Monthly Archives: April 2008
Mugabe’s Money Men
By Roger Bate of America Enterprise Institute Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 National Review Online A company with links to a U.S. government contractor is enabling Robert Mugabe despotic rule in Zimbabwe by printing bank notes. In the past month, these increasingly worthless notes have been used to bribe officials in the public sector, army, […]
Bulawayo Woman Arrested And Released On Bail
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek) PRESS RELEASE 15 April 2008 A 60-year old Bulawayo woman, Margaret Ann Kriel, was arrested in the city on 10 April 2008 on allegations of practicing journalism without accreditation in violation of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), as amended in 2007. She was […]
Zim electoral commission ‘brazen liars’ – MDC
The Star – Joahnnesburg 14th April 2008 By Peta Thornycroft One of the authors of Zimbabwe’s new electoral laws says next week’s scheduled recount of 23 constituencies will be illegal. Welshman Ncube, one of two Movement for Democratic Change negotiators who spent much of 2007 locked into rewriting some of Zimbabwe’s contentious laws with Zanu-PF […]
Zambia talks fail to find solution to political crisis rocking Zimbabwe
TORONTO STAR BY OAKLAND ROSS Apr 13, 2008 04:30 AM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA–The guest of honour failed to show up; the most powerful man in the room said there was nothing to worry about; everyone talked for a while and then went home. But an emergency summit of southern African leaders held yesterday in the […]
Intimidation mounts in Zimbabwe as police ban rallies
The Independent (London) By A Special Correspondent in Bulawayo Saturday, 12 April 2008 Robert Mugabe’s government banned all political rallies in Zimbabwe yesterday as tension and intimidation mounted over the still-unannounced results of the presidential election held two weeks ago today. Police claimed they did not have the manpower to deal with political gatherings when […]
Run-off-Delay Fears
Institute for War and Peace Reporting By Hativagone Mushonga in Harare (AR No. 166, 11-Apr-08) Opponents fear the president plans to engineer “technical coupâ€. President Robert Mugabe has delivered another shock by recalling his cabinet, which by law was suspended ahead of the March 29 elections. Some see the move as a sign that Mugabe […]
Gukurahundi Reconciliation Urged
Institute for War and Peace Reporting By Fiso Dingaan 11 April 2008 Fighting hard to hold back tears, 52-year-old Ernest Ngwenya points to three mounds of soil crudely marked with stones and burnt logs at a clearing two kilometres from his homestead. The contorted face tells of the emotional turmoil Ngwenya is battling to control. […]
What does the Movement for Democratic Change stand for?
The Economist Apr 10th 2008 | JOHANNESBURG From The Economist print edition FOR nine years the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has focused on ousting Robert Mugabe at the ballot box. No one questions the courage and resilience of its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been imprisoned, badly beaten up and survived treason charges. But […]
Robert Mugabe steps up land grab violence
The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger in Johannesburg 9th March 2008 President Robert Mugabe’s regime has stepped up its campaign of violence in the wake of Zimbabwe’s elections, evicting more than 60 commercial farmers from their properties. The brutal response to the polls, in which Mr Mugabe is widely held to have come second to Morgan […]
Human rights lawyer warns against Zimbabwe retaliation
ABC Australia By Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan 9th March 2008 Zimbabwe Opposition supporters who claim they have been assaulted by pro-Mugabe militants are being warned not to retaliate. Human rights lawyer David Coltart, who has just been re-elected as an Opposition Senator in Zimbabwe, says President Robert Mugabe is trying to provoke his opponents. David […]