There is no clear winner in the competition to succeed Mugabe. Zanu factions have little option but to negotiate with the opposition.
If there is one South African commentator worthy of listening to on the Zimbabwean situation it is Moeletsi Mbeki. Not only brother to the President Thabo Mbeki he also lived and worked in Zimbabwe during the 1980s so had first hand experience of Zimbabwe.
Mugabe is squezzed tighter into the corner. More regional political leaders are keen to see some resolution to Zimbabwe's problems. Mugabe is unlikely to make consents as he tells critics "they can go hang".
Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith famously claimed black majority rule would never happen in what is now Zimbabwe within a 1000 years.
In a country where rapid growth is necessary to try eradicate inequalities created by apartheid the South African government makes a tiny move to enable poor children to participate in developed world technologies.
The Zimbabwe Government settled its General account but still owes $119-million to the fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Exogenous Shocks Facility Trust Fund.
The embattled Mugabe governmnet once again tries to convince the population that dark forces are conspiring to overthrow the so called "democratic" government.
South Africa's experience in overcoming apartheid and rebuilding democracy over the last 12 years is seen as an example for embattled Iraq.
To quote the article; "The panel felt that the public outcry and perception about foreign ownership's influence on sky-rocketing property prices should be addressed, despite lack of evidence to support this."
Cape Town has been plagued by electricity problems as Africa's only nuclear power station situated on the outskirts of the city has allegedly been sabotaged in the run up to crucial council elections taking place today, 1st March 2006.
Once again bureaucratic measures are used to frustrate any progress on an important human rights report.
After the taxpayer paid R700,000 (USD 100,000) for an alleged private holiday to the middle east the deputy president's trip to open the Womens World Cup of Golf at infamous Sun City has drawn opposition anger at the use of an expensive jet for a 13 minute journey.
The deteriorating situation in Zimbabwean cricket threatens to have long term implications. Will the ICC do anything constructive about it?
Despite the fact that the arguement is over nuclear power and its potential weapon capability it's money that makes the world go round.
With major news organisations such as the BBC banned from Zimbabwe will this development once again bring "true" objective reporting to an otherwise marginalised and closed country?
The ANC administration of South Africa has been built around adressing inequalities left by apartheid.
Newly appointed South African Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, finds herself in a tricky position trying to explain a Christmas trip to the middle east. Main opposition party, Democratic Alliance tries to maximise on the controversy.
After a confrontation last year about racial profiling against young black men the recent challenge by the Gays and Lesbian Association has pushed the blood service into reconsidering their donation policy.
With urbanisation ever increasing what links to reliable information are there on the sustainability of rural people in "developing" countries moving to cities in search of a better life?
After being wrapped on the knuckles last year for racial profiling the South African blood transfusion service finds themselves embroiled in another controversy.
With Tswane municipality (Pretoria, South Africa) moving ahead with expanding their own cheaper telecomunnication infrastructure for residents to access the internet and ultimately cheaper voip phone calls , one wonders how wise it would be for the established players like Telkom
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