Zimbabwe opposition party wins post of parliament speaker
The Los Angeles Times By Robyn Dixon 26 August 2008 The election of a candidate from the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, deals a blow to President Robert Mugabe’s regime. The vote is seen as a key test of who will control parliament. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party won its first
Blow for Robert Mugabe as Morgan Tsvangirai’s man elected Speaker
The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa Correspondent and Peta Thornycroft in Harare 26 August 2008 Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe suffered a major blow to his attempts to hold on to power when an MP from Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change was elected as speaker of parliament. In a stunning upset Lovemore Moyo, chairman
SW Radio Africa Hotseat Transcript – Journalist Violet Gonda interviews Senator David Coltart and political analyst Brian Kagoro
SW Radio Africa Broadcast 15 August 2008 Violet Gonda: We welcome David Coltart who is a newly elected senator for the MDC led by Arthur Mutambara and Brian Kagoro a political analyst, on the programme Hot Seat. Thank you for joining us. Coltart & Kagoro: Thank you Violet. Gonda: Let me start with David. The
Politics, the educated elite and related matters
The Zimbabwe Times By Geoffrey Nyarota 14 August 2009 (Published in The Financial Gazette, 2006) ANY Zimbabwean politician who despises those of his compatriots who are less academically inclined or accomplished than him invites the wrath of people who constitute the majority of the electorate. While our country’s adult literacy figures are high by any
Revolt looms in Mutambara faction of MDC
The Zimbabwe Independent 15 August 2008 THE Arthur Mutambara led-MDC faces a revolt within its ranks after its leader allegedly agreed on all issues under discussion with President Robert Mugabe during the Sadc-initiated dialogue mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki. It has emerged that the majority of MPs, senators and supporters in the party
Zimbabwe: Mugabe set to keep power amid rumours of breakaway deal
The Guardian By Chris McGreal 14 August 2008 Robert Mugabe will shortly install a new government in Zimbabwe following the collapse of political negotiations with his principal rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, according to the state-run press. But the leader of an opposition faction, Arthur Mutambara, denied claims by Mugabe’s officials that he will join the administration,
Africa urgently needs its own Age of Enlightenment
GhanaDot.com By James Shikwati August 13, 2008 “The majority of Africans today are poorer than those who lived in the Stone Age Era,” Prof. Gregory Clark tore into our presentation. A Sydney based think tank, The Center for Independent Studies (CIS) introduced Africa to leading Australian business people and politicians. In a forum dubbed ‘Where
‘No deal yet’
The Zimbabwean Guardian Staff reporter Wednesday, 13 August 2008 UNBELIEVABLY, for the positive role he has played in the current political negotiations on Zimbabwe, South African President, Thabo Mbeki’s own position is now expected to come under scrutiny this weekend at a meeting of regional powers! With hot communication lines buzzing throughout the world on
Mutambara Faction MPS Threaten to Quit
Radio Voice of the People 13 August 2008 HARARE, August 13 2008 – Seven Members of Parliament (MPs) aligned to the Mutambara led Movement for Democratic Change on Tuesday reportedly threatened to leave the faction if their leadership signed a deal with President Robert Mugabe. MP for Mangwe, Edward Tshotsho Mkhosi, is said to have
Mugabe party claims deal struck with opposition faction
The Daily Telegraph By Peta Thornycroft In Harare And Sebastien Berger 13 August 2008 Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party claims to have signed a power-sharing deal with a faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to create a new government in Zimbabwe. The agreement with Arthur Mutambara would sideline Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of