POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: ZIMBABWE`S CIO AGENTS REVEALED: LIST : After six weeks serializing the leaked 2001 list of CIO agents working in and outside Zimbabwe, SW Radio Africa will begin publishing a...

After six weeks serializing the leaked 2001 list of CIO agents working in and outside Zimbabwe, SW Radio Africa will begin publishing a supplementary list of agents who, for various reasons, might not have been on the previous document. Andrew Muzonzini reported to be a Director (Internal) in the CIO hit the headlines in 2008. Filippo Marucchi-Chierro, a farmer originally from Italy and owner of a farm in Trelawney, recounted how Muzonzini, “describing himself as the Political Commissar of the CIO” drove onto his property on the 12th September 2008. Andrew, a younger brother to ex-CIO Director-General retired Brigadier Elisha Muzonzini, demanded that Marucchi-Chierro leave the farm even though it had not been listed for acquisition. It was during an argument over this illegal eviction that he produced an AK-47 rifle, pointed it at the farmer and shouted: "The only thing you guys (white farmers) will understand is if we use this." Also on the list is Innocent Chib

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: ZIMBABWE`S NEW CONSTITUTION ENDORSES MUGABE`S LAND... : ZANU PF used the draft constitution to entrench its position on land reform by constitutionalising the 2000 land invasions and giving secu...

ZANU PF used the draft constitution to entrench its position on land reform by constitutionalising the 2000 land invasions and giving security of tenure to land occupiers under the chaotic fast-track land reforms. The draft, endorsed by a reported 3,1 million Zimbabweans in the referendum on March 16, seeks to put finality to the controversial land redistribution which dispossessed about 4 000 white commercial farmers of their prime land without compensation. The draft grants resettled farmers legal authority to remain on the land as owners by virtue of having an offer letter from the state. Section 291 of the draft says: “Continuation of rights of occupiers of agricultural land subject to this constitution, any person who, immediately before the effective date, was using or occupying, or was entitled to use or occupy, any agricultural land by virtue of a lease or other agreement with the state continues to be entitled to use or occupy that land on or after the effective date, in a

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE OF ZIMBABWE : There are number of clear actions that must be taken to re-build Zimbabwe. It entails simultaneous pursuit of twin goals of decoloniality a...

There are number of clear actions that must be taken to re-build Zimbabwe. It entails simultaneous pursuit of twin goals of decoloniality and democratisation. This future direction must build on what is already underway. The experience of inclusive government must be used to deepen confidence among Harare political disputants. They must work from the perspective that they are political opponents not enemies. They must wake up to the reality that the liberation struggle was partly aimed at enabling Zimbabweans to actively participate in the politics of their country through forming political parties and exercising the right to vote that was denied under settler colonialism. Men and women sacrificed lives for this right to vote and it must not be denied to Zimbabweans once more. What must be transcended is both puppetry and tyranny informed by misconceptions neo-liberalism and neo-nationalism respectively. The three years of the existence of inclusive government must not be down-pla

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE: MUGABE CANNOT AFFORD TO STEP DOWN! : Zimbabweans, my brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, mothers and fathers we shall overcome! The enemy is unforgiving, steadfast and resolute,...