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		<title>By: Matibili</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matibili</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t see perence, chiwenga, zwinavashe, zimondi and shirihuru at the ceremony.

To me that spells disaster for this shambles that the SADC has forced the Mdc into.

It is once again another struggle with the dictatorship, in a different guise, which the SADC diplomatic clowns will take a while to realise its futility.

Which country has seen such tragicomic events as those in Zimbabwe unfolding on its own soil and sat back to watch.

So much southern african diplomatic nonsense in the quest to appease mugabe. 

Seeing him swearing in the Mdc Leadership was as nauseating as watching him being sworn in after his murderous one man election last year.

African solutions for African problems!?&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;273038&#039;,&#039;Matibili&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;273038&#039;,&#039;Matibili&#039;,&#039;I didn\&#039;t see perence, chiwenga, zwinavashe, zimondi and shirihuru at the ceremony.\r\n\r\nTo me that spells disaster for this shambles that the SADC has forced the Mdc into.\r\n\r\nIt is once again another struggle with the dictatorship, in a different guise, which the SADC diplomatic clowns will take a while to realise its futility.\r\n\r\nWhich country has seen such tragicomic events as those in Zimbabwe unfolding on its own soil and sat back to watch.\r\n\r\nSo much southern african diplomatic nonsense in the quest to appease mugabe. \r\n\r\nSeeing him swearing in the Mdc Leadership was as nauseating as watching him being sworn in after his murderous one man election last year.\r\n\r\nAfrican solutions for African problems!?&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t see perence, chiwenga, zwinavashe, zimondi and shirihuru at the ceremony.</p>
<p>To me that spells disaster for this shambles that the SADC has forced the Mdc into.</p>
<p>It is once again another struggle with the dictatorship, in a different guise, which the SADC diplomatic clowns will take a while to realise its futility.</p>
<p>Which country has seen such tragicomic events as those in Zimbabwe unfolding on its own soil and sat back to watch.</p>
<p>So much southern african diplomatic nonsense in the quest to appease mugabe. </p>
<p>Seeing him swearing in the Mdc Leadership was as nauseating as watching him being sworn in after his murderous one man election last year.</p>
<p>African solutions for African problems!?
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('273038','Matibili'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('273038','Matibili','I didn\'t see perence, chiwenga, zwinavashe, zimondi and shirihuru at the ceremony.\r\n\r\nTo me that spells disaster for this shambles that the SADC has forced the Mdc into.\r\n\r\nIt is once again another struggle with the dictatorship, in a different guise, which the SADC diplomatic clowns will take a while to realise its futility.\r\n\r\nWhich country has seen such tragicomic events as those in Zimbabwe unfolding on its own soil and sat back to watch.\r\n\r\nSo much southern african diplomatic nonsense in the quest to appease mugabe. \r\n\r\nSeeing him swearing in the Mdc Leadership was as nauseating as watching him being sworn in after his murderous one man election last year.\r\n\r\nAfrican solutions for African problems!?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Graham</title>
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		<dc:creator>Graham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...every health worker, teacher, soldier and policeman will receive their pay in foreign currency&quot;. 

So Morgan shows he is just another tin-pot African leader with no idea how to run a country or how an economy functions. In the absence of huge donations from abroad  (unlikely with mugabe still around) or from South Africa, this sounds like just another empty promise from a politician bereft of solid ideas.

Morgan, Zim is trashed.  Nobody can expect anything to improve unless the people GET BACK TO WORK. I think Zimbabweans have forgotten how to work, they think that work means sitting in an empty government office, or selling a few bananas on the streets.  No, work means tilling the soil to raise a decent cash crop, work means going down a mine, work means sweating in a factory from 8-5, work means providing waterholes for wild-life so that you can drive tourists around, work means building up the beef and dairy herds, work means loading flowers to ship to Europe.  Without this real work, there can be no forex to pay anyone. The country needs to get back to work, (and it needs law and order to do it).

The fastest way to get the country back to work is to give all those 5000 stolen farms back to their lawful (sorry they&#039;re white) owners.  Within 12 months, a million people will be re-employed and the country will be ticking again.

But I suspect you just don&#039;t have the guts to do that.

Well, then, stop misleading your people with bribes of forex. Until you get Zimbabweans back to work in productive jobs producing tngible goods, all you can promise your people is an empty begging-bowl.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;273022&#039;,&#039;Graham&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;273022&#039;,&#039;Graham&#039;,&#039;\&quot;...every health worker, teacher, soldier and policeman will receive their pay in foreign currency\&quot;. \r\n\r\nSo Morgan shows he is just another tin-pot African leader with no idea how to run a country or how an economy functions. In the absence of huge donations from abroad  (unlikely with mugabe still around) or from South Africa, this sounds like just another empty promise from a politician bereft of solid ideas.\r\n\r\nMorgan, Zim is trashed.  Nobody can expect anything to improve unless the people GET BACK TO WORK. I think Zimbabweans have forgotten how to work, they think that work means sitting in an empty government office, or selling a few bananas on the streets.  No, work means tilling the soil to raise a decent cash crop, work means going down a mine, work means sweating in a factory from 8-5, work means providing waterholes for wild-life so that you can drive tourists around, work means building up the beef and dairy herds, work means loading flowers to ship to Europe.  Without this real work, there can be no forex to pay anyone. The country needs to get back to work, (and it needs law and order to do it).\r\n\r\nThe fastest way to get the country back to work is to give all those 5000 stolen farms back to their lawful (sorry they\&#039;re white) owners.  Within 12 months, a million people will be re-employed and the country will be ticking again.\r\n\r\nBut I suspect you just don\&#039;t have the guts to do that.\r\n\r\nWell, then, stop misleading your people with bribes of forex. Until you get Zimbabweans back to work in productive jobs producing tngible goods, all you can promise your people is an empty begging-bowl.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;every health worker, teacher, soldier and policeman will receive their pay in foreign currency&#8221;. </p>
<p>So Morgan shows he is just another tin-pot African leader with no idea how to run a country or how an economy functions. In the absence of huge donations from abroad  (unlikely with mugabe still around) or from South Africa, this sounds like just another empty promise from a politician bereft of solid ideas.</p>
<p>Morgan, Zim is trashed.  Nobody can expect anything to improve unless the people GET BACK TO WORK. I think Zimbabweans have forgotten how to work, they think that work means sitting in an empty government office, or selling a few bananas on the streets.  No, work means tilling the soil to raise a decent cash crop, work means going down a mine, work means sweating in a factory from 8-5, work means providing waterholes for wild-life so that you can drive tourists around, work means building up the beef and dairy herds, work means loading flowers to ship to Europe.  Without this real work, there can be no forex to pay anyone. The country needs to get back to work, (and it needs law and order to do it).</p>
<p>The fastest way to get the country back to work is to give all those 5000 stolen farms back to their lawful (sorry they&#8217;re white) owners.  Within 12 months, a million people will be re-employed and the country will be ticking again.</p>
<p>But I suspect you just don&#8217;t have the guts to do that.</p>
<p>Well, then, stop misleading your people with bribes of forex. Until you get Zimbabweans back to work in productive jobs producing tngible goods, all you can promise your people is an empty begging-bowl.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('273022','Graham'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('273022','Graham','\&quot;...every health worker, teacher, soldier and policeman will receive their pay in foreign currency\&quot;. \r\n\r\nSo Morgan shows he is just another tin-pot African leader with no idea how to run a country or how an economy functions. In the absence of huge donations from abroad  (unlikely with mugabe still around) or from South Africa, this sounds like just another empty promise from a politician bereft of solid ideas.\r\n\r\nMorgan, Zim is trashed.  Nobody can expect anything to improve unless the people GET BACK TO WORK. I think Zimbabweans have forgotten how to work, they think that work means sitting in an empty government office, or selling a few bananas on the streets.  No, work means tilling the soil to raise a decent cash crop, work means going down a mine, work means sweating in a factory from 8-5, work means providing waterholes for wild-life so that you can drive tourists around, work means building up the beef and dairy herds, work means loading flowers to ship to Europe.  Without this real work, there can be no forex to pay anyone. The country needs to get back to work, (and it needs law and order to do it).\r\n\r\nThe fastest way to get the country back to work is to give all those 5000 stolen farms back to their lawful (sorry they\'re white) owners.  Within 12 months, a million people will be re-employed and the country will be ticking again.\r\n\r\nBut I suspect you just don\'t have the guts to do that.\r\n\r\nWell, then, stop misleading your people with bribes of forex. Until you get Zimbabweans back to work in productive jobs producing tngible goods, all you can promise your people is an empty begging-bowl.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Benjamin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The simplest way to make our economy strong again is to get rid of Gono now!  Not only is he an incompetent bank governor, but he is a very competent money mover for Grace Mugabe.

Amai&#039;s transfer of forex to the Far East has brought her friendship, especially with people from the Far East &lt;em&gt;[edit]&lt;/em&gt;. One of these is a Thai lady: &quot;Doctor&quot; Taveesin, or Joy, as she is known to her friends. Our old friend &quot;Doctor&quot; Gideon Gono is the third member of this triangle. He enables Amai to externalise forex, and Taveesin hides it for her in Thailand. 

This &quot;contraband&quot; money has used to set up at least one company, called Royal Asia Products, and probably some others as well. 

Another of Gono&#039;s friends, Dr Mahmood, who appeared on the US Sanctions list at the end of 2008. (He is a real Doctor by the way, a Doctor of Medicine: given the state of hospitals in our country what follows might make you annoyed.) Mahmood, who is also friendly with Constantine Chiwenga, is the &quot;forex mule&quot;: he is the man who carries the bags of forex out of the country for senior people and deposits it in banks in Kuala Lumpur. It is for this reason that Mahmood suddenly appeared on the Sanctions list.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272978&#039;,&#039;Benjamin&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272978&#039;,&#039;Benjamin&#039;,&#039;The simplest way to make our economy strong again is to get rid of Gono now!  Not only is he an incompetent bank governor, but he is a very competent money mover for Grace Mugabe.\r\n\r\nAmai\&#039;s transfer of forex to the Far East has brought her friendship, especially with people from the Far East &lt;em&gt;&#91;edit&#93;&lt;\/em&gt;. One of these is a Thai lady: \&quot;Doctor\&quot; Taveesin, or Joy, as she is known to her friends. Our old friend \&quot;Doctor\&quot; Gideon Gono is the third member of this triangle. He enables Amai to externalise forex, and Taveesin hides it for her in Thailand. \r\n\r\nThis \&quot;contraband\&quot; money has used to set up at least one company, called Royal Asia Products, and probably some others as well. \r\n\r\nAnother of Gono\&#039;s friends, Dr Mahmood, who appeared on the US Sanctions list at the end of 2008. (He is a real Doctor by the way, a Doctor of Medicine: given the state of hospitals in our country what follows might make you annoyed.) Mahmood, who is also friendly with Constantine Chiwenga, is the \&quot;forex mule\&quot;: he is the man who carries the bags of forex out of the country for senior people and deposits it in banks in Kuala Lumpur. It is for this reason that Mahmood suddenly appeared on the Sanctions list.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The simplest way to make our economy strong again is to get rid of Gono now!  Not only is he an incompetent bank governor, but he is a very competent money mover for Grace Mugabe.</p>
<p>Amai&#8217;s transfer of forex to the Far East has brought her friendship, especially with people from the Far East <em>[edit]</em>. One of these is a Thai lady: &#8220;Doctor&#8221; Taveesin, or Joy, as she is known to her friends. Our old friend &#8220;Doctor&#8221; Gideon Gono is the third member of this triangle. He enables Amai to externalise forex, and Taveesin hides it for her in Thailand. </p>
<p>This &#8220;contraband&#8221; money has used to set up at least one company, called Royal Asia Products, and probably some others as well. </p>
<p>Another of Gono&#8217;s friends, Dr Mahmood, who appeared on the US Sanctions list at the end of 2008. (He is a real Doctor by the way, a Doctor of Medicine: given the state of hospitals in our country what follows might make you annoyed.) Mahmood, who is also friendly with Constantine Chiwenga, is the &#8220;forex mule&#8221;: he is the man who carries the bags of forex out of the country for senior people and deposits it in banks in Kuala Lumpur. It is for this reason that Mahmood suddenly appeared on the Sanctions list.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272978','Benjamin'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272978','Benjamin','The simplest way to make our economy strong again is to get rid of Gono now!  Not only is he an incompetent bank governor, but he is a very competent money mover for Grace Mugabe.\r\n\r\nAmai\'s transfer of forex to the Far East has brought her friendship, especially with people from the Far East &lt;em&gt;&amp;#91;edit&amp;#93;&lt;\/em&gt;. One of these is a Thai lady: \&quot;Doctor\&quot; Taveesin, or Joy, as she is known to her friends. Our old friend \&quot;Doctor\&quot; Gideon Gono is the third member of this triangle. He enables Amai to externalise forex, and Taveesin hides it for her in Thailand. \r\n\r\nThis \&quot;contraband\&quot; money has used to set up at least one company, called Royal Asia Products, and probably some others as well. \r\n\r\nAnother of Gono\'s friends, Dr Mahmood, who appeared on the US Sanctions list at the end of 2008. (He is a real Doctor by the way, a Doctor of Medicine: given the state of hospitals in our country what follows might make you annoyed.) Mahmood, who is also friendly with Constantine Chiwenga, is the \&quot;forex mule\&quot;: he is the man who carries the bags of forex out of the country for senior people and deposits it in banks in Kuala Lumpur. It is for this reason that Mahmood suddenly appeared on the Sanctions list.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: Nationalist Nkalanga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nationalist Nkalanga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has come to pass. Morgen and team are now the &quot;A&quot; team and there is need to quickly move with the tough choices, i.e. Funding of the government institutions and revival of economic activity through rebuilding the power (energy) sector clusters, infrastructure rehabilitation and implementation of an accelerated skills training programme. We need to revive the apprenticeship and mentoring programmes of yester years immediately. Thank god there is still institutional memory on what was there and we can improve on those programmes. These are crucial for creating sustainable jobs and ensuring economic growth through the reintroduction of manufacturing sector clusters. Remember the days of F.Issels, Monarch, Dunlop, Merlin and ZECO driving production in Bulawayo&#039;s Light Industrial sites. We need to go beyond that and the time is now. Please call on us Mr. Prime Minister and your team, Good Luck and God speed on our new journey.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272977&#039;,&#039;Nationalist Nkalanga&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272977&#039;,&#039;Nationalist Nkalanga&#039;,&#039;It has come to pass. Morgen and team are now the \&quot;A\&quot; team and there is need to quickly move with the tough choices, i.e. Funding of the government institutions and revival of economic activity through rebuilding the power (energy) sector clusters, infrastructure rehabilitation and implementation of an accelerated skills training programme. We need to revive the apprenticeship and mentoring programmes of yester years immediately. Thank god there is still institutional memory on what was there and we can improve on those programmes. These are crucial for creating sustainable jobs and ensuring economic growth through the reintroduction of manufacturing sector clusters. Remember the days of F.Issels, Monarch, Dunlop, Merlin and ZECO driving production in Bulawayo\&#039;s Light Industrial sites. We need to go beyond that and the time is now. Please call on us Mr. Prime Minister and your team, Good Luck and God speed on our new journey.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has come to pass. Morgen and team are now the &#8220;A&#8221; team and there is need to quickly move with the tough choices, i.e. Funding of the government institutions and revival of economic activity through rebuilding the power (energy) sector clusters, infrastructure rehabilitation and implementation of an accelerated skills training programme. We need to revive the apprenticeship and mentoring programmes of yester years immediately. Thank god there is still institutional memory on what was there and we can improve on those programmes. These are crucial for creating sustainable jobs and ensuring economic growth through the reintroduction of manufacturing sector clusters. Remember the days of F.Issels, Monarch, Dunlop, Merlin and ZECO driving production in Bulawayo&#8217;s Light Industrial sites. We need to go beyond that and the time is now. Please call on us Mr. Prime Minister and your team, Good Luck and God speed on our new journey.
<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272977','Nationalist Nkalanga'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> &#8212; <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272977','Nationalist Nkalanga','It has come to pass. Morgen and team are now the \&quot;A\&quot; team and there is need to quickly move with the tough choices, i.e. Funding of the government institutions and revival of economic activity through rebuilding the power (energy) sector clusters, infrastructure rehabilitation and implementation of an accelerated skills training programme. We need to revive the apprenticeship and mentoring programmes of yester years immediately. Thank god there is still institutional memory on what was there and we can improve on those programmes. These are crucial for creating sustainable jobs and ensuring economic growth through the reintroduction of manufacturing sector clusters. Remember the days of F.Issels, Monarch, Dunlop, Merlin and ZECO driving production in Bulawayo\'s Light Industrial sites. We need to go beyond that and the time is now. Please call on us Mr. Prime Minister and your team, Good Luck and God speed on our new journey.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is there a reason to wonder, why there are so many similarities with Obamas Inagural Adress?
I mean: All this &quot;hope over fear&quot; &quot;rebuild the country&quot;, together-spirit... it reminds me slightly to some of Obamas phrases, although the situation in Simbabwe is, of course, definitly worse.
best wishes from central europe.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272976&#039;,&#039;anonymous&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272976&#039;,&#039;anonymous&#039;,&#039;Is there a reason to wonder, why there are so many similarities with Obamas Inagural Adress?\r\nI mean: All this \&quot;hope over fear\&quot; \&quot;rebuild the country\&quot;, together-spirit... it reminds me slightly to some of Obamas phrases, although the situation in Simbabwe is, of course, definitly worse.\r\nbest wishes from central europe.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there a reason to wonder, why there are so many similarities with Obamas Inagural Adress?<br />
I mean: All this &#8220;hope over fear&#8221; &#8220;rebuild the country&#8221;, together-spirit&#8230; it reminds me slightly to some of Obamas phrases, although the situation in Simbabwe is, of course, definitly worse.<br />
best wishes from central europe.
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		<title>By: exbulawayo</title>
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		<dc:creator>exbulawayo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to take the opportunity and wish you the very best Mr. Prime Minister, may you start today to change and save Zimbabwe so we can come and see the difference in a new democratic country where we can once again live side by side with all the people of Zimbabwe.May the Lord keep his hand on you as you take your first step.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272975&#039;,&#039;exbulawayo&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272975&#039;,&#039;exbulawayo&#039;,&#039;I would like to take the opportunity and wish you the very best Mr. Prime Minister, may you start today to change and save Zimbabwe so we can come and see the difference in a new democratic country where we can once again live side by side with all the people of Zimbabwe.May the Lord keep his hand on you as you take your first step.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to take the opportunity and wish you the very best Mr. Prime Minister, may you start today to change and save Zimbabwe so we can come and see the difference in a new democratic country where we can once again live side by side with all the people of Zimbabwe.May the Lord keep his hand on you as you take your first step.
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		<title>By: paul canning</title>
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		<dc:creator>paul canning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Zimbabwe - gold for bread
MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/feb/11/zimbabwe-gold-panning-starvation-food&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272974&#039;,&#039;paul canning&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272974&#039;,&#039;paul canning&#039;,&#039;Zimbabwe - gold for bread\r\nMDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/video\/2009\/feb\/11\/zimbabwe-gold-panning-starvation-food&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zimbabwe &#8211; gold for bread<br />
MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate<br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/feb/11/zimbabwe-gold-panning-starvation-food" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/feb/11/zimbabwe-gold-panning-starvation-food</a>
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		<title>By: Sally D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sally D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Er...True Grit, what are you saying here? 

A lovely hymn/poem by the way. Amen, etc. 

But are you suggesting that Tsvangirai&#039;s Government is an equal Providence? Because although the speech is most inspiring and statesmanlike, I am seriously wondering where the money is going to come from, to pay the entire civil service a living wage in foreign currency. 

That apart, I do agree, the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases and His mercies never come to an end. But we need to avoid the mistakes of the past, including the formation of the Government that always promises but never delivers.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272973&#039;,&#039;Sally D&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272973&#039;,&#039;Sally D&#039;,&#039;Er...True Grit, what are you saying here? \r\n\r\nA lovely hymn\/poem by the way. Amen, etc. \r\n\r\nBut are you suggesting that Tsvangirai\&#039;s Government is an equal Providence? Because although the speech is most inspiring and statesmanlike, I am seriously wondering where the money is going to come from, to pay the entire civil service a living wage in foreign currency. \r\n\r\nThat apart, I do agree, the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases and His mercies never come to an end. But we need to avoid the mistakes of the past, including the formation of the Government that always promises but never delivers.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Er&#8230;True Grit, what are you saying here? </p>
<p>A lovely hymn/poem by the way. Amen, etc. </p>
<p>But are you suggesting that Tsvangirai&#8217;s Government is an equal Providence? Because although the speech is most inspiring and statesmanlike, I am seriously wondering where the money is going to come from, to pay the entire civil service a living wage in foreign currency. </p>
<p>That apart, I do agree, the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases and His mercies never come to an end. But we need to avoid the mistakes of the past, including the formation of the Government that always promises but never delivers.
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Makorokoto Your Excellency

Welcome to &#039;Animal Farm&#039; Morgan and MDC leaders... 

Now you can all breathe easy...After ten years, millions in donor funds wasted, thousands of lives sacrificed...millions made destitute and forced to leave the country following you to nowhere, you have arrived.
 
Sir you and your immediate clique are finally there among the rest of the African leadership &#039;pigs&#039;...I know they say that a week is a long time in politics but I swear you are a fast learner...24hrs ago 10/02/09 you told a press conference that they could keep their PM position unless ALL the abductees were released? Now are PM and the full measure of your compromise is being rapidly hidden from the public view.
 
Soon people wont see the PR campaign and spin machine working in overdrive trying to make the alliance with the evil Zanu dead wood that you are now selling as freedom and the &#039;new zimbabwe&#039; smell like a victory and roses...As you have learnt riding on their backs promising sweet nothings in their ears their hope...their patience is eternal.  

I salute you and all that ever put any faith in your shambolic pretence at liberating Zimbabwe from tyranny. 

Only vanity and fear allowed you and yours to paint yourselves into obvious corners, regardless of countless warnings; the blunders justified and covered over with propaganda and spin. 

The irony of such Zanu-esque behaviour lost to you that though you had run out of ideas,clinging to any type of position and power mattered more. 
The eternal line &quot;WE HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO JOIN THE GNU&quot; saying more than you will ever know regarding your strategy and true philosophy.

Ordinary people The Ndira family, Gift Tandare all of them... (not your financiers) deserved much better people and ideas to lead them. 
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?iref=videoglobal&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272972&#039;,&#039;Anon&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272972&#039;,&#039;Anon&#039;,&#039;Makorokoto Your Excellency\r\n\r\nWelcome to \&#039;Animal Farm\&#039; Morgan and MDC leaders... \r\n\r\nNow you can all breathe easy...After ten years, millions in donor funds wasted, thousands of lives sacrificed...millions made destitute and forced to leave the country following you to nowhere, you have arrived.\r\n \r\nSir you and your immediate clique are finally there among the rest of the African leadership \&#039;pigs\&#039;...I know they say that a week is a long time in politics but I swear you are a fast learner...24hrs ago 10\/02\/09 you told a press conference that they could keep their PM position unless ALL the abductees were released? Now are PM and the full measure of your compromise is being rapidly hidden from the public view.\r\n \r\nSoon people wont see the PR campaign and spin machine working in overdrive trying to make the alliance with the evil Zanu dead wood that you are now selling as freedom and the \&#039;new zimbabwe\&#039; smell like a victory and roses...As you have learnt riding on their backs promising sweet nothings in their ears their hope...their patience is eternal.  \r\n\r\nI salute you and all that ever put any faith in your shambolic pretence at liberating Zimbabwe from tyranny. \r\n\r\nOnly vanity and fear allowed you and yours to paint yourselves into obvious corners, regardless of countless warnings; the blunders justified and covered over with propaganda and spin. \r\n\r\nThe irony of such Zanu-esque behaviour lost to you that though you had run out of ideas,clinging to any type of position and power mattered more. \r\nThe eternal line \&quot;WE HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO JOIN THE GNU\&quot; saying more than you will ever know regarding your strategy and true philosophy.\r\n\r\nOrdinary people The Ndira family, Gift Tandare all of them... (not your financiers) deserved much better people and ideas to lead them. \r\nhttp:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/video\/?iref=videoglobal&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Makorokoto Your Excellency</p>
<p>Welcome to &#8216;Animal Farm&#8217; Morgan and MDC leaders&#8230; </p>
<p>Now you can all breathe easy&#8230;After ten years, millions in donor funds wasted, thousands of lives sacrificed&#8230;millions made destitute and forced to leave the country following you to nowhere, you have arrived.</p>
<p>Sir you and your immediate clique are finally there among the rest of the African leadership &#8216;pigs&#8217;&#8230;I know they say that a week is a long time in politics but I swear you are a fast learner&#8230;24hrs ago 10/02/09 you told a press conference that they could keep their PM position unless ALL the abductees were released? Now are PM and the full measure of your compromise is being rapidly hidden from the public view.</p>
<p>Soon people wont see the PR campaign and spin machine working in overdrive trying to make the alliance with the evil Zanu dead wood that you are now selling as freedom and the &#8216;new zimbabwe&#8217; smell like a victory and roses&#8230;As you have learnt riding on their backs promising sweet nothings in their ears their hope&#8230;their patience is eternal.  </p>
<p>I salute you and all that ever put any faith in your shambolic pretence at liberating Zimbabwe from tyranny. </p>
<p>Only vanity and fear allowed you and yours to paint yourselves into obvious corners, regardless of countless warnings; the blunders justified and covered over with propaganda and spin. </p>
<p>The irony of such Zanu-esque behaviour lost to you that though you had run out of ideas,clinging to any type of position and power mattered more.<br />
The eternal line &#8220;WE HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO JOIN THE GNU&#8221; saying more than you will ever know regarding your strategy and true philosophy.</p>
<p>Ordinary people The Ndira family, Gift Tandare all of them&#8230; (not your financiers) deserved much better people and ideas to lead them.<br />
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?iref=videoglobal" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/video/?iref=videoglobal</a>
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		<title>By: True Grit</title>
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		<dc:creator>True Grit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength as our labours increase;
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials He multiplies peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father&#039;s full giving is only begun.

His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.&lt;div class=&quot;comment-remix-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;replyto&quot; onclick=&quot;replyto(&#039;272971&#039;,&#039;True Grit&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Reply to this comment&lt;/a&gt; --- &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot; class=&quot;quote&quot; onclick=&quot;quote(&#039;272971&#039;,&#039;True Grit&#039;,&#039;He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,\r\nHe sendeth more strength as our labours increase;\r\nTo added afflictions He addeth His mercy,\r\nTo multiplied trials He multiplies peace.\r\n\r\nWhen we have exhausted our store of endurance,\r\nWhen our strength has failed ere the day is half done,\r\nWhen we reach the end of our hoarded resources\r\nOur Father\&#039;s full giving is only begun.\r\n\r\nHis love has no limits, His grace has no measure,\r\nHis power no boundary known unto men;\r\nFor out of His infinite riches in Jesus\r\nHe giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.&#039;); return false;&quot;&gt;Quote from this comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,<br />
He sendeth more strength as our labours increase;<br />
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,<br />
To multiplied trials He multiplies peace.</p>
<p>When we have exhausted our store of endurance,<br />
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,<br />
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources<br />
Our Father&#8217;s full giving is only begun.</p>
<p>His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,<br />
His power no boundary known unto men;<br />
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus<br />
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.
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