Former Zimbabwean resident and current Democrat Senator Andrew Murray talks to Crikey’s Thomas Hunter about Robert Mugabe’s faltering grip on power.
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Mugabe’s decision: more violence or a peaceful departure?
Although the Zimbabwean election has been peaceful until now, is it about to become bloody? Here’s how the world media is reporting the situation. By Thomas Hunter.
Mugabe’s rule succumbs to dreams of freedom (and food)
Zimbabweans wake this morning to find their country on the verge of change, writes Thomas Hunter.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
… a short message for Robert Mugabe, in the universal language of the majority.
Mugabe poised to resign: latest reports
Is Mugabe going? Reports emerging from Zimbabwe suggest the country may be about to lose its despotic leader after 28 long years, writes Thomas Hunter.
Is Zimbabwe’s future being mugged by Mugabe … again?
It’s a waiting game in Zimbabwe, but for every minute that passes, suspicions grow that Mugabe is rigging the elections results as they are released. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
Zimbabwe poised to depose Mugabe?
Almost six million Zimbabwean voters bravely went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government. Here is a collection of news and blogs posts from around the globe. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
Zimbabwe election map: pork barrelling and political cleansing
Zimbabwe have their own google election map, with special features like markers for abduction, murder, political cleansing, and vote buying, writes Sophie Black.
Europe still doesn’t get Africa
Why is it that European leaders so totally fail to understand the relationship of their continent to Africa? This week’s African Union-EU summit provides a clue, writes Guy Rundle.
Rhodesian leader leaves a dubious legacy
Ian Douglas Smith, who defied world opinion for 13 years as the head of the white minority regime in Rhodesia, died yesterday in South Africa at the age of 88, writes Charles Richardson.
A dictator is the bet of the day
I read somewhere once a learned article by an academic who asserted that people normally were far too optimistic in believing that dictators would soon get their comeuppance and be removed by the good forces of democracy. Which means those of you with any punting money left this afternoon should hop in and back Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe.
Who’s on Alexander Downer’s Zimbabwe list?
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer did not name names when he announced his decision to remove children of Zimbabwe leaders from Australia last Friday. This naturally has led to speculation…
Economics Mugabe-style sends Zimbabwe to hell in a handcart
Manufacturing is operating at a third of its capacity, the lowest since Independence, mining has lost 40,000 skilled employees in the last ten years, nurses cannot make it to work, and the education and health infrastructure has all but crumbled, writes Zimbabwe Civic Action Support Group Sokwanele.
Sekai Holland: ‘Mugabe not in control’
From 11 March this year, when we were tortured, the situation in Zimbabwe has steadily deteriorated. That doesn’t mean we should be optimistic or enthusiastic about Mugabe’s departure. But the day Mugabe dies you will see a different Zimbabwe emerge almost immediately, says Sekai Holland.
