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Zimbabwe to Pay White Farmers $3.5 Billion Compensation to Convince them to Come Back

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Zimbabwe on Wednesday signed a US$3.5 billion compensation agreement with white farmers whose land was seized over 20 years ago under the country’s controversial reforms. Then president Robert Mugabe forcibly took more than 4,000 farms from the country’s 4,500 white large-scale commercial farmers. The compensation is for built structures including farmhouses and irrigation systems on the... 

Zimbabwe Government wants White Farmers to Come Back, Gives Them Land Back due to Hunger Crisis

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Two decades after former president Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe’s economy by encouraging black farmers to violently force white commercial farmers off their land, his successor is now throwing in the towel. The land grabs, which began in 2000, were supported by Mugabe’s government “because it needed to correct colonial imbalances”. Nearly 4,500 white-owned properties and others protected... 

South Africa’s President says Robert Mugabe was a "Hero and Gigantic Intellectual"

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South African President and leader of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, has hailed the recently-deceased white-hating former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as a “hero” and a “gigantic intellectual””—and announced that the ANC would always be firm allies of Mugabe’s party. In what is being widely interpreted as yet another sign that South Africa intends to follow Zimbabwe’s path of seizing... 

Zimbabwe Even Worse 1 Year after Mugabe, Africans Admit

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Zimbabwe which was widely hailed by the controlled media to have “turned a corner” and be “on the road to recovery” following the forced resignation of Robert Mugabe a year ago, is now in even worse condition than ever, and has regular 15-hour power cuts, runaway inflation, and endless currency crises and fuel shortages. A report on the ground from the Aljazeera news service reveals that Africans... 

Zimbabwe rioters want Rhodesia back and UK recolonization: 'What have we been liberated from?'

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In four decades of independence, Zimbabwe’s rulers have been able to deploy the security forces to crush protests even as the southern African nation sank deeper into economic crisis. Judging from the latest bout of unrest, that may no longer be true. Crowds showed little fear as they poured onto the streets of the capital, Harare, and other major cities when the main labour federation called a... 

Mugabe Must Resign in the Interest of People of Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader

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Leader of the Zimbabwe opposition MDC Tsvangirai has called on president Mugabe to resign. “In the interest of the people of Zimbabwe, Mr Robert Mugabe must resign,” Tsvangirai said, calling for a negotiated process to ease Zimbabwe through the transition of power. Zimbabwe’s former Prime Minister Morgan has reportedly returned to the country, as he was seen flying to the capital of... 

Zimbabwe: We will never prosecute those who killed white farmers

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This is exactly what’s waiting for us in Europe, America, Canada and Australia WHEN (NOT IF, but WHEN) we will become a minority. This is how these non-Europeans treat us. And one has to ask himself if America is such a policeman of the world, the policeman of morality and bla bla, then why isn’t America rightfully attacking Zimbabwe to remove this old monster from power? The Zimbabwean... 

Zimbabwe's Mugabe ridiculed online after unveiling ugly communist statue of himself

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Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has once again been mocked on social media after a photo of the leader beside a giant cartoonish statue of himself went viral. In the statue Mugabe is giving the clenched fist communist salute. The 92 year-old, who has been the country’s president for almost 30 years, unveiled his own likeness at State House in Harare last week, according to New Zimbabwe. The 3.8... 

Zimbabwe dictator Mugabe supports Filipino president Duterte's Obama Insult

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Recent comments made by Filipino President Duterte where he labeled President Obama the “son of a wh*re” overshadowed the outgoing leader of the free world’s G20 jaunt. It appears another head of state is jumping into the fray, adding further insult to injury. According to Zimbabwe Today, reporters asked Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday his thoughts on Filipino President Duterte’s... 

'I don't want to see a white face' Zimbabwe president tells SA journalist

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Racist “president” Robert Mugabe’s apparent disgust at seeing a “white face” has elicited mixed reactions from people on social networking site Twitter. Mugabe was in Soweto on Thursday visiting the Hector Pieterson Memorial. Exiting the museum, he was cheered by locals. In a video clip taken by the SABC, Mugabe is seen walking past the crowds when the national broadcaster’s television... 

Mugabe vows to press ahead with empowerment program

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says his government will continue to press foreign firms to surrender the majority of their shares to local partners. “The indigenization program is to be pursued with renewed vigor,” Mugabe said on Tuesday, opening a new session of parliament after the July elections. He said the new parliament will amend laws in accordance... 

Britain says Zimbabwe elections results seriously questionable

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The British government claims the results of the Zimbabwe presidential and parliamentary elections have been beset with irregularities that call into question its credibility despite observers’ endorsement of the vote. “The irregularities in the lead up to the elections and on Election Day itself, reported by the observer missions and in contravention of SADC (South African Development Community)’s... 

Zimbabwe’s ruling party wins parliamentary elections

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has won most of the parliamentary seats in the general elections, says a senior source in the ruling party ZANU-PF. ZANU-PF party spokesman Rugare Gumbo announced on Friday that Mugabe has won way over 50 percent of the 210 parliamentary seats. The opposition MDC party, which is led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, won only 10 seats. Election results also showed... 

Zimbabweans back new constitution

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94.5% said YES to Zimbabwe’s new constitution Zimbabwe’s official election body says 94.5 percent of Zimbabweans have supported a new constitution, which strengthens human rights and limits presidential powers. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission made the announcement in the capital Harare on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. Judge Rita Makarau, the chairwoman of the commission, stated... 

Russia to deliver tanks and helicopters to Zimbabwe

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Russia offered Zimbabwe to conclude an intergovernmental agreement about the mutual protection of investments. Russian companies may thus obtain an opportunity to develop one of the world’s largest deposits of platinum. In return, Zimbabwe, which remains under the influence of sanctions from the USA and EU, will receive military hardware from Russia. Moreover, Russia intends to ship a large... 
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