Embodying Zim’s hope for change
Sunday Independent (SA) By Maureen Isaacson May 04 2008 Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is not Tom Cruise. Tendai Biti, the MDC secretary-general and one of Zimbabwe’s top lawyers, says Tsvangirai, the former mineworker who looks set to rule Zimbabwe, is no actor, nor is he manipulative in the
MDC faces impossible choice over Zimbabwe run-off vote
The Independent on Sunday By Raymond Whitaker Sunday, 4 May 2008 Taking part would allow Mugabe to steal election, opposition leaders fear Zimbabwe’s opposition leaders face an agonising dilemma today as they meet to decide whether to contest the second round of the presidential election against President Robert Mugabe. On Friday, nearly five weeks after
Coltart says Zimbabwe media needs transformation
The Zimbabwe Guardian By Dyke Sithole Sunday, 04 May 2008 THE newly elected MDC Senator for Khumalo constituency, David Coltart says there is need for the transformation of both the public and private media into critical and analytical institutions of the government of the day and opposition political parties. Addressing journalists in Bulawayo during the
Zimbabwe’s opposition divided over boycott of election re-run
The Observer, Sunday May 4 2008 By Tracy McVeigh and Parker Khesani in Bulawayo MDC members fail to make a decision as their leader Morgan Tsvangirai remains abroad amid fears for his safety After a day of top level meetings, Zimbabwe’s main opposition party yesterday failed to make a decision on whether it will take
Minister disrupts Press function addressed by Senator Coltart
The Standard, 4th May 2008 Information and Publicity Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu last week disrupted a function for journalists celebrating World Press Freedom Day when he took issue with the organisers after they asked him to respond to a keynote address by Senator David Coltart. Ndlovu, who arrived shortly before the meeting at the Bulawayo Press
In Zimbabwe, population shows restraint
Chicago Tribune Apr 30, 2008 Suspiciously delayed poll results, army trucks fanning out through villages, police ransacking opposition party offices, and reports of torched huts and broken-limbed civilians _ such has been the ugly face of democracy for nearly a decade in Zimbabwe, and by now most political experts have given up asking whether millions
Farmer and family currently under seige in Zimbabwe: farm workers are being violently assaulted.
The Zimbabwean 30th April 2008 Wayne Munroe, a farmer in Nymandlovhu (just outside Bulawayo in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe), has been under siege since early this morning. His property has been encircled by in excess of 100 “war veterans”. He phoned the police in Nymandlovhu to inform them of the problem and was on the phone
What Happens If the Opposition Wins?
30 April 2008 By Dumisani O.Nkomo Dumisani Nkomo is the Chief Executive Officer of Habakkuk Trust which a Zimbabwean based information and Advocacy organization. The electoral impasse and political crisis that is currently dogging Zimbabwe could culminate in a number of scenarios, some being desirable, others undesirable but possible and yet others desirable and possible.
Zimbabwean senator: Prepare for another vote on Mugabe
Crikey.com.au Tuesday, 29 April 2008 Interview by Thomas Hunter: David Coltart is a senator with the Zimbabwean opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change. He first spoke to Crikey on 8 April, a week after the election. Three weeks on, Mugabe clings to power, with an announcement expected this week on the result of the
The sweet smell that precedes spring rains
The sweet smell that precedes spring rains By David Coltart Zimbabwean winters are dry. Between autumn in April and spring in September it does not rain much and by the time it starts warming up the soil is like powder and the velt golden brown. The baking hot days of September and October eventually yield