MDC Legal Affairs Department Report 2000 to 2005
When the first congress of the MDC was held in January 2000 very few people would have predicted that the ZANU PF regime would be prepared to go to such extreme lengths to hold onto power. Very few people anticipated that so many MDC activists would suffer at the hands of the ZANU PF regime
New Political Leader Emerging for Zimbabwe Opposition
Peta Thornycroft The recent split in Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change has the country’s opposition in disarray. However, a potential new leader has moved into view. Arthur Mutambara is a former student leader who is now recognized as one of Africa’s most prominent scientists. Fifteen years ago at the University of Zimbabwe he lead the
Tsvangirai fights for control of Parliament
New Zimbabwe A FACTION of Zimbabwe’s divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) loyal to party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has petitioned Zimbabwe’s Speaker of Parliament to ignore parliamentary appointments made by an opposition faction last week. Innocent Gonese, was the MDC’s parliamentary chief whip until a faction loyal to Tsvangirai’s deputy, Gibson Sibanda, replaced him
MDC leadership approved Ncube-Chinamasa talks
The Zimbabwean by Paul Themba Nyathi EDITOR – JR Mutare makes false and unsubstantiated claims against Professor Welshman Ncube, the MDC Secretary General. He casts negative aspersions on Professor Ncube’s integrity as a leader and makes malicious allegations that are clearly meant to project him as an unreliable and manipulative character, who went into negotiations
War of words in parliament over African Commission report
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe News By Lance Guma A war of words has erupted between government Chief Whip in parliament Joram Gumbo and opposition MP David Coltart over a report by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) regarding Zimbabwe’s human rights situation. Coltart moved a motion in parliament commending the ACHPR for
Spend this note like it’s going out of fashion
Sydney Morning Herald By Rochelle Mutton in Johannesburg THE problem with Zimbabwean money is that in the hyper-inflated economy, notes have become worth less than the paper they’re printed on. To try to keep up with runaway inflation, Zimbabwe’s central bank has released a new $Z50,000 note. Word on the street is to spend it
Government Chief Whip castigates MDC’s Coltart
The Herald Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Cde Joram Gumbo has castigated Bulawayo South MP Mr David Coltart (MDC) for misleading the House of Assembly on the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) position on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Cde Gumbo told the Assembly on Thursday that contrary to claims by
Spend this note like it’s going out of fashion
Sydney Morning Herald By Rochelle Mutton in Johannesburg THE problem with Zimbabwean money is that in the hyper-inflated economy, notes have become worth less than the paper they’re printed on. To try to keep up with runaway inflation, Zimbabwe’s central bank has released a new $Z50,000 note. Word on the street is to spend it
MDC faction seizes control of parliamentary party
New Zimbabwe A faction of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposed to leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has taken control of the parliamentary party and moved swiftly to appoint a new shadow cabinet. Paul Themba Nyathi, a spokesman for the faction led by Tsvangirai’s deputy, Gibson Sibanda, unveiled the new shadow cabinet in a statement
Motion: Report of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in Zimbabwe
Extract from Hansard (edited) MR COLTART: Madam Speaker, on the 5th of December last year the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights passed a resolution in Banjul, I had asked that the Resolution be printed but due to problems with this Honorable House’s photocopying equipment – the Resolution could not be printed in time