Zimbabwe humanitarian crisis is world’s worst
By Jeremy Lovell LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe has become the world’s worst but is still largely ignored by the international community, a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Monday. David Coltart, one of Zimbabwe’s leading white politicians and member of parliament for a mainly black
David Coltart’s Blog 16 September 2007
I have decided that I need to write a short blog periodically which will be designed to convey some of my more personal thoughts. To that extent it will not be confined solely to political issues. I hope you enjoy it and give me feedback. David Bulawayo 16 September 2007
Parched city is forced to drink sewage while Mugabe ‘plays a political game’
The Times (UK), 15 September 2007 Jan Raath in Bulawayo It did not smell too bad and her family had not become sick, even after drinking it for the past two months. “Some people say it is sewage, but they may be making it up,” she said as she heaved a 25 litre drum up
Zimbabwe debate in London on 19 September 2007
Join us in the great Intelligence2 debate By Matthew d’Ancona of The Spectator Civilised debate is the essence of The Spectator: it is what animated ‘the little Committee of Politicks’ that Joseph Addison encountered in the St James’s Coffee-house and described in the magazine in March 1711. Three centuries on, it is the desire for
Robert Mugabe critic Archbishop Ncube quits over sex scandal
From Times Online September 11, 2007 By Jan Raath, of The Times, Harare Archbishop Pius Ncube, one of the most vocal opponents of Robert Mugabe, announced his resignation today as a result of an alleged sex scandal. The Archbishop came under fire in July after images emerged in state-controlled media allegedly showing him naked in
Zimbabwe Archbishop Resigns in Scandal
Tuesday September 11, 2007 By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY (AP) – An archbishop who was an outspoken critic of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal has resigned, saying Tuesday he wanted to shield his church from attack. Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Archbishop Pius Ncube,
Zinwa takeover of city water was ill-timed: Parliamentary committee
Zim Independent 7 September 2007 Orirando Manwere THE Zanu PF-dominated parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development still maintains that the takeover of water and sewer reticulation services in urban centres by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority was not in the best interests of residents as the purported consultation was confined
Precious Stones Bill passed
The Zimbabwe Independent 7th September 2007 THE Precious Stones Trade Amendment Bill on Wednesday went through its second and third readings in Parliament without amendments despite debate on the effectiveness of the proposed five-year mandatory custodial sentence for its contravention. The Bill, which, among other things, seeks to redefine precious stones and make provisions for
Zimbabwe: Precious Stones Bill Passed
The Herald (Harare) 6 September 2007 The House of Assembly on Wednesday passed without amendment the Precious Stones Trade Amendment Bill that seeks to deal with illegal trade in diamonds following the recent discovery of the mineral in some parts of the country. Both sides of the House were in agreement that the Bill was
Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe – A speech given at Chatham House, London
By Eileen Sawyer – former National Director of the Legal Resources Foundation Chatham House, London, 4th September 2007 “Gukurahundi†is the Shona name which the Mugabe regime used to describe the massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands in Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1987. It means the early rain which washes away the chaff before the