Mugabe wages war on poor and jobless
Sunday Independent (SA) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In the course of this week, thousands of poor Zimbabweans living in Harare, Bulawayo and other urban centres have had their lives destroyed by an increasingly vicious, brutal and paranoid regime. On the pretext of a “clean-up”, the regime’s police and army have systematically gone through our cities
Harassment of Coltart catalogued
The Zimbabwean Here we continue with the REDRESS report on human rights abuses experienced by opposition MPs and election candidates. This is what happened to David Coltart, Bulawayo South MP, and MDC Shadow Minister and Secretary for Legal Affairs. Harassment of Coltart began early on. In May 2000 when he attempted to register his candidacy
‘Ghost voters’ on voters’ roll – MDC
IOL 30th March 2005 By Fanuel Jongwe Harare – As millions of Zimbabweans prepare to vote on Thursday, the opposition says it is worried that as many as one million long-dead or non-existent voters on the roll could hand victory to President Robert Mugabe’s party. The so-called “ghost voters” or “Zimbabwe zombies” on the voters’
For Zimbabwe, Peaceful Vote, But Is It Fair?
The New York Times 18th March 2005 By Michael Wines and Sharon Lafraniere; Michael Wines reported from Filabusi for this article and Sharon Lafraniere from Johannesburg. An employee of the New York Times in Zimbabwe contributed reporting. If this is an outpost of tyranny, it was not immediately obvious in this one-road backwater buried in
Mugabe’s £5 million palace complete
IWPR By Chipo Sithole CONSTRUCTION has been completed of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s controversial £5 million mansion in Harare’s leafy northern suburbs. The 25-bedroom private house, built by a Serbian construction company Energoproject to a Chinese architectural design, has two lakes in its 44 acre landscaped grounds and is protected by a multi-million pounds radar
Government accused of confusing voters
Zimbabwe Standard ZIMBABWE has several bodies dealing with elections and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) believes this is a ploy to confuse voters. David Coltart, the MDC secretary for legal affairs, says the government has successfully hoodwinked the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) into thinking the recently enacted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act had
Mugabe turns to military to ensure victory
Seattle Post JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has increasingly turned to hard-line military commanders to cow his factious country and now is relying on them to ensure a ruling party triumph in March 31 parliamentary elections. He appointed a former colonel to run the new Election Commission last month and passed laws
Mugabe puts military at the centre of Zimbabwe’s election
The Daily Telegraph 24th January 2005 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare Mr Mugabe has given the security forces a legal role in elections President Robert Mugabe was accused yesterday of “militarising” Zimbabwe’s forthcoming election after a new law placed the army in charge of polling stations and installed the regime’s allies in every key position.
Alumnus personality profile: David Coltart (1982)
University of Cape Town: Law update Alumni News After graduating in December 1982 David joined Webb, Low and Barry (WLB) in Bulawayo. He was admitted as a legal practitioner of the High Court in February 1983. In April 1983, after being appointed Secretary of the Bulawayo Legal Practitioners Association, he established the first Legal Aid
Proposed media gag roundly condemned
The Financial Gazette THE Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Bill, which proposes punishment of up to 20 years imprisonment for anyone who publishes or communicates statements perceived to be prejudicial to the state, is unconstitutional and meant to close any “loopholes” in the existing repressive media laws, analysts said. The proposed law, which has miffed