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Nelson Mandela has lashed out at Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for what he called a tragic failure of leadership. Zimbabwe's neighbors, in a rare unified front, meanwhile, called for a delay in Friday's presidential runoff election in which Mugabe is now the only candidate. Mandela, the former president of South Africa, broke his silence in bitterly criticizing Mugabe while attending a 90th birthday fundraising event in London, reportedly joining most of South Africa in rejecting...
UK - Nelson Mandela accused President Mugabe of a "tragic failure of leadership" last night, as southern Africa turned its back on the Zimbabwean leader. Mr Mandela spoke of his concern and sadness at the chaos engulfing Zimbabwe, amid clear indications that the patience of Mr Mugabe's remaining allies was at breaking point Wielding the moral authority of the world's best-known statesman, Mr Mandela broke his silence at a fund-raising event to mark his 90th birthday celebrations in...
Internally displaced Zimbabweans were outside the South African Embassy in Harare, seeking help as conditions in Zimbabwe deteriorate, opposition leaders say. The situation is absolutely desperate, an opposition official told The New York Times as he was trying to find shelter for 80 women and children among those camped out in front of the embassy. Many of the homeless were displaced by the recent violence opposition leaders charge was sanctioned by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a...
ROBERT MUGABE'S latest reign of terror in Zimbabwe is a naked assault not just on his own citizens, but also on democratic institutions everywhere. Mugabe, the leader of the African nation since it gained independence from Great Britain in 1980, seems determined to bury forever the right to self-determination in free elections and the rule of law. With opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai hiding in the Dutch Embassy, and Mugabe's thugs killing, beating, torturing and terrorizing opponents,...
From wire reports JOHANNESBURG, South Africa President Robert Mugabe faced deeper international isolation Wednesday, with African states demanding that a discredited runoff election be postponed. The same day, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela rebuked the Zimbabwe leader for the first time. Tougher sanctions, sporting bans and economic boycotts could be next - and world support may build for opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. It was Tsvangirai who called Wednesday for the deployment...
Text of report by Violet Gonda entitled "Tsvangirai cannot withdraw from runoff -law expert" published by London-based opposition newzimbabwe.com website, on 24 June Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai cannot withdraw from the presidential election run-off, a constitutional law expert said on Monday, a day after the MDC [Movement for Democratic Change] leader announced he was pulling out of Friday's election. Lovemore Madhuku, who is also the chairman of the National...
Text of report by South Africa-based Zim Online website on 25 June [Report by Jameson Mombe: "SADC Meets on Zim as US Says Will Not Recognise Poll"] JOHANNESBURG - The United States (US) has said it will not recognise the outcome of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election on Friday being held amid worsening political violence that has killed 86 opposition members and displaced 200,000 others. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy in Harare fearing...
LEADING ARTICLE ZIMBABWE Hope has been a stranger to Zimbabwe of late. The country has descended into a murderous dictatorship faster than anyone had imagined possible. In recent days, Zimbabweans have been robbed of the chance of ridding themselves of Robert Mugabe's regime through the ballot box. Yet the growing disquiet from Zimbabwe's neighbours over Mr Mugabe's behaviour may offer some grounds for optimism that the continent's political leaders are finally beginning to question his...
By Alan Cowell and Celia W. Dugger Alan Cowell reported from London and Celia W. Dugger from Johannesburg. Neil MacFarquhar reported from the United Nations. * Despite an increasingly thunderous chorus of complaints that the presidential runoff in Zimbabwe will be neither free nor fair, the governing party of South Africa, the African National Congress, rejected international diplomatic intervention Tuesday, arguing that "any attempts by outside players to impose regime change will merely...
ZIMBABWE'S opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was fleeing troops when he took refuge in the Dutch embassy in Harare, it emerged yesterday. Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade revealed the details as he admitted hopes of Robert Mugabe and Tsvangirai sharing power were dwindling. Wade, who'd been trying to mediate in the crisis, said: "This objective has been completely snuffed out since I have learned that soldiers went after Morgan Tsvangirai at his residence on Sunday." Wade said...
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The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus), is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. They prefer grassy, mountainous habitat They are also known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok. Rheboks carry a woolly grey coat to insulate them from the cold of their habitat. Only the males carry the straight horns. Males become extremely aggressive during the breeding season.
The Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus), is a bushshrike and a passerine bird closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae. This species is endemic to southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with an isolated population in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. It is a species of open habitats, including karoo scrub, fynbos and parks and gardens in urban areas. The adult Bokmakierie is a 8.6-9.0 inch long bird with olive-green upperparts and a...
The yellow mongoose is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country. It resides from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. There are as many as twelve subspecies of yellow mongoose. In general, the yellow mongoose has lighter highlights on the underbelly and chin, a bushy tail. Southern yellow mongooses are larger. They have...
The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the chacma baboon but is smaller. Its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless face is black, framed with white sideburns. Males can grow to about 33.07 in (84 cm), females to about 23.62 in (60 cm). It has a long tail that grows to be nearly as long as the body. The yellow baboon inhabits grasslands and light forests....
