Monthly Archives: July 2007
No mealie meal in Bulawayo as nation starves
Voice of America July 29 2007 By Peta Thornycroft There has been no mealie meal in Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo for the past week.Not a single bag has been available in any of the city’s supermarkets and even blackmarket supplies have dried up. “We are very worried and we are not yet ready to increase […]
Hundreds pray for scandal-hit Ncube
Independent On Line/SAPA July 25 2007 Bulawayo – Hundreds of residents in Zimbabwe’s second city thronged the cathedral on Wednesday for prayers in support of outspoken Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube who is being sued for alleged adultery. “The purpose of the prayer was mobilising and giving moral, spiritual, mental and physical support to Archbishop […]
Wounding cuts
Leader Saturday July 21, 2007 The Guardian It was presented as medicine, but the shock therapy being applied to Zimbabwe is poison. Three weeks ago President Robert Mugabe ordered that prices be cut by at least half. It was a panic response to galloping inflation, which had reached the point where the price of some […]
Mugabe’s price cuts spur national spending spree
A NATION IN CRISIS: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s bid to curb runaway inflation by decree has resulted in a countrywide run on consumer products THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Tuesday, Jul 17, 2007 Zimbabweans are shopping like there’s no tomorrow. With police patroling the aisles of Harare’s electrical shops to enforce massive government-ordered price cuts, the widescreen […]
Fiercest Critic of Zimbabwe’s President Sued For Adultery
By Peta Thornycroft Voice of America 17 July 2007 Zimbabwe’s state-controlled media are carrying explicit photographs of a man they claim is Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube, allegedly taken with a naked woman inside his bedroom. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA the outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe is being sued by a civil servant who […]
Blaze of state publicity for adultery claim against Roman Catholic archbishop, Mugabe critic
International Herald Tribune The Associated Press Published: July 16, 2007 HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was named in an adultery case Monday in what his lawyers called an “orchestrated attempt” to embarrass the outspoken government critic. Attorney Nick Matonzi said Ncube was in his office in the second city of Bulawayo when […]
Mugabe’s price cuts bring cheap TVs today, new crisis tomorrow
Police and Zanu-PF lead bargain hunt after officials order shops to act The Guardian By Chris McGreal in Harare Monday July 16, 2007 Zimbabweans are shopping like there’s no tomorrow. With police patrolling the aisles of Harare’s electrical shops to enforce massive government-ordered price cuts, the widescreen TVs were the first things to go, for […]
Silent signs of change
International Herald Tribune By David Coltart Published: July 13, 2007 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As I marched in protest with a handful of fellow Zimbabwean lawyers in Bulawayo recently, I looked into the eyes of the riot police and believed that I saw the beginning of cracks in the regime. The Law Society of Zimbabwe called a […]
Statement regarding MDC negotiations
We have noted the comments attributed to Morgan Tsvangirai this past weekend, in particular the following statement: “On our part, there have been calls across the board for unity within the MDC. I have argued against elite pacts. I have argued against attempts to pick-up individuals for specific party positions. That process cannot be regarded […]