Category Archives: Press reports
Zimbabwe: Grace, Those in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) Muckraker Column 20 June 2008 WHATEVER the objections of the British or Americans to a flawed election, President Mugabe could always count on the loyalty of African states who were, it often seemed, prepared to look the other way. Last weekend’s declaration by some 40 African leaders has put an end to […]
Harare cuts back on election observers
Financial Times By Tony Hawkins in Harare and Tom Burgis in Johannesburg Published: June 19 2008 20:27 Robert Mugabe’s government on Thursday slashed the number of accredited Zimbabwean election observers, further heightening fears that the result of next week’s run-off presidential poll will be manipulated. During the first round in March, the 8,800 independent monitors […]
Zimbabwean police poised to charge Biti with treason
The Star (SA), 18th June 2008 Lawyers say his continued detention is an enormous challenge to SADC A Harare High Court judge has refused to free top opposition politician and mediator Tendai Biti even though police failed to charge him with any crime six days after he returned home and was immediately arrested. Biti, secretary-general […]
Murdered by Mugabe’s mob
The Independent By Daniel Howden and Raymond Whitaker Monday, 2 June 2008 Tonderai Ndira will not be campaigning when Zimbabwe votes again. He will not rally his neighbourhood, as he did two months ago, for one last push against an unwanted regime. Instead, he is buried in an unmarked grave in the Warren Hills cemetery […]
AK 47 – weapon of choice for Mugabe’s thugs
The Zimbabwean Saturday, 31 May 2008 “Instead of being a source of hope to the people, the police have become a threat.†HARARE Deadly AK47 rifles have become the weapon of choice for thugs involved in murder, kidnapping and torture throughout Zimbabwe. Suspiciously, though, the police have not been able to apprehend a single suspect […]
Challenger blasts Mugabe’s rule
The BBC 30th May 2008 Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has described the country under President Robert Mugabe as an “unmitigated embarrassment” to Africa. He said that during 28 years of Mr Mugabe’s rule, services such as education and healthcare had gone from the best in Africa to among the worst. He is standing against […]
MDC upbeat in face of Mugabe’s “campaign of fear”
In the News UK Thursday, 29 May 2008 Robert Mugabe is waging a campaign of violence against the MDC. He is attempting to cling to power in Zimbabwe as pressure for change builds and builds. Robert Mugabe is waging a campaign of intimidation and violence against Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a senior party […]
Regime coup threat if Mugabe loses poll
The Sydney Morning Herald Robyn Dixon in Johannesburg May 26, 2008 JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe hangs in dangerous political limbo: the ruling clique clings to power amid rumours of a coup if the incumbent, Robert Mugabe, loses the presidential run-off. His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, far from facing down military hardliners, has returned to Harare after weeks of […]
Zimbabwe Is On A Political Precipice
Intellpuke 24 May 2008 By Robyn Dixon Zimbabwe hangs in a dangerous political limbo: A ruling party clique clings to power amid rumors of a coup if President Robert Mugabe loses the upcoming presidential runoff. His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, far from facing down military hard-liners, has been out of the country for weeks, fearing assassination. […]
Mbeki ‘threw toys out of cot’ over Khampepe report
Business Day By Michael Bleby – Writer at Large Wednesday 14 May 2008 NEWS of a second Khampepe report, the analysis Judge Sisi Khampepe wrote with Judge Dikgang Moseneke for President Thabo Mbeki of the skewed 2002 Zimbabwean presidential election and which he has sat on since then, has got a number of people hot […]