Harare Report 1/3/2007

Undercover report from Harare together with a short interview with Henry Olonga - aired on ITV in the UK 1st March 2007 at 2230hrs

Category:

News & Politics

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• Zimbabwe

[Mandebvhu]

I see no reason to perpetuate racism or a lack of friendliness with regards to the Zimbabwean situation.

Comments that cross the acceptable norms will be removed. If repeated, further comments will be blocked.

Why can't we all act like mature human beings?

[jesusknowskungfu]

It was a legitimate point. Why do people in poverty, especially Africans, persist in having more children than they can afford to feed. They have 6 goddamn children, one recently born, so they will have concieved while knowing full they wont be able to support it.

[Mandebvhu]

I am not suggesting that it was not a legitimate point. I just object to racism and the use of profanity to express you point.

[Mandebvhu]

I am a stalwart believer in a freedom of expression. Calling me names and cursing me like this just further displays the gutter thinking that remains in the minds of people who see nothing wrong in the oppression that Mugabe is currently practising upon his own people.

Simply put, your comment displays your stupidity, your racism and your arrogance.

Enjoy the rest of your life - but don't do it here... Any further comment by yourself will be removed...

[zimbos05]

.........theyll just say, you elected them, deal with and keep imposing sanctions and get further away from the problem.

[zimbos05]

i am a zimbo and i knw my countries history. Buy your posts, you seem to be jumping. one minute, his right, next minute....im quite confused. the fact is, what mugabe is doind is wrong. no questions asked. what the world is doing, is wrong too. they sit on their backsides and do not care because quite frankly there is no oil in zimbabwe, so unless their (1st world coutnrie) pockets are kept healthy, they dont care how many other people out there are dying or struggling.

[makalosa]

sorry but I don't remember myself justifying anything,but I'm just telling the story as it is.His methods maybe wrong but the point still remains why is everyone not trying to help the people instead of trying to get their people of choice in power???you need to get the whole history of the country to understand the story if you dont already know it if you are zimbo.

[zimbos05]

he exactly did that. and they were not war vets, as they were not born the time we won independence, well 90% of them are not. plus that does give any right to mugabe to do wat he has and is doing. there is no justification for his tyranny.

[makalosa]

the land issue was shelved for 10 years under the agreement at lancaster,the the next pm from britain asked for a reprieve and they paid small amounts,when t.blair took over he refused to pay up and thats when zim and Britain argued and thats when the "war vets went crazy coz they knew they were never going to get anything.and Mugabe let them take over more for votes I guess.

[zimbos05]

so if land reforms was so big an issue, why not do it when you gain independence. It was all a political stunt and half those war vets were not even born in 1980. But dnt get me wrong, im all for land reforms, but the way he did it. My god that was just downright human abuse and everyone says its a good idea gone wrong. Truly was, 4000000000-1 for the us dollar, highest inflation, lowest life expectancy etc....

[makalosa]

thanks for rebuking insults...oppression is bad but Mugabe also has some good points,he made some good progress and we were totally different from any other african state save for SA in 1999,please remember that and productivity was at its highest too not in Rhodesia but in Zim 1999-2000

[makalosa]

facts are stubborn its not a matter of what party you support,im totally neutral coz none of the guys are good you should look at facts tigerone has some good points maybe too inclined to Zanu but 95% trueread my next item on Zim please.

[makalosa]

...thats where the mystery lies do the math...the land reform was a noble cause that went wrong and the world should have supported it irregardless of race if everyone was so concerned about the Zim citizens not their white folks

[makalosa]

please can you guys just shut up and leave emotions to your houses facts are stubborn,Harare as it in is on Google images was built under black rule and Zim's economy was one of the best in 1997,until the dispute with Britain