Articles about Robert Mugabe
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Nandos "Last Dictator Standing" advert
13 December 11
If there is any one company whose advertising one has to keep up with, it has to be Nandos. The company is known to create adverts that are controversial. But surely, they take the cup for being creative. A few weeks ago they made fun of South African politics, the Protection of Information Bill (POIB), by releasing... [read more]
Zimbabwe: Dramatic new family and parenting focus on tackling HIV & AIDS
04 October 11
Zimbabwe may be among the first countries in Africa to officially change its Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes to a more inclusive Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) approach.
The recommendation from the multi-sector National Conference on HIV & AIDS this September will... [read more]
If journalists did their job
17 November 10 | (2) Comments
Regional relevance: Africa
As if the good people of Uganda have nothing better to worry about.
By now many are familiar with the recent Rolling Stone article calling for Uganda's "top" homosexuals to be hanged. The story, like many others recently published in Uganda, claimed there was a gay campaign to recruit school children. This piece... [read more]
Gay rights: the ninth MDG?
20 September 10
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
In a part of the world where engagement and marriage are momentous occasions and a cornerstone of adulthood, the union of two men in Malawi last December, however, created an uproar that made headlines around the world. [read more]
A tale of two neighbours turning sixteen and thirty
20 April 10 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: South Africa, Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, April 20: Sweet sixteen and already showing signs of strain: that is the mood that hangs over South Africa as the 27 April celebration of the first democratic elections approaches. The political shenanigans of the far right who still dream of a separate homeland for white people and far left who insist... [read more]
Anti-gay appointment concerns us all
21 January 10 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: International
If Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill becomes law, it will be little short of state-sponsored "genocide" against the gay community. So, the ambassadorial appointment of Jon Qwelane, well-know for his homophobic and derogatory statements against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and intersex (LGBTI) community, was a shock to... [read more]
Gender Justice Barometer, Issue 25, July 2008
31 July 08
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
A group of gender experts from government and civil society met in Johannesburg from 10 - 11 July to begin work towards developing a standard set of indicators to measure violence against women that could be applied to Southern Africa. [read more]
A tale of two countries
10 July 08
Regional relevance: Africa
As I breeze through check in formalities at Accra international airport on my non-stop evening flight to Johannesburg, I cannot help but flashback twenty-seven years ago to when I first started traveling to my second home through marriage from the country of my birth, Zimbabwe. How the tables have turned in less... [read more]
Gender Justice Barometer, Issue 22: March - April 2008
19 May 08
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Games such as "hit me, hit me" and "rape me, rape me" where school children chase each other and then pretend to hit or rape each other were being played at South African schools. This has caused distress for many parents and the nation at large. [read more]
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