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/ 2 September 2007
Two people have been crushed to death in Zimbabwe in a stampede at the end of the country’s main agricultural show, reports said on Sunday. The two, including a young boy, died when people jostled to leave the venue of a fireworks display traditionally held to mark the end of the six-day show in the capital.
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/ 1 September 2007
Equatorial Guinea leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Friday hailed President Robert Mugabe’s land seizure drive, saying Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector was one of Africa’s most developed. Obiang, who arrived in Zimbabwe on Wednesday on a state visit, said his tiny but oil-rich country stood to benefit from Harare’s agriculture experience.
South Africa has denied it blamed Britain for Zimbabwe’s isolation in a report prepared for a regional summit earlier this month. The office of President Thabo Mbeki denied that the government produced a report on Zimbabwe critical of Britain before Mbeki briefed leaders of the Southern African Development Community on his mediation efforts in mid-August.
Crispin Mutamba fled exhausting bread and fuel queues in Zimbabwe for wealthy South Africa, only to find himself stuck in another one for three months outside Home Affairs in Pretoria hoping to get permission to stay. The chances are slim. Mutamba can’t find a job or a home, and, like many Zimbabweans, he feels like a pariah.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe survived years in colonial prisons and still more years of international isolation. He has weathered the challenge of a now weak and divided opposition, seen pressure from Western powers fade, and maintained support from neighbouring countries that still regard him as an African liberation hero.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vowed on Wednesday to win next year’s elections and said nobody could ever force him into exile. ”I want to say here that I am not going anywhere. Here I was born. Here I grew up and here I shall die and will be buried,” he told veterans of the country’s 1970s war of liberation.
President Robert Mugabe, accusing the West of trying to push Zimbabwe into collapse, declared it would survive thanks to its people’s resilience and support from Africa, state radio reported on Wednesday. Mugabe said Britain, the former colonial ruler, and his opponents sought his ouster.
Zimbabwe’s state media on Wednesday called on the government to sever ties with Australia, accusing Prime Minister John Howard’s government of seeking to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe. ”There is no need to continue keeping up appearances when diplomatic ties between the two countries have irrevocably broken down,” the state-run Herald said.
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema jetted into the Zimbabwean capital on Tuesday to a red-carpet welcome at the start of an official visit, state television reported. The president of the oil-rich Central African country was embraced warmly by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
The government needs to adopt a new approach to deal with Zimbabwean citizens flocking into South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday. The South African Broadcasting Corporation reported her as saying one solution could be to provide them with temporary residence permits.
Despite putting on a brave face at the annual Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, farmers in Africa’s one-time breadbasket face a bleak future as they battle power cuts, fertiliser shortages and drought. Hundreds of farmers from across the country have been gathering in the capital, Harare, since Monday for the showpiece agricultural event.
Hundreds of hard-line supporters of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe will stage a show of strength in support of the veteran president in the capital, Harare, on Wednesday, organisers said. ”The solidarity march is in support of President Robert Mugabe and his policies,” said Joseph Chinotimba of the war veterans’ association.
Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s new opera tackles the complex character of a national heroine, writes Brent Meersman
At the beginning of March, Robert Mugabe’s regime launched a physical assault on the opposition. The unintended consequences have been sweeping.
It was only a matter of time following the recent round of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe before the world’s foreign ministers started harrumphing.