Proposal to broker an amicable divorce – letters to Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda
Full versions of letters to Morgan Tsvangirai (dated 27 January 2006) and Gibson Sibanda (dated 8 February 2006) can be downloaded below. The opening paragraph of both letters reads as follows… Reference: proposal to broker an amicable divorce I refer to our discussion when I first raised with you the possibility of trying to
Motion brought by the Hon David Coltart regarding the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on Zimbabwe
Dated 5 December 2005: Tabled by David Coltart on 7 February 2006 NOTING the resolution of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the situation of human rights in Zimbabwe passed in Banjul on the 5th December 2005 set out in full below; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights meeting at
U.S. priorities dictate spread of democracy
Washington Post By Peter Baker WASHINGTON – Sitting in a prison cell halfway around the planet, an Egyptian opposition leader forced President Bush this month to confront the question of how serious he was when he vowed to devote his second term to “ending tyranny in our world.” Ayman Nour, who dared challenge Egypt’s authoritarian
EC ambassadors to tour Manicaland
The Herald FIFTEEN ambassadors of the European Union accredited to Zimbabwe and the Head of Delegation of the European Commission are this week visiting EU-funded projects in Manicaland Province. The visit, which is organised by the delegation of the EC, is taking the ambassadors to Rusape, Nyanga and Mutare, where several EU-funded projects are under
Now aristocrats will be evicted for living too close to Mugabe
Daily Telegraph (UK) Harare – Owners of property next to President Robert Mugabe’s retirement mansion have received written warning that their houses will be confiscated by the state. The move represents the first time Zimbabwe’s elite, both black and white, have suffered at first hand. Millions of Zimbabweans were affected by last year’s “clearances” of
Shoot to kill
Newsweek By Joshua Hammer Inside the hidden links between American big-game hunters and Zimbabwe’s Mugabe dictatorship Jocelyn Chiwenga is not a woman to be taken lightly. The wife of Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, commander-in-chief of Zimbabwe’s armed forces, Mrs. Chiwenga has earned a reputation in her own right as a vicious enforcer for President Robert Mugabe
Ncube not a natural
The Zimbabwean EDITOR – In a development that shocked many Zimbabweans a couple of years ago, the State owned daily newspaper, The Herald carried full page headline story which gave the profile of MDC Secretary-General, Professor Welshman Ncube. It was very rare for the state owned media to give positive coverage to anyone in the
Zimbabwe judges compromised by Mugabe’s largesse, say lawyers
Zimonline HARARE – Too many of Zimbabwe’s judges and magistrates have benefited from the government’s political largesse that the bench could not be deemed independent, local human rights lawyers and activists said yesterday. The lawyers and activists were reacting to a statement by Judge President Paddington Garwe, when he opened Zimbabwe’s legal year yesterday that
Bulawayo South constituency: End of year letter – 2005
Dear Friends, I cannot believe how this year has flown. In some ways it seems just yesterday that I was honoured and grateful to be re-elected by you as an MDC MP with a 76% majority. However that was in March and eight months have gone by since then. You will recall that in the
MDC banishes ‘rebels’
Zimbabwe Independent THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) national council yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in executive members of the pro-senate faction, barring them from carrying out party functions until the party congress next year. The resolution suspends deputy president Gibson Sibanda, secretary-general Welshman Ncube and his deputy Gift Chimanikire, treasurer Fletcher Dulini-Ncube,