Some quotable quotes from Kubatana subscribers
You are a star firstly I asked you to put me on your mailing list and within hours I had received mail. And then I write to request that CD-ROM within 3 days I have it from Harare. That’s a bit too much of professionalism in Zimbabwe. Keep it up; you are doing your job. For your own information we find your mail not only educative but also informative and entertaining. What would we be without you?
– Abraham

When I read your articles it makes me proud to be a Zimbabwean, knowing there are people still fighting the good fight. The fight never dies no matter where we go, unfortunately many of us have proven just like 'THE CHEFS' that living nice is what life is all about .Why must we endanger ourselves. This mentality exists now and must be addressed if we are to remove the 'Monster' who is bringing misery to our people. I VOW WITH ALL my might to fight for complete justice in my country and would be proud to receive any messages from you concerning what is truly happening at home. This will go a long way to educate those scared ones living elsewhere. May God bless Zimbabwe? – Lionel

The index of articles on the currency reform in Zimbabwe is one of the best thematic collections I have ever read on this handy site! Keep it up. – Robert

Every time I read your newsletter I feel like thanking you for the good work but somehow I don't do it. So...this time I decided to tell you that your newsletter is as an oasis in this frustrating place we are living in. Thank you for the information you send us, for the vacancies announcements, for the reports and everything else. Please, keep up the good work.
– Despina

Arrest, arrest, and a beating: it's daily life in Zimbabwe
That's all that seems to happen these days, arrest, arrest, arrest, usually with a beating, for the crime of inciting revolt or insulting the President, which seem to be the same thing. A word, a gesture out of line is hammered flat when it's barely spoken. Last week four street actors in Bulawayo were performing a skit on hunger and queues. They were arrested and beaten up. No one in the commuter minibuses in Harare opens his mouth any more because of the likelihood of a Central Intelligence Organisation plant among the passengers. Read more

Angry as hell – a demand for change
For around three decades, Thomas ‘Mukanya’ Mapfumo has been the most politically influential entertainer in Zimbabwe. Now living in self imposed exile in the US, he continues to articulate a demand for justice, a call for change and a renaissance of the values that in the 1970s powered a popular revolution to overthrow Rhodesia’s illegal racist white regime. Read more

How to write about Africa
Your African characters may include naked warriors, loyal servants, diviners and seers, ancient wise men living in hermitic splendour. Or corrupt politicians, inept polygamous travel-guides, and prostitutes you have slept with. The Loyal Servant always behaves like a seven-year-old and needs a firm hand; he is scared of snakes, good with children, and always involving you in his complex domestic dramas. Read more

Click here for a selection of poems by Zimbabwean poet John Eppel

Click here to view stunning illustrations of Zimbabwean birds by Steve Alpes

The anatomy of the Zimbabwean problem
Why has the pro-democracy movements not been able to capitalise on the so many reported failures by the ZANU (PF) government. Operation Murambatsvina, failed Land Reform Programme, the economy characterized by high inflation, high prices of basic food and commodities, unemployment, the list is endless. Some people say all the necessary conditions needed for combustion to happen exist in Zimbabwe. All that is needed is a spark. Why then has there been no spark despite numerous opportunities that if presented elsewhere in the world would have brought about a change of the ruling government. Read more

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Civic Power and the People’s Rights: Nonviolent Action for a New World
In a nonviolent struggle, the engine of that strategy has three cylinders, and the first is unity. The movement should encompass a wide spectrum of political views and social communities and operate with a consensus about its goals and methods. Without unity, a movement can’t claim to represent the people, and its calls for action won’t enlist wide participation. Read more