South African government spokesperson Themba Maseko basically announced last week that that recent changes in Zimbabwe lead them to believe that SA may need to give Mugabe a hand in sorting out his various Zimbabwe crises. According to the Star newspaper on Friday last week: “Maseko said that the South African government was extremely concerned […]
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Zimbabwe end game
June 7th, 2026 (Updated)Outcome based education, Out go education
June 7th, 2026 (Updated)Outcome based education has proven effective in improving national pass rate statistics but try employing people graduating from this system – Outgo education is more apt. South Africa may well have lost another generation because of this over-ambitious, ineffective attempt.
Brown drops in UK polls
June 7th, 2026 (Updated)British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has slipped behind 2 Conservatives in the recent Observer’s Ipsos Mori poll and the Guardian’s ICM survey. He had hoped that his economic stimulus plan would have boosted public confidence. It appears the general disgruntlement over the proposed ban on Happy Hour (drinking) is more serious than first expected. Click […]
Thabo Mbeki and SADC Zimbabwe Strategy
June 7th, 2026 (Updated)Thabo Mbeki and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been pretty useless at attempting to manage Zimbabwe’s Mugabe crisis, cholera crisis, financial crisis and associated spillage into neighbouring countries. We can only expect they will manage the latest anthrax crisis and looting by Robert Mugabe’s soldiers across Zimbabwe with equally elegant ineffectiveness. President Mbeki, […]