Monthly Archives: February 2009

VOA By Peta Thornycroft Harare 13 February 2009 Roy Bennett, the MDC’s choice to become deputy agriculture minister, was reportedly seized at a Harare airport Friday, hours before the ministers in the unity government were to be sworn in. His arrest has dampened the spirits of many Zimbabweans looking forward to a period of rebuilding […]

Zimbabwe Times 13 February 2009 By Our Correspondent HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new unity government suffered a near still-birth when mainstream Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ministerial nominees openly refused to take part in the swearing-in ceremony at State House in Harare on Friday. The MDC members protested after Zanu-PF had apparently attempted to trick the […]

New Zimbabwe.com By Lebo Nkatazo Posted to the web: 09/02/2009 02:47:13 REFORMS: David Coltart set to be named Education Minister by Arthur Mutambara this week ARTHUR Mutambara has chosen Senator David Coltart (Khumalo) as the man to overhaul Zimbabwe’s education system, two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) sources said on Sunday. As Education Minister, Coltart, […]

The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete and Kholwani Nyathi Sunday 8th February 2009 LEADERS of the country’s three main political parties will this week be forced to do a major balancing act when they come up with their line-ups for cabinet appointments amid simmering divisions in all the camps. According to a Southern African Development Community […]

Saturday Star 7 February 2009 By Peta Thornycroft A Zimbabwean judge ended the treason trial of a top opposition leader this week, another indication that President Robert Mugabe’s party wants a proposed coalition government to work. Magistrate Olivia Mariga ruled that Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti had been improperly arrested on charges of […]

SW Radioafrica By Tichaona Sibanda 6 February 2009 New governors for the country’s ten political provinces are set to be sworn in, on the same day as ministers and their deputies. This follows an agreement in South Africa between ZANU PF and MDC negotiators that Robert Mugabe must reverse the appointment of all current ten […]

Business Day 6 February 2009 By Tony Heard A CACOPHONY of sceptics. That collective noun aptly describes the underlying disbelief over the South African-led peace effort in Zimbabwe. And it will persist. This correspondent has some personal experience of it, because last year in Business Day he ventured a test swim against this particular tide. […]

Zimbabwe Times 6th February 2009 By Raymond Maingire HARARE –David Coltart, the Senator for Khumalo representing the Mutambara-led MDC, has called for the liberalization of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Attorney General’s (AG) office, saying they have been used as partisan institutions to entrench President Robert Mugabe’s rule. As parliamentarians across the political […]

The Herald 6 February 2009 By Zvamaida Murwira CONSTITUTION of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Bill that seeks to give legal effect to the framework of the inclusive Government was unanimously passed by both the House of Assembly and Senate yesterday. The Assembly passed the Bill with a margin of 184-0 with the Senate giving it […]

www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-06 HARARE, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Zimbabwe’s senate on Thursday passed Constitutional Amendment Number 19, paving the way for the establishment of an inclusive government. The bill now awaits the signature of President Robert Mugabe to enact it into law after 72 senators who are in the House voted for its passage with no […]