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Robert "The Solution" Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, and his wife, Grace, seen here being welcomed by Muamar Gaddafi of Libya to the African Union Summit in Sirte. Nothing has changed for "The Solution", who retains all his powers while the Prime Minister rather pitifully grasps at straws, such claiming credit for the skeletal US$950 million loan from the Chinese. (By the way, a diplomat here in Harare tells us the Chinese do not like giving aid, they prefer to advance "30 year loans", which they never demand back). The Masochistic MDC-T and Tsvangirai apologists are at it again. They have a knack for painting themselves into a corner, together with their leader. First it was the saluting thing, when truckloads of MDC-T supporters drove around Harare on February 11, when the Prime Minister was sworn in, singing, " Muchamusaluta chete Morgan". Meaning "You will salute Morgan whether you like it or not." We know how that turned out. Th...

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here a few days ago at a press conference at his Munhumutapa Building offices soon after his return from a begging trip to the US and Europe, is letting Mugabe and ZANU PF get away with buying loyalty and future votes using the aid from China. Rural farmers are already being registered to get fertiliser and other farming aid. The registration is being done through local ZANU PF structures and traditional leaders ZANU PF has asked its structures in the rural areas to register people who will recieve fertiliser and other incentives, all of which will come out of the US$950 million finance facility that the government is getting from China. Almost certainly, the condition for being registered to receive this aid will be that one be a member of ZANU PF. This comes hot on the heels of the revival of ZANU PF "boot camps" for youths, who will continue to be indoctrinated and fed hate speech against the British, Americans and oth...

Morgan Tsvangirai meeting with Hilary Clinton earlier today at the State Department in Washington. They spoke against a background of the Zimbabwe flag and the US flag. Tsvangirai said in Washington (speaking about the reluctance of the world to give Zimbabwe aid and only give humanitarian assistance: “It's insufficient, what you need is to move away from humanitarian support which is largely to deal with food, health, education. What we need are lines of credit to our businesses, some injection into the recovery budget so that the government is able to execute those priority programmes that directly benefit Zimbabweans.” Meantime, back home JOC has decided they will take the gloves off in relation dealing with the MDC-T, whom they accuse of "not holding up their end of the bargain." On Wednesday this week, (yesterday), JOC met in Harare and the resolutions they came up with are disturbing. I really do feel pity for Morgan Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, who M...

It appears Morgan Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe is not meeting any of his countrymen during his trip overseas, which will last more than three weeks. There appears to be no meetings with Zimbabweans scheduled. But, if you are in Washington D.C., there is a chance for you to spend an evening with the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, at a concert organised by Capitol Resources (see the flyer above). This will be on June 12 2009 and the concert starts at 8:00p.m., Washington D.C. time. But you will have to pay US$20 for the privilege. I am not sure why the Prime Minister has decided to snub his own people and his own supporters out in the diaspora. Could it be because it is now public knowledge that the Prime Minister and his party have banded together with Mugabe to pass laws that forbid Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to vote? This also raises the question of whether the PM and Robert "The Solution" Mugabe know something we don't about the Constitution process. Why are...

Morgan Tsvangirai is greeted earlier today (June 8 2009), by the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende upon his arrival for their meeting. No aid has been pledged by the Dutch yet, with the country's Development minister saying yesterday they will wait and see The humiliating position in which Tsvangirai finds himself was demonstrated over the weekend when he was defeated by a non-entity, Tafataona Mahoso, who got assistance from George Charamba in his mission against Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai told reporters when he announced his capitulation to Mugabe on Permanent Secretaries, Ambassadors etc that there was no need for journalists to accredit themselves and that the Media Commission of Mahoso was now null and void. Some journalists took the government to court because they wanted to cover the Comesa summit and they were being asked to register, accredit and pay US dollar fees for the privilege. Tsvangirai, as Prime Minister, was the one being taken to court by the journalists. Ot...

Out of time: SADC Secretary-General Tomaz Salomao is coordinating the belated devlivery of farming and other aid from member countries into Zimbabwe The Southern African Development Community today announced the launch of an assistance package for Zimbabwe, effectively countering America's announcement today that it would not extend aid to Zimbabwe as long as Mugabe remains president.  SADC Secretary General Tomaz Salomao also revealed that the package includes South Africa's previously suspended aid of seed, fertiliser and fuel for the current agricultural season. "This is regional solidarity. When you are facing difficulties, you have to count on the solidarity of your brothers. We cannot fail in assisting Zimbabwe, that's the critical and most important thing," said Salamao. The South African position is a reversal of their previous stance, effectively. The South Africans have got round this by saying that there is a "parallel humanitarian effort" to ...