Hardtalk interview available for viewing online
I’ve had many emails saying that some people have been unable to find the Hardtalk interview on the BBC website or that you were unable to watch it online. I can confirm that it is now available for viewing online via the BBC at a page titled ‘Zimbabwe after Mugabe’. This is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6063888.stm.
Interview on BBC Hardtalk to be aired Thursday, 12 October
The BBC have apologized for the non-screening of the scheduled interview on 9 October 2006. Please be advised that the Hardtalk interview will now be screened on Thursday, 12 October 2006 at 5.30, 10.30, 16.30 and 20.30 Central African time. Please can viewers outside Zimbabwe doublecheck the times for their region by visiting the BBC
Representation of interest through civil society organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa – The Zimbabwean experience
Systems of Representation and Democratic Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa Speech given at Konrad Adenhauer Foundation Conference at Brussels 21/9/06 Representation of interest through civil society organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa The Zimbabwean experience Zimbabwe has some of the best developed, established and run civil society organisations in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of these organisations have been established
Statement regarding the arrest and alleged assault of ZCTU and MDC members
The MDC expresses its deep concern and outrage regarding the pre-emptive arrests of ZCTU members and our colleagues in the MDC, the alleged denial of access to them by lawyers and alleged assaults of them by state operatives this week. Notwithstanding the provisions of POSA, the Zimbabwean Constitution is quite clear regarding the right that
Letter to Bulawayo South Constituents September 2006
Dear Friends, When I last wrote to you in late May, explaining my views regarding the split in the MDC, I said I would write again regarding my general work as your MP, and this is now that letter. Life in Zimbabwe continues to get harder for all her people except the ruling elite who
Letter to friends
Dear Friends, I don’t know whether you have been following the recent discussion on SW Radio Africa involving Tendai and Welshman. The last transcript has just been published and this excerpt is important: “Violet: And, finally, you know, some have asked why the visionaries and luminaries in the MDC are wasting time and breath and
Mugabe plans laws to silence critics
Peta Thornycroft Zimbabwe is poised to introduce draconian laws to silence its critics, both at home and abroad, who face 20 years in jail if they “publish or communicate a falsehood”. Opposition members have condemned the measures as “the most fascist legislation this country has known”. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Bill, went through
Violence of the heart
Zimbabwe Independent Editor’s Memo By Vincent Kahiya A MARTIN Luther King commandment says “refrain from violence of the fist, tongue and heart”. Most people can stop themselves from hitting others out of fear of arrest and can bite their tongue to refrain from saying something mean, but violence of the heart is challenging. Following this
Letter to the Editor, Zimdaily
Editor, Zimdaily. 28th June 2006 Dear Sir, The article you published by Tsungai Mhaka on Monday the 26th June 2006 is in some respects false and you are invited to correct the falsehoods and publicly apologise for them. Whilst I take issue with most of what has been written as it is largely comment I
Statement of David Coltart regarding his political future
I am very proud to have been a founder member of the MDC and to have been part of the courageous struggle of the MDC during the last seven years to bring an end to tyranny in Zimbabwe. In particular I was proud to be part of a united organisation that transcended the tribal, ethnic,