ZANU PF calls for Bennett’s expulsion
Faith Zaba, Business Tribune ZANU PF wants Chimanimani Member of Parliament Roy Bennett to be expelled from Parliament for assaulting Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Minister of Special Affairs for Anti-Monopolies and Anti-corruption Programme Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday. However, some political analysts say Bennett’s actions were not that severe to warrant
ZIMBABWE – Inter-Parliamentary Union
Resolution adopted unanimously by the Governing Council at its 174rd session (Mexico, 23 April 2004) CASE N° ZBW/12 – JUSTIN MUTENDADZAMERA CASE N° ZBW/13 – FLETCHER DULINI-NCUBE CASE N° ZBW/14 – DAVID MPALA CASE N° ZBW/15 – ABEDNICO BHEBHE CASE N° ZBW/16 – PETER NYONI CASE N° ZBW/17 – DAVID COLTART CASE N° ZBW/18 –
The law that Mugabe gave to Deuschle
Muckraker Column – Zimbabwe Independent DEFENCE minister Sydney Sekeramayi has called on defence attachés accredited to Zimbabwe not to engage in local politics but to concentrate on giving military advice. “May I remind you that the world over the defence forces as the most powerful instrument of the state apparatus must be apolitical for they
Mugabe’s ‘stealth’ state of emergency
Peta Thornycroft – Harare President Robert Mugabe has issued a decree so draconian that it amounts to a “state of emergency” by stealth, human rights lawyers and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said yesterday. New laws will extend periods of detention for those accused of both economic and political “crimes” from 48 hours to
Zimbabwe has detention without trial: UDM
Sunday Times (South Africa) Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has given himself powers of detention that allow his police to hold opponents of his regime in prison for up a month without legal process on charges of “subversion,” the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said. The state-owned press reported at the weekend reported that sweeping presidential
Zimbabwe: opposition very negative
The Third Chamber During discussions in The Third Chamber in 2003 Zimbabwe was often used as a negative example when it came to democracy and good governance. The media were often victim to censorship, elections were manipulated and food relief was used as a political weapon. For the last few months the country has been
Mugabe has no intention of negotiating a democratic solution to present crisis
Daily News by David Coltart OPINION PIECE: South African President Thabo Mbeki in a recent State visit to Canada assured Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien that talks were taking place in Zimbabwe between the Mugabe regime and the opposition MDC and that a settlement was likely soon. These comments follow similar confident assurances given by
The Mugabe Regime – tyranny about to end?
David Coltart South African President Thabo Mbeki in a recent State visit to Canada assured Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien that talks were taking place in Zimbabwe between the Mugabe regime and the opposition MDC and that a settlement was likely soon. These comments follow similar confident assurances given by President Mbeki to President George
FALL TO RISE, SLEEP TO WAKE
When I woke up this morning and thought of the thousands of Zimbabweans who confronted tyranny with their votes this weekend I was reminded of Robert Browning’s words: “One who never turned his back but marched breast forward; Never doubted clouds would break; Never dreamed though right were worsted wrong would triumph; Held we fall
Mugabe’s new palace in a land of hunger
The Daily Telegraph 27th August 2003 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare Builders are putting the finishing touches to a retirement home for President Robert Mugabe that will rival the most extravagant of African leaders’ residences. The project is the latest sign of how his regime is prospering while vast numbers of Zimbabweans are close to