Monthly Archives: April 2008
Senator tells: Why the fight is still ahead for Zimbabweans
Crikey Tuesday, 8 April 2008 Interview by Thomas Hunter: David Coltart is a senator with the Zimbabwean opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change. He was first elected to office in 2000, before which he worked as a human rights lawyer. He spoke to Crikey from Zimbabwe late yesterday. Following Mugabe’s corruption of the first […]
Analysis of the election results so far
It is with considerable, but not unreserved, optimism that I write today because the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finally completed the announcement of the House of Assembly results. The final tally is historic because for the first time in 28 years Zanu PF has lost control of the House of Assembly. Of the 210 […]
Zimbabwe elections: Leader in waiting
The Independent By Daniel Howden in Harare Thursday, 3 April 2008 After days of uncertainty, it is official: Robert Mugabe has finally lost control of Zimbabwe’s parliament. How much longer can he resist Morgan Tsvangirai? It was a moment many believed they would never see. Zimbabwe’s ruling party lost control of parliament yesterday and this […]