8 March 2007
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
South African diplomats in Harare this week whispered some revealing snippets about the current thinking of their government on its problematic northern neighbour. For the past seven years the government of President Thabo Mbeki has resolutely stood by the Mugabe regime. But it would appear that even African brotherhood has is limits...
26 February 2007
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
For 27 years now Robert Mugabe has had his own way in Zimbabwe. At first he could do whatever he wanted to because we the people trusted him. We idolised him. He was our hero and could do no wrong...
11 December 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
An IMF delegation is in Zimbabwe this week for crucial discussions on ways of resuscitating the devastated economy. The men from Washington will find the negotiations trying, to say the least, as the Zimbabweans have torn up all the economic rule-books.
27 November 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
The Zimbabwean government-controlled media screamed that President Robert Mugabe, on a state visit to Iran, had secured a fuel deal with his hosts. Every time such a headline has appeared in the past, the newspapers were effusive in their praise for Mugabe’s economic miracle-working prowess. But the fuel queues never end.
14 November 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
It looks as though the Zisco scandal is going to be swept under the carpet like so many scandals before. President Mugabe has decreed, I understand, that the official report produced recently by the National Economic Conduct Inspectorate be suppressed.
3 November 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
Fear is stalking President Robert Mugabe. He has two official residences and three private homes in Harare and nobody really knows where he actually sleeps at night. Last year he had underground bunkers, razor wire and a bank of security cameras and lights installed at Zimbabwe House, the main official residence.
17 October 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
It’s now official. The rule of law no longer applies in Zimbabwe. The Police were given until October 6, 2006, to arrest Joseph Mwale, a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative in Manicaland, for the murder of opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s assistants – Talent Mabika and Tichaona Chiminya – in the run-up to the 2000 general elections.
9 October 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
The looting of public assets in Zimbabwe by senior ruling party officials and their favoured few continues unabated as the regime of the aged president, Robert Mugabe, staggers to its demise.
2 October 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
The world has been shocked by the sheer brutality of the Zimbabwe Republican Police (ZRP) in suppressing a peaceful demonstration by the labour body ZCTU in Harare last week.
24 August 2006
I write as I please - biweekly column by Wilf Mbanga
President Robert Mugabe is an angry man these days. He is even angry with his close associates, whom he accuses of sabotage and corruption.
