Staring down the barrel
Mail and Guardian Homepage By Jason Moyo January 16 2009 The future of Zimbabwe’s power-sharing agreement will likely be decided on Sunday when the national executive of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) meets to decide whether to join President Robert Mugabe in a unity government. Meanwhile, Parliament is expected to resume sitting on
Joining Govt only option available to main MDC – Coltart
Zimdaily 12 January 2009 ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Senator David Coltart of the Arthur Mutambara-led MDC says the main MDC must join government saying there is no other viable non-violent option open to Zimbabweans. “The combined MDC should join the transitional government under protest and reserve its right to withdraw from the government if need
For Zimbabwe’s Dead, a Final Indignity
Washington Post Foreign Service By Karin Brulliard Sunday, January 11, 2009 As More Perish and Poverty Deepens, Kin Abandon Traditions HARARE, Zimbabwe — Noel Nefitali died of cholera on Dec. 28 at age 35, though no one passing by his grave site would know that. The cheapest chipboard coffin and funeral parlor fees alone had
Of PF ZAPU and year of the bull
Financial Gazette 8 January 2009 By Njabulo Ncube, Political Editor Of PF ZAPU and year of the bull Njabulo Ncube, Political Editor ASTROLOGISTS from the country’s all-weather friends — the Chinese — say 2009 is the year of the bull or ox. With ZANU-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) seemingly miles away
Zimbabwe Police Defy High Court Order
VOA By Peta Thornycroft 26 December 2008 Lawyers representing detained pro-democracy activists and officials of the Movement for Democratic Change say police have refused to release any of those who the Harare High Court ordered freed on Christmas Eve. At least six of the nine who were charged with terrorism and were abducted weeks ago
Zimbabwe must change now
The Australian By David Coltart December 24, 2008 ZIMBABWE is in the vortex of a perfect humanitarian storm; an unprecedented convergence of AIDS, poverty, hyperinflation, malnutrition, a regime that does not care and, now, cholera. The humanitarian crisis has its roots in the political crisis. The political agreement signed in September by ZANU-PF and both
A Port in Zimbabwe’s Storm
Washington Post By David Coltart Wednesday, December 24, 2008 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe — There is a perfect humanitarian storm in my country. The threats of AIDS, poverty, hyperinflation and malnutrition, and now cholera, combined with a regime that has given up on its people, add up to an all-but-untenable state of affairs. It is difficult to
Reviewing 2008, Zimbabwe’s Troubles, and Saudi Spending
Council for Foreign Relations December 24, 2008 Washington Post o Clear Conscience: In an editorial, the paper writes that the incoming White House counsel finds no problems with how Barack Obama’s staff dealt with Rod Blagojevich, adding that without any indication of impropriety, Obama and his team can put the Blagojevich business behind them. o
Human rights threatened
France 24 TV Friday 19 December 2008 By ALEX DUVAL SMITH – CAROLINE DUMAY – GRAHAM WALSH (video) Thirty years since Zimbabwe’s liberation and Robert Mugabe’s regime is still on the same warpath. Today’s enemy is the political opposition, accused of being western puppets. Human rights activists are the regime’s new target. Senator David Coltart,
‘Assassination attempt’ on Mugabe henchman
The Independent By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent Wednesday, 17 December 2008 The notorious Air Marshal Perence Shiri, who orchestrated the Matabeleland massacres in 1982, is said to have been shot in the arm in an assassination bid. President Robert Mugabe is planning to declare a state of emergency in Zimbabwe, the opposition said yesterday, after