ties
Municipal Reporter
A THREE-MAN delegation from Harare City Council leaves for Germany this week to discuss reviving the twinning arrangement between Harare Metropolitan and the City of Munich.
The delegation will also seek to convince their German counterparts that they should not cancel the twinning arrangement as was being proposed in some quarters arguing that twinning would benefit ordinary residents of Harare.
Deputy Mayor Councillor Emmanuel Chiroto, who will lead the delegation, confirmed that Munich deputy mayor Mr Hep Monatzeder had invited them to Germany over the twinning arrangement that was suspended a few years ago when Harare City Council was run by a Government-appointed commission.
Clr Masiye Kapare and a member of the Combined Harare Residents’ Association will accompany the deputy mayor.
When the twinning arrangement came into effect in 1996, Harare received a refuse collection plant, equipment and vehicles, some of which are still operational.
Clr Chiroto said he would impress on their German counterparts the need to assist the city in improving refuse collection, water and sewage treatment.
He said preliminary discussions with
Munich officials had indicated that a city district was prepared to partner with a suburb in Harare.
The partnership would see the district taking charge of clinics and schools with emphasis on the provision of critical resources such as drugs.
A three man delegation to Munich. MY, my, Fancy that. How much did that twinning exercise cost at a time when every penny counts? So what happened and what was achieved? Another waste of money by Mugabe and his thieves?
Long live Magnanimous Mugabe, African hero, who represents the ever-determined Zimbabwean Patriots!
Every alert African expects that the racist european enemies are going to ALWAYS seek to 'divide, dominate, destroy' and plunder. In response, every alert African expects to relentlessly resist the racist european evil in the pursuit of Self-determination, Self-development, Self-reliance and Self-sufficiency!
It is imperative that Africans Look Inward, and "Look East!"
In the enlightened East lies the Friends of Africans, who will never impose sanctions. In the wicked West lies the historical and racist enemies of Africans, who are little more than beasts in human form.
India for Indians? China for Chinese? Europe for Europeans? Africa for Africans!!