Monthly Archives: August 2019

Bulawayo 24 News By Mandla Ndlovu 27th August 2019 The application by jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to get his bail pending appeal granted on Tuesday was frustrated by the State prosecutor who asked for time to respond to Chief Ndiweni’s bail application. Reports from High court say the prosecutor said the Magistrate has […]

Newsday 27th August 2019 BY NIZBERT MOYO Former director of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Matabeleland chapter who played a pivotal role in the documentation of the Gukurahundi massacres by CCJP in the 1980s, Joel Buhlalo Silonda has died. He was 95. The veteran human rights activist and educationist died on Saturday […]

The Standard 25th August 2019 In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC. Today we carry the second part of the discussion where Coltart (DC) was speaking in an exclusive […]

Bloomberg By Godfrey Marawanyika and Brian Latham 23rd August 2019 Zimbabwean police arrested a senior opposition official and will charge him for failing to stop a protest last week in the capital, Harare, his lawyer said. Amos Chibaya, the national organizing secretary of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change, was arrested on Thursday and […]

Zimeye 23rd August 2019 By Farai Dziva Overzealous police officers have bashed ARTUZ lawyer Douglas Coltart. He sustained head injuries after the attack. “My son Douglas Coltart has been located by his senior partner Beatrice Mtetwa at Harare Central police station. He has been assaulted by the police as evidenced by these photographs taken by […]

Bulawayo 24 News 21st August 2019 Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new wave ever since the massive January protests, Mnangagwa has resorted to using massive […]

Daily Mail 20th August 2019 By SOPHIE TANNO  Former auditor for Waltham Forest has been jailed for two years in Zimbabwe  He left Britain five years ago to become a chief in the Matabeleland region Felix Ndiweni, 53,  was convicted of malicious damage to property on Friday However, his supporters say his arrest was politically motivated  […]

Reuters 19th August 2019  Soldiers and police deployed in large numbers in Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo on Monday to enforce a ban on an anti-government demonstration, as the country’s main opposition party sought to overturn that decision in court. The street protest was the second called in four days by the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC), […]

The Standard 19th August 2019 Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with. Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, said both the opposition and ruling Zanu-PF were to blame. The veteran lawyer said the liberation war left a bitter […]

The Standard 18th August 2019 MDC treasurer general David Coltart has said there is need for both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition party’s leader Nelson Chamisa to drop their hardline positions if genuine dialogue about the country’s political crisis is to take off. Mnangagwa last week rejected Chamisa’s demands for a neutral mediator to […]