The German Company with Zimbabwean Blood On Its Hands
Iaindale.blogspot.com By Iain Dale 22 June 2008 A company with direct links to such household names as The Post Office and the Royal Bank of Scotland is propping up Robert Mugabe’s despotic rule in Zimbabwe by printing its bank notes. In the past month, these increasingly worthless notes have been used to bribe officials in
Let’s finish it! Tsvangirai in call to bring down Mugabe
Independent, UK By Basildon Peta in Johannesburg and Daniel Howden Saturday, 21 June 2008 Zimbabwe’s main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will decide tomorrow whether to boycott what is seen as the country’s most important election since independence. The run-off next week between the MDC’s Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe has been
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
Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown, calls for election observers
Europe News June 9, 2008 Stockholm – Members of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said Monday they feared further violence by President Robert Mugabe’s government ahead of the presidential run- off. ‘It is quite clear to us that Robert Mugabe is prepared to do literally anything to secure victory,’ David Coltart, an MDC
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