The majority of people in Zimbabwe have been economically pushed to the fence as a result of Britain's determined agenda to recolonise Zimbabwe through the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). When the colonial British settlers descended on the Kingdoms of Munhumutapwa and Lobengula (now Zimbabwe) in the early 1890s the impression as documented in Zimbabwe's history suggests that the hunt for gold and other natural resources was the motivation behind the trek to Africa by the Pioneer Column. However, subsequent events that followed the settlement of Cecil John Rhodes and Company at Fort Salisbury in 1894 clearly confirm that the settlers had the mandate from the British government to alienate the resources from a thoroughly humiliated and enslaved indigenous population by use of brutal force before the exploitation of the resources. In modern terminology, the complete process is an economic gobbledygook known as 'globalisation'.

It might seem from the above that Zimbabweans need not ask any further questions about the British hidden agenda in view of the empirical evidence at hand. Over a century, the hidden agenda became more and more transparent as Africa's sunrays became brighter and hotter mostly due to the depletion of its ozone layer. But as the sun became hotter so was Africa's increased determination to stand against racism, colonialism, slavery and hypocrisy and economic bondage.

Liberation Wars were fought and won against the diabolical forces of imperialism but million of Africans also perished in the process. Zimbabwe's first liberation uprising which was spearheaded by national spirit mediums Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi was brutally suppressed , ending with the public hanging of the two traditional leaders. The suppression was as brutal and illegal as the massacre of the Shona and Ndebele tribesmen by the Pioneer Column. These tribes constitutes 97% of Zimbabwe population. To the British, the massacres are of no consequence as these casualties were termed 'Collateral Damage'. The burning down of complete villages and the enslavement of its youth was part of the British strategy create forced labour.

Collin Powell who became the chief spokesperson and coordinator of the American killing machine which conducted unapologetic killings of the Iraqi civilian population during Desert Storm justified the killings by categorising them as 'Collateral Damage'. The murder of Iraqi civilian population was a repetition of the murder of the Shona and Ndebele tribes in Zimbabwe by the British messengers of death. Collin Powell peers President Robert Mugabe through the same telescopic lenses used in Desert Storm all for the sake of appeasing the enslaving master. It is this kind of dedication by the British and American governments to keep Africans enslaved through 'globalisation' which has kept the majority of Zimbabweans under British bondage .Today the elaborate British agenda is disguised as democracy and is indirectly killing sons and daughters of Zimbabwe, save for Powell and his pet dog for all they are - are house niggers.

Collin Powell's enthusiasm in articulating the American policies under the cover of creating world peace or rather eliminating a threat to human life fizzled out with the containment of Saddam Hussein's presidential guard. When Museveni and Kagame started killing innocent civilians thousands of miles from their sovereign borders, Powell and his British allies maintained a deafening silence, neither did we hear the George Bushes sneezing as a result of the smell of rotting human bodies deep in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The world leaders particularly America and Britain were quick to condemn the deployment in the DRC of Zimbabwean troops alongside those of Angola and Namibia . They ensured that the UN remained mum over the Ugandan and Rwandan naked aggression since the two regional bullies were pursuing the imperialist hidden agenda. The British immediately withdrew military support from the Zimbabwe national army and air force citing flimsy excuses. On the other hand, the IMF was instructed to disburse US$1.2 billion to Uganda to oil the war machinery while Zimbabwe was denied US$120 million for having undertaken drastic measures that ensured that its indigenous population remained economically weak while their white counterparts smiled all the way to the bank.

The conditions listed by the IMF for Zimbabwe to qualify for at most US$45 million (as the first disbursement) included inter alia ; withdrawal of troops from the DRC, suspension of the land redistribution programme and assurance to Britain that if opposition leader of the Movement of Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai was to stand as a presidential candidate representing British interests, Robert Mugabe would kindly oblige even if it meant stepping down before the end of his term of office. These assurances are what Britain and Collin Powell call democracy.

Since Robert Mugabe opted to mail the IMF conditions list back to London where it was crafted, the resident at No.10 Downing Street, London, has never had sleep. He has often flown to Washington to consult and engineer a regime of political, military and economic blockade against Zimbabwe all aimed to force Mugabe to surrender. Within Zimbabwe itself, Morgan Tsvangirai was elevated in status to presidential material even though he can hardly understand the basic principles of sovreignty. According to Tsvangirai, it is the British whom Zimbabweans must pray to in order for the economy to get back to the tracks. Leading by example, Tsvangirai has begged the British to divert millions of Pounds meant for compensation to white farmers to fund his political party . In return, Tvsangirai has promised the British not to meddle with thousands of white owned farms which Mugabe has acquired for redistribution to 90% of the population. London has also ensured that the so-called "Rule of Law" with regards to land reform becomes a daily song among the white community, the judiciary and Tsvangirai's supporters who are benefiting from the cash payments from London.

London is equally dissatisfied with the turn of events in the Democratic Republic of Congo particularly the revelations by the UN Committee on the DRC which branded Uganda and Rwanda the aggressors and looters of Congo's mineral resources. By implication, the UN findings suggest that Ugandan and Rwandan imperial backers, namely, Britain and USA are equally guilty of looting and aggression. To counter these damaging findings, the British government through its Department of International Development is spearheading a vigorous campaign to disrupt Zimbabwe's joint - venture economic projects which have a potential to generate foreign currency for the country.

The British intelligence has particularly singled out a Kenyan registered Non-Governmental Organization named as Global Witness, Environment and law to undermine and discredit Zimbabwe's economic ventures in the DRC. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (TV) reported on 11 May, 2001 that two Britons, Rosalind Reeve and Sean Padraig Alley, landed at Harare international airport claiming to represent NGO, Global Witness with the aim of carrying an environmental assessment of Zimbabwe Forestry Commission's timber logging activities in the DRC. The Forestry Commission was granted logging concessions in the DRC during bilateral discussions held in year 2000 between the DRC and Zimbabwe government officials. The deal was subsequently finalised in March this year. The two British spy agents made themselves bare to the officials of the Forestry Commission by exposing unprecedented interest in the project at a time when no British government official including its High Commission is in talking terms with their Zimbabwean counterparts.

The visit by Reeve and Alley was at the behest of the DFID, an auxilliary arm of the M16 operations in Zimbabwe. The DIFD identified the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe as a target having the potential of spurring economic growth in the country through joint-ventures with DRC companies. The DIFD approached the Forestry Commission on 15 May 2001, with a broad spectrum proposal to fund certain projects under the auspices of the newly formed Forestry Company. The Commission had been made to believe that funds that were approved two years ago by the DIFD would not be released until the parastatal (public company) was privatised. The MI6 had earlier in January 2001, seconded David Smith to the DIFD Harare office to assess the progress made on the privatisation of the Forestry Commission. Smith eventually returned to London without presenting and assessment report to the Forestry Commission.

London's desperate efforts to infiltrate intelligence officers into the Forestry Commission/Company is part of a big picture which would see the private company being unable to pursue its joint-venture with the DRC. The activation of the NGO-Global Witness to monitor the Forestry Company operations within the DRC would ensure that these will not be spared the kind of negative publicity that is gripping Zimbabwe at the moment. But what has already emerged from the relationship between the Forestry Commission and DIFD is that no funds would be released to the privatised company as long as the DRC joint venture is part of the company's recovery programme. The British have the desire to control the ownership of Forestry Commission and are determined at all cost to prevent other players from getting involved.

The big picture is that whoever controls the Forestry Company would be able to determine where the company can do business. Cognisant of the fact that the British are already exploiting resources in the DRC - rebel held areas, the acquisition of the Forestry Commission would be an added advantage in the event that Tsvangirai becomes president of Zimbabwe. On the other hand the resolution of the DRC conflict is being designed by both Washington and London to be in favour of the invading forces, the reason why the MLC rebel Leader, Bemba is being encouraged to keep holding frontline positions in preparation for a final attack by the rebels at a time when Zimbabwean and Sadc troops would have been withdrawn .The big picture has the UN playing its part by refusing to deploy more that 3000 troops in the vast African country.

With the warning shots having been fired by combative Collin Powell who did not hide America's intention to forcibly remove Mugabe from office, the resumption of hostilities in the DRC is no longer an issue of probabilities but a matter of when. So far nothing has taken shape which tend to suggest that Washington and London condemn the Ugandan and Rwandan invasion of the DRC. Instead what has been widely publicised is that Mugabe must be removed from the office for daring to reverse the gains of colonialism in his country and the DRC.

By Glob's Research and Documentation Team

June 6, 2001

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