Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe’s iconic musician of hope, has died
Quartz Africa 23rd January 2019 By Farai Shawn Matiashe & Lynsey Chutel in Harare Zimbabwe Oliver Mtukudzi, the musician fondly known as Tuku, has died at the age of 66. Mtukudzi died Wednesday (Jan. 23) at Avenues Clinic in Harare. An international star with a fan base across the continent, Mtukudzi is mourned at home in Zimbabwe and around the
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
TheConversation.com 22nd January 2019 As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily arrested and detained, while hundreds are displaced or in safe houses in and outside the
Mnangagwa rushes home amid impeachment talk; ‘third force’ in rampant looting as police watch
NewZimbabwe.com 21st January 2019 By UK Bureau & Associated Press PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Sunday that he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after a week of turmoil in which activists have said at least a dozen people have been killed in a government crackdown. Mnangagwa had been under
‘Even Mugabe never shut internet down’; blockade used to hide ‘crimes against humanity’ says Coltart
NewZimbabwe.com By UK Bureau & Paidashe Mandivengerei in Harare 21st January 2019 SENIOR opposition politicians and former cabinet ministers have accused the government of using an “unprecedented and illegal†internet shutdown imposed last week to hide the administration crimes against humanity. Former education minister and opposition MDC politician David Coltart described the blockade as a
Kirsty Coventry Should Resign, Otherwise She’ll Be Culpable Of Government Crimes, Says David Coltart
Pindula News 20th January 2019 Supporting calls for Kirsty Coventry to resign, lawyer and former government minister David Coltart, said today that Coventry should resign as she risks being culpable of ongoing government violence against Zimbabweans. Coltart was responding to a conversation started by another prominent lawyer, Fadzai Mahare, who said she respected Coventry’s decision
Zimbabwe Says Men Dressed in Police, Army Uniforms Wrought Havoc
Bloomberg By Brian Latham and Desmond Kumbuka 20th January 2019 Zimbabwe’s police and military blamed violence during last week’s protest on men masquerading as soldiers in stolen military uniforms. Criminals dressed as soldiers and police “hired vehicles from car hire companies†before committing criminal acts, police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters late Saturday in the capital, Harare. “The
UK summons Zim envoy over violence
Newsday By Newsday - January 19, 2019 BRITISH Africa Minister Harriett Baldwin on Thursday summoned Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Retired Colonel Christian Katsande, to discuss the Theresa May government’s concerns over reports of violence, killings of demonstrators, internet blackout and a security crackdown in the country this week. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA Harriet said Britain was deeply
Victims tell tales of army brutality
Newsday By Newsday - January 19, 2019 IN a shocking exposé, victims of the violent attacks by uniformed military and police officers have spilled more graphic details about how they werebludgeoned with blunt objects and torched with piping hot metal rods. By Phyllis Mbanje/Everson Mushava So barbaric were the attacks which are still ongoing in most parts of
The Mnangagwa regime’s blocking of the internet, particularly Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp and YouTube in Zimbabwe is the modern day equivalent of Nazi book burnings. The world needs to act against this urgently.
Senator David Coltart Bulawayo 19th January 2019 The Mnangagwa regime took the unprecedented, unconstitutional, and therefore illegal action, of turning off the internet entirely and throughout Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Not even Robert Mugabe ever turned off the internet during his rule. Since then the internet has largely remained cut off and certain sites such as
What Martin Luther King might have said to ZANU PF at this time
I’ve seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and I have see hate on the faces of too many ZANU PF youth and thugs to want to hate, myself; and every time I see it: I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to