New Zimbabwe : Political Sphere

The Commander in Chief and the Zanu PF cadre Comrade Robert Mugabe says he is ready for the polls,slams violence.On Satrtuday he  called for his supporters to avoid violence in elections,he says should happen this year and that his party Zanu PF is poised to win resoundingly. He told supporters at a rally for his 88th birthday that the time has come to make up with the MDC with whom he was forced to share power after the disputed elections of 2008. ''We used to fight each other ,but time has come for us to do politics in a much cultured way'',he said in an hour long address at a stadium in Mutare . ''Although our differences our differences are political,we shouldnt regard them as a source of hatred.No .No violence,no violence.'' Mugabe ,who has held power since independence in 1980,has become a pariah in the West ,blamed for running the Zimbabwean economy down and the abuse of human rights ,through violence,and farm invasions. This move b

photographer Remi Ochlik killed ;photo, Reuters Anti government crack down continues in Syria earlier this week .Anti activists reports has revealed that 12 people have been killed and 100 injured on Tuesday when the government troops fired live bullets to unarmed civilians. The town of  Homs  has been under siege where most reports by the BBC suggests that there has been heavy artillery shelling of the city of Homs by the Syrian armed forces. International community is watching closely on this issue of human rights abuses by the Syrian government on its people The killing of the two western journalists,on Wednesday has raised eyebrows from the entire world.The two were killed when a shell bomb hit their base where they were working. This has proven that the Syrian government has no respect for the human rights,later on killing its own people.The Syrian government lashes on the media on an attempt to cover up its injustices,typical of the dictatorship of the  government o

file photo Harare. President Mugabe on Friday criticized the Eu's decision to maintain sanctions  against the country's leadership and accused it of trying to topple its leader. The Eu's 27 member state extended an arms embargo and a freeze on development aid for Zimbabwe for another six months. They did how ever remove a third of other people affect on assets freeze and company bans doing business with 20 Zimbabwe entities. This move by the Eu is to  still monitor  the move of the government of Zimbabwe in conducting the elections this year.The government remains isolated ,as the president is still restricted from the international community.I think the Eu knows that if they slacken the targeted sanctions a little bit ,this will give room for some diamond trade  business ,so that the economy remains put in a way.

Feeding scheme:Chikomba Primary School.photo by World Vision The GNU should focus on food provisions rather than votes.An elderly ,Mrs Joice Chirwande of Charamba village in Chikomba says the coalition government should focus on food security in the country rather than votes while the ruling party is busy clamoring for the 2012 elections . It looks like the rains are only pounding the Harare surrounding areas while most of the country are dry. As most of the crops wilt due to high temperatures and erratic rainfall ,villagers in this part of the Mashonaland  East province think their plight will escalate if polls are held this year. The fear that if elections are held under same conditions as those of 2008 , violence can erupt with torture camps re-assembled. "2008 was a bad year .We suffered violent elections and hunger with no food ,we suffered a lot ",said  Chirwande as she looked at her lifeless maize field.Previous elections held in 2008 left at l

Villagers at Mawabeni irrigation scheme :File photo :02/02/2012    The government of Zimbabwe has emarked on an imput distribution scheme,which includes fertilisers and seeds to subsistent farmers, a move to improve harvest.Political analysis has snubbed this program as an endeavor to ganner extensive votes for the 2012 pending elections early this year.