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May 14th, 2007

Outrage as Zimbabwe assumes helm of key global organization

Zimpundit · 13:25 · South Africa , Zimbabwe

As if all the troubles bedeviling Zimbabweans were not enough, Zimbabweans were aghast last week as it emerged their beleaguered nation is going to lead the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in yet another cruel twist in the nightmare that is Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's ascendancy occurred in spite of the fact that it is the nation with both the fastest shrinking economy and one of the highest inflation rates in the world. 5 comments · read »

May 1st, 2007

Zimbabwe: more arrests, regional neglect, and Western duplicity

Zimpundit · 12:44 · South Africa , Zimbabwe

lingua → fr

Zimbabwe's bloggers have a wealth of information on the week that was in the troubled southern African country. There are reports of more arrests and torture, an emergency monetary policy statement, and an indepth look at the myopic bigotry of some in the West with regard to Mugabe. ... 7 comments · read »

April 16th, 2007

Zimbabwe: Stock market gains, a peaceful prayer meeting, and economic opportunism

Zimpundit · 12:41 · Sub-Saharan Africa

As the poor get poorer, the rich are only going to get richer in Zimbabwe. In this post, Mugabe Makaipa describes how Zimbabwe's stock market has grown 12,000% over last year as it has become chief among the few safe places that people can hedge against inflation. With ... 3 comments · read »

April 2nd, 2007

Zimbabwe: Bloggers invade mainstream media

Zimpundit · 09:02 · Zimbabwe

lingua → es

With the world's eyes focused on events in Zimbabwe, the country's blogosphere has come of age over the last two weeks. Zimbabwe's bloggers have claimed their rightful place among the leading re-tellers of the Zimbabwean story. All of last week, popular group blog This is Zimbabwe was ... 3 comments · read »

March 20th, 2007

Zimbabwe: Man killed, opposition arrested and tortured

Zimpundit · 07:16 · Zimbabwe

lingua → fr

The Zimbabwean government, backed into a desperate corner by a growing groundswell of protests, lashed out violently last week brutally crushing a "prayer meeting" planned by a coalition of civic organisations inlcuding the opposition. The fateful prayer meeting, slated for the Zimbabwe Grounds last week in the historically significant ... 5 comments · read »

March 5th, 2007

Zimbabwe: cracks, fissures and discontent all around

Zimpundit · 10:25 · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe turned 83 a week ago. While he celebrated at a lengthy gala in Gweru, which was forced on residents and school children there, police issued a repressive ban on rallies and demonstrations in Harare. The ban, the regime's latest measure at calming an incessent ... 3 comments · read »