Robert Mugabe

Rich Mayfield: Free speech keeps us free

vaildaily.com     30-Aug-2008          

Perusing the news from Beijing put me in mind of a passage from Joseph Heller’s fine evocation of the absurdities inherent in the institutional mindset: “There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified...                    

Best-before Esther or timeless icon?

theglobeandmail.com     30-Aug-2008          

Yesterday I saw a woman biking up Toronto's Yonge Street in panties and a bra. Certainly it appeared from a distance to be a bra and panties, even if vaguely athletic-inspired. To round out the picture, let's just say...                    

Sarah Palin Does That To People

futuremd.blogspot.com     30-Aug-2008   40 related          

A month ago, I encountered a lady at my local South Florida coffeeshop, whose family were looking for construction jobs in our area. Originally from Gainesville, she had one of those excessively lilting Southern accents...                    

Van Jaarsveld: Back to basics

sarugby.com     30-Aug-2008          

In the wake of the recent shambolic performances, multiple injuries and suspension the Springboks need to go back to basics if the are to defeat the Wallabies in Saturday’s Vodacom Tri-Nations Test in Johannesburg. It’s...                    

Zimbabwe power-sharing talks resume in South Africa

reuters.co.uk     29-Aug-2008   19 related          

By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean power-sharing talks resumed in South Africa on Friday to try to end the post-election political deadlock that has worsened a catastrophic economic decline. President Robert...                    

Comment Hope for real victims of Zimbabwe tourism stayaway

telegraph.co.uk     29-Aug-2008   7 related          

Return of tourism may provide respite for Zimbabwe's beleaguered citizens, say Group Travel Editor Graham Boynton. 'Thanks to Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe is broken and bankrupt' Photo: AP News of the lifting of the Foreign...                    

Zimbabwe travel ban lifted by Foreign Office

telegraph.co.uk     29-Aug-2008   4 related          

Charles Starmer-Smith reports. Foreign visitors to Zimbabwe have fallen by nearly a two-thirds in a decade Photo: Getty The Foreign Office lifted its ban on travel to Zimbabwe this week following a decrease in violence...                    

How Dickie Attenborough became Diana's favourite luvvie

dailymail.co.uk     29-Aug-2008   1 related          

Even Richard Attenborough, that great teller of epics, would balk at directing a film about his own life, surely? Just ten minutes before, Lord Attenborough had told me he'd once had tea 'and fishpaste sandwiches' with...                    

Zimbabwe aid ban lifted

iht.com     29-Aug-2008   6 related          

The hungry in economically shattered Zimbabwe can once again get international aid, humanitarian agencies said Friday, the same day on-again, off-again power-sharing talks resumed. In separate statements Friday, Oxfam and...                    

Zimbabwe: A Shocking Legacy

allafrica.com     29-Aug-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 29 August 2008 THIS cabinet that I had was the worst in history," said President Robert Mugabe this week after the opening of parliament. In the case of those arrested for abusing the subsidised fuel...