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This is a bit personal but I sit here right now battling in my head what to do next in view of a conversation I just had with a very close relative of mine. First she texts me, Please call urgently. I immediately start panicking thinking something is wrong, however... [view entry]
In the green-filtered sunlight through the closing canopy the rain washed garden sparkles with joy Today people standing on the freezing streets of Copenhagen hold candles of hope for the planet whilst the world leaders haggle about responsibility in warm lit rooms candles burning on the streets for a belief... [view entry]
Zanu PF held their National People’s Congress last week. The Congress resolved that “the Party’s national strategic objective for the next five years shall be the checking, containment and ultimate defeat of the West’s neo-colonial regime change agenda.” Other highlights of the Congress resolutions include: Congress has noted that the... [view entry]
It was Christmas in the city of Bulawayo. However, the Christmas spirit was palpably absent as working men and women had very empty pockets. The kids well, their stomachs were just as empty. “A mean old man whom you don’t know stole Christmas,” a father said after his hungry children... [view entry]
I would like to make a few comments that connect to two excellent recent Kubatana blogsÂthe first by Amanda Atwood concerning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the second by Catherine Makoni concerning the troublesome PSI research/adverts. Both blogs effectively highlight worrying ideological agendas and human rights violating desires for control over... [view entry]
My visit to Johannesburg recently brought back memories of my mother, oddly enough, watching the construction that was taking place – the longsuffering looks on the strained faces of drivers who have long resigned themselves to being daily inconvenienced by the activities taking place to spruce up the city before... [view entry]
Empty pockets, empty minds, empty hopes The trees standstill Giant jacarandas Flowering bougainvillaeas Meander and strangle vleis Leaves shake not Under the shades Men young and old Play draughts Plenty laughs A great day for anything Beer, banter, family and. Yes sex A great day for anything Except… Very empty... [view entry]
Aids Free World has released their report Electing to rape: Sexual terror in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Based on interviews with 72 survivors and witnesses, and documentation of 380 rapes, the report describes the deliberate, systematic use of rape as a campaign tactic by Zanu PF. According to their press release: The... [view entry]
I was reading Ugandan feminist and lawyer Sylvia Tamale’s powerful response to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill last night. In a scathing assessment of this legislation, and the damage it would do to Uganda’s legal and social framework, she quotes Martin Luther King Jr., writing “Power at its best is love implementing... [view entry]
As discussed in the previous post, the question of presidential portraits has symbolic importance for some Zimbabweans. As Bev Clark wrote in 2005, framed photographs of Mugabe hang on the walls of many banks, shops, and hotels – despite there being no law requiring this. Contrast this with Cote d’Ivoire’s... [view entry]
