The twitter account belonging to the character Baba Jukwa was back on Friday morning after being suspended on Thursday afternoon. At this point we are not sure why it was suspended. This is Twitter’s policy on suspension of accounts as spelt out here Accounts are generally suspended for violations of the Twitter Rules. We also
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UPDATE: Baba Jukwa Twitter Account Reinstated
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on April 4th, 2013
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Tags: Amai Jukwa, Baba Jukwa, Twitter, Twitter rules 
2 Comments »ZANU-Pf Launches Facebook And Twitter Accounts
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on April 3rd, 2013
President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-Pf party has launched Facebook and Twitter accounts according to is Deputy Director for Information Psychology Maziwisa. Until now, the party which has been in power since 1980 has shunned social media and some within its circles have even spoken against. This has opened space for a plethora of twitter and facebook
Posted in Politics Tags: ZANU-PF, ZANU-Pf Facebook, ZANU-pf social media, ZANU-Pf Twitter, Zimbabwe elections 2013 No Comments »Zimbabwe Ranked 5th Most Visited in Africa
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on April 2nd, 2013
Zimbabwe is ranked as the fifth most visited place in Africa by foreigners according to the latest report. In spite of the bad publicity the country gets it it was placed fifth on the continent, says findmehotels. Egypt in North Africa tops the list with 14 million visitors. It is followed by Morocco with 9.29
Posted in Politics, The Economy Tags: Africa Tourism, Tourism in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe tourism 1 Comment »Supreme Court Upholds Kenyan Poll Result
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 30th, 2013
The Kenyan Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a petition by Raila Odinga to have the elections invalidated. It means that Uhuru Kenyatta’s win has been declared compliant with the law. Subsequently, Kenyatta is declared president of Kenya. He is set to be sworn in as the fourth and youngest president of the country. Odinga and his
Anxious Wait For Kenya Poll Judgement
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 30th, 2013
Kenya is on a knife edge as it waits for a decision to uphold or invalidate Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential victory. This is after closing arguments on Friday in an appeal which focused on a report released by the court that found discrepancies in partial recounts from five of 22 polling stations. There were issues found
Posted in In The News, Politics Tags: Kenya Elections 2013, Kenya poll judgement, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta No Comments »Mandela In Good Spirits – Zuma
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 29th, 2013
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela is in good spirits according to current President Jacob Zuma’s office. This is a statement published on the Presidency’s website: The Presidency wishes to advise that former President Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and enjoyed a full breakfast this morning, 29 March 2013. The doctors report that he is
Mandela Back In Hospital
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 28th, 2013
South African government officials say former president Nelson Mandela is back in hospital with the recurrence of a lung infection. A statement issued said he was admitted just after midnight on Wednesday, without giving further details. Said President Jacob Zuma in a statement: We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to
Posted in In The News, Politics Tags: Mandela hospitalised, Mandela lung infection, Nelson Mandeka No Comments »EU Suspends Sanctions On 81
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 25th, 2013
81 people have been taken off the EU sanctions list against Zimbabwe while all but 2 entities remain under restrictive measures. This is pretty consistent with how we reported last week. Those who remain on the list are: President Robert Mugabe, Amai Grace Mugabe, Happyton Bonyongwe, DG of CIO Augustine Chihuri, Commissioner-General of the Police
Posted in Politics Tags: EU Sanctions list latest, EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, zimbabwe sanctions No Comments »Zambia Arrests Former President Banda Over Graft
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 25th, 2013
Zambia has arrested its former president Rupiah Banda in connection with a Nigerian oil deal. He has been accused of stealing more than $11 million during his three years in office. The Zimbabwe-born Banda says he is a victim of a witch-hunt. He was questioned for three hours before being released on bail. He will
Beatrice Mtetwa Granted Bail
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 25th, 2013
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was on Monday granted bail by the High Court. The news came via the ZLHR twitter account: End of the road to persecution. Beatrice Mtetwa set free, High Court Judge Musakwa grants her bail. — ZLHR (@ZLHRLawyers) March 25, 2013 Mtetwa and 4 MDC-T officials were arrested on 17
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Releases Press Statement
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 25th, 2013
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, which has been under fire recently has released via its Facebook page. We publish it here unredacted. _________ The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, in the past 3 to 4 weeks, has received a lot of coverage, some of it good and some bad, in regard to ongoing investigations relating in particular to
Posted in Politics Tags: NIEEBgate, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Zimbabwe corruption No Comments »Only 10 Zimbabweans To Remain On Latest EU Sanctions List
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 22nd, 2013
An European parliamentarian says sanctions will be lifted on all but 10 of Zimbabweans still on the EU list. Geoffrey Van Orden, a British member of the European Parliament says that there are ”moves to lift the EU restrictive measures on most of the Mugabe supporters that had previously been banned from Europe and had
Could the Beatrice Mtetwa Story Be A Red Herring?
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 21st, 2013
Right in the middle of a historical exercise, the holding of a Constitutional Referendum- something monumental had to happen. Merely a few hours after voting had ended, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) -in its unfathomable and incomprehensible wisdom-decided to arrest Beatrice Mtetwa. Previously I wrote about Beatrice in my Feminist Chronicles, having identified her as one
Zimbabwe Adopts New Constitution
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 19th, 2013
Zimbabweans overwhelmingly voted yes in the constitutional referendum held this past Saturday 16 March. The breakdown according Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, was as follows: YES vote-3 079 966 : NO vote – 179 489 Spoilt ballots – 56 627 So we had just over 3.3 million voters this past weekend. And the yes represented about 92.9%
MDC-T Reaction To Arrest Of Its Officials Strange
Posted by Three Men On a Boat on March 19th, 2013
So there was a raid on the MDC-T premises this past weekend which led to the rest of four officials and a human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa. The story has been active since then and there have been attempts to have the woman released. The police say the raid had to do with MDC-T officials
Posted in Politics Tags: Beatrice Mtetwa, MDC-T, Zimbabwe police arrest of MDC-T, Zimbabwe referendum No Comments »
