Friday, 22 July 2011
Howzit
As per SW Radio Africa's promise, part 4 of the listing of Central Intelligence Organisation's operatives is published here.
Once again, the United Nations has stuck two fingers up against the world and is entertaining Mugabe in New York.
President Mugabe left Harare last night for New York to join other heads of states and government at a United Nations high-level meeting on youths.
Mugabe was accompanied by First Lady Grace Mugabe, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbabrashe Mumbengegwi, Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and senior Government officials.
Twelve youths from various sectors of Zimbabwe's social sphere are also part of the delegation.
Can someone tell me why it was necessary to have a dozen youths travel with him, or why he even went to the UN in New York. It matters not what is discussed, the United Nations will give Mugabe the floor and allow him to castigate, insult and berate the United Kingdom and the United States, claiming that they have a 'regime change' agenda...
The Zimbabwean government's anti-corruption drive has failed - primarily because the very people that are involved in the corruption, are also among those who are supposed to investigate the corruption.
It is a case of who will police the police?
Government efforts to combat graft in Zimbabwe have failed to yield results because the investigators are often implicated in many of the cases.
According to the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa’s latest report, corrupt leadership which siphons the country’s economy for personal gain was a barrier to a corruption-free society. Several senior Zimbabwe government officials have been fingered in looting of the country’s resources for personal aggrandisement at the expense of the impoverished masses.
I do note that this report comes out of the ZANU PF-controlled news broadcaster. The article's inference that the ZBC is led by government is incorrect. The ZBC and The Herald have no interest in the MDC - part of government - and spend a rather large part of their days maligning the Tsvangirai party.
So this is not only questionable, it is loaded with political bias.
Zimbabwe government controlled media reports that the MDC-T top leadership led by Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai sneaked out of the country to hold private meetings with British PM David Cameron's advance team in South Africa.
The MDC-T leader and his team sneaked out of the country last Thursday without government sanctioning the trip as is the norm with all government officials.
ZBC alleges that in a mission to seek relevance and appease their western masters, the MDC-T leadership, including Mr Tsvangirai sneaked out the country in three batches to South Africa last Thursday where they allegedly met with the British PM Mr Cameron's advance team and President Zuma's facilitation team of Lindiwe Zulu.
The article is in no way substantiated, and why am I not surprised?
Chiyangwa is a relative of Mugabe's, and fears very little. It wasn't that long ago that a reporter was allowed into their home and shown around. To say that Chiyangwa lives in opulence is an understatement.
I was perturbed, however, when Chiyangwa's wife boasted about their daughter studying in the UK. I thought that there was an unwritten agreement that the offspring of Mugabe loyalists would not be allowed to study in the West.
Now he makes a rather revealing statement.
Property tycoon Philip Chiyangwa stunned a gathering of local government officials discussing national housing delivery system when he publicly declared he owned 57,000 residential stands in Harare alone.
Think about that. Fifty seven thousand stand - in Harare. He gives no clue as to how many stands are under his control elsewhere in the country.
Corruption in Zimbabwe know no boundaries...
In a distinctly Mugabe-esque move, all 175 plans for the takeover of 51% of foreign-owned mines in Zimbabwe have been thrown out.
The government has rejected all the empowerment proposals put forward by foreign owned mining companies in Zimbabwe, threatening to "kick them out" if the don’t revise the plans.
By rejecting all of the proposals, Savious Kasukuwere, the minister that will oversee the takeovers, has placed the companies concerned under huge pressure to meet the deadline.
Kasukuwere has no real intent to do things under the rule of the regulations, preferring to work with threat and malice aforethought.
175 mining firms, including top groups like Rio Tinto and Anglo-American, have since submitted their empowerment plans. But all 175 proposals have been rejected.
Kasukuwere said on Wednesday that the groups must revise their plans to meet the September deadline to indigenise their shareholding. He also threatened to “kick out” all companies that fail to meet this deadline.
Take care.
'debvhu
Once again, the United Nations has stuck two fingers up against the world and is entertaining Mugabe in New York.
President Mugabe left Harare last night for New York to join other heads of states and government at a United Nations high-level meeting on youths.
Mugabe was accompanied by First Lady Grace Mugabe, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbabrashe Mumbengegwi, Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and senior Government officials.
Twelve youths from various sectors of Zimbabwe's social sphere are also part of the delegation.
Can someone tell me why it was necessary to have a dozen youths travel with him, or why he even went to the UN in New York. It matters not what is discussed, the United Nations will give Mugabe the floor and allow him to castigate, insult and berate the United Kingdom and the United States, claiming that they have a 'regime change' agenda...
The Zimbabwean government's anti-corruption drive has failed - primarily because the very people that are involved in the corruption, are also among those who are supposed to investigate the corruption.
It is a case of who will police the police?
Government efforts to combat graft in Zimbabwe have failed to yield results because the investigators are often implicated in many of the cases.
According to the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa’s latest report, corrupt leadership which siphons the country’s economy for personal gain was a barrier to a corruption-free society. Several senior Zimbabwe government officials have been fingered in looting of the country’s resources for personal aggrandisement at the expense of the impoverished masses.
I do note that this report comes out of the ZANU PF-controlled news broadcaster. The article's inference that the ZBC is led by government is incorrect. The ZBC and The Herald have no interest in the MDC - part of government - and spend a rather large part of their days maligning the Tsvangirai party.
So this is not only questionable, it is loaded with political bias.
Zimbabwe government controlled media reports that the MDC-T top leadership led by Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai sneaked out of the country to hold private meetings with British PM David Cameron's advance team in South Africa.
The MDC-T leader and his team sneaked out of the country last Thursday without government sanctioning the trip as is the norm with all government officials.
ZBC alleges that in a mission to seek relevance and appease their western masters, the MDC-T leadership, including Mr Tsvangirai sneaked out the country in three batches to South Africa last Thursday where they allegedly met with the British PM Mr Cameron's advance team and President Zuma's facilitation team of Lindiwe Zulu.
The article is in no way substantiated, and why am I not surprised?
Chiyangwa is a relative of Mugabe's, and fears very little. It wasn't that long ago that a reporter was allowed into their home and shown around. To say that Chiyangwa lives in opulence is an understatement.
I was perturbed, however, when Chiyangwa's wife boasted about their daughter studying in the UK. I thought that there was an unwritten agreement that the offspring of Mugabe loyalists would not be allowed to study in the West.
Now he makes a rather revealing statement.
Property tycoon Philip Chiyangwa stunned a gathering of local government officials discussing national housing delivery system when he publicly declared he owned 57,000 residential stands in Harare alone.
Think about that. Fifty seven thousand stand - in Harare. He gives no clue as to how many stands are under his control elsewhere in the country.
Corruption in Zimbabwe know no boundaries...
In a distinctly Mugabe-esque move, all 175 plans for the takeover of 51% of foreign-owned mines in Zimbabwe have been thrown out.
The government has rejected all the empowerment proposals put forward by foreign owned mining companies in Zimbabwe, threatening to "kick them out" if the don’t revise the plans.
By rejecting all of the proposals, Savious Kasukuwere, the minister that will oversee the takeovers, has placed the companies concerned under huge pressure to meet the deadline.
Kasukuwere has no real intent to do things under the rule of the regulations, preferring to work with threat and malice aforethought.
175 mining firms, including top groups like Rio Tinto and Anglo-American, have since submitted their empowerment plans. But all 175 proposals have been rejected.
Kasukuwere said on Wednesday that the groups must revise their plans to meet the September deadline to indigenise their shareholding. He also threatened to “kick out” all companies that fail to meet this deadline.
Take care.
'debvhu
posted by Robb WJ Ellis at 9:53 AM
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