Category Archives: Press reports
Probe team vindicates MDC claim
The Independent THE MDC team that inspected the disputed 2002 presidential poll has produced a report alleging that at least 490 000 fraudulent votes were stuffed into ballot boxes to give President Robert Mugabe his fifth term in office. In an interview on Tuesday, the party’s former secretary for legal affairs, David Coltart, said: “After […]
Zimbabwe: Coltart Gives Tsvangirai Ultimatum
Zimbabwe Independent – Clemence Manyukwe MDC MP David Coltart, who is trying to play arbiter in the party’s feud, has given anti-senate president Morgan Tsvangirai a deadline to respond to his proposals to negotiate the party’s formal split. The rival faction led by Arthur Mutambara has given the nod to Coltart to work out a […]
Mutambara is already messing up big time
Zimbabwe Standard Letter to the Editor I AM disturbed by the antics of Arthur Mutambara. In the few weeks he has been in mainstream politics, Mutambara has already messed up big time. This is surprising coming from someone who is very educated. Maybe this is proof that true leadership is not based on intellectual prowess […]
MDC factions lock horns in Budiriro
Zimbabwe Independent Both MDC factions are set to face off in the Budiriro by-election following indications that they will field rival candidates for the poll slated for May 20, in clear evidence that their split is final. The fielding of competing candidates by the two factions is most likely to split the opposition vote in […]
MDC reconciliation chances ‘very minimal’ – Coltart
New Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change peace maker David Coltart has said that chances of a reconciliation between the party’s feuding factions are now “very minimal” following the latest round of legal battles. Coltart had proposed a five-point plan for possible negotiations for reunification or amicable divorce between the feuding parties. In a letters written […]
House of Assembly ratifies UN, African Union conventions
The Herald Herald Reporter THE House of Assembly yesterday ratified the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption which seek to provide a legal framework for curbing the vice at global and regional levels. Minister of State for State Enterprises, Anti-Monopolies and Anti-Corruption Cde Paul Mangwana told […]
MDC rival camps fight over assets
Zimbabwe Independent Augustine Mukaro CLASHES erupted this week over the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)’s assets and areas of influence as the split in the party deepens. The two factions locked horns over a motor vehicle on Wednesday that was in the Arthur Mutambara camp’s possession. It was seized in the centre of Harare […]
MDC split: Coltart in a dilemma
Zimbabwe Independent Loughty Dube MDC secretary for legal affairs, David Coltart, is in a dilemma over which side to back between Arthur Mutambara and the Morgan Tsvangirai factions, it has been established. Mutambara’s faction has left the post of legal affairs secretary open as they wait for Coltart’s decision. Coltart, who has said his political […]
Government drafts new anti-terrorism laws aimed at opposition
SW Radio Africa A leading opposition legislator has said government can introduce as many laws as it wants but that will not stop the people’s quest for freedom and liberty. Responding to government’s introduction of a new law to curb acts of international terrorism in the country David Coltart, MDC MP for Bulawayo South, said […]
MDC future still open-ended affair
The Zimbabwe Independent THE future of a united opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is set to be decided in the coming few weeks as negotiators tasked to chart the way forward are due to make contact with the leadership of both factions anytime from this week, sources close to the negotiations have revealed. The […]