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This is Zimbabwe
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This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe.
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Two-faced Zanu PF: five years ago it was Murambatsvina; today its ‘economic empowerment’
I think what ruffles my feathers more than anything about Zanu PF’s indigenisation policy is the duplicity shrouding the sanctimonious speech around it. It also bugs me that the few people supporting it fail to see the wood for the trees, and that they foolishly turn a blind eye to Zimbabwean history as recent as [...]
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“Against all odds they did, so we can” : ‘Music by Prudence’ wins an Oscar!!!
What an amazing tribute to Prudence and all the wonderful members of Liyana. The full acceptance speech is posted below and can be read on the official Oscar’s page here.
I was expecting the usual Oscar-style thank-you speeches that we all have yawned through, but the producer, Elinor Burkett – who lives in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – [...]
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“Hallelujah” moments
Today I was talking to a friend about women’s rights in the constitution. She told me this story about how she recently met a young girl from a very impoverished school in a high density area – the kind of school where there are hardly any text books and you expect the kids to battle [...]
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Zanu PF youths detain freelance journalist
ZLHR Press Release – 24 Feb: Some ZANU PF youths on Wednesday 24 February 2010 detained freelance photo-journalist Andrison Manyere for filming a demonstration held in the capital, Harare.
Manyere was seized at the corner of Fourth Street and Jason Moyo Avenue whilst covering the demonstration organized by the ZANU PF youths to protest against the [...]
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First steps taken to restore working relationship with the IMF
Comment by John Robertson: The International Monetary Fund Executive Board has agreed to restore Zimbabwe’s voting rights after a seven-year suspension and has agreed that if Zimbabwe settles its arrears to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust, the country will be permitted access to the IMF’s General Resource Account.
In other words, the arrangements permit Zimbabwe [...]
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