I left Zimbabwe on a student visa coming to the United States where I planned to pursue postgraduate studies. Just after graduating at the UZ, I enrolled at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. I was granted a scholarship that only covered my first semester. I hoped to find my way into the system, make connections and find resources to defend my student career in America. I took a number...
Throughout the 1960s and 70s, five successive British prime ministers had to contend with the "Rhodesia problem." The former colony - which unilaterally separated from Britain in 1965 - became a thorn in the side of every leader from Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher.Rhodesia did what only one other country in the world - the United States - had accomplished: It successfully declared its...
The above words are in a native language version (Shona). They have been adapted from a war-cry song commonly used in jogging exercises or political meetings, rallies or patriotic celebrations in Zimbabwe.
April 18 1980, midnight, the Prince of Wales has the British flag lowered so he can take it to his motherland. A new flag is hoisted. The Zimbabwe Bird flies again in a land where it has long not been...
So, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is the bad guy, the villain, the dictator and the most savage of African leaders? And he must go, they say. Mugabe is the problem in Zimbabwe. Mugabe causes high inflation,...
CDE Editor,My manager now knows that I am part of the 80% American workers who surf the web for an average of 30 minutes a day whilst on the clock - thanks to CNN. There are 10 of us in...