Sikhala relates on oppression of whites by Zimbabwean government
Bulawayo 24 News By Stephen Jakes 7 January 2017 MDC-T senior official Job Wiwa Sikhala has related on how the Zimbabwean government resorted to harassing and oppression white Zimbabweans leading most of them to leave the country resulting to the economic crisis currently rocking the nation. “The incident that made me feel pity for white
The last days of Robert Mugabe
The New Statesman By Martin Fletcher 1 January 2017 Zimbabwe is engulfed, and not only by a political crisis. While its leaders fight, its economy is in meltdown. With considerable trepidation, I took the lift to the sixth floor of the ministry of justice in central Harare to interview the minister. It wasn’t just that
David Coltart’s New Year message for 2017
Senator David Coltart 31st December 2016 I would like to wish all genuine Zimbabwean patriots and those who support the Zimbabwean struggle for democracy throughout the world a peaceful, productive and prosperous New Year. 2016 has been a difficult year for Zimbabweans with the economy in free fall and the country rudderless. It seems almost
Mnangagwa denies Gukurahundi role
Newsday 19 December 2016 By Blessed Mhlanga VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied accusations he played an active role in the Gukurahundi massacres, which reportedly claimed over 20 000 lives in Matabeleland and Midlands regions in the 1980s. Speaking in a recent interview with United Kingdom-based magazine New States Man, Mnangagwa said reports linking him to
Mugabe’s State of the Nation Address, National Budget Keeps Nation Hanging
Financial Gazette By Andrew Kunambura 15 December 2016 LISTENING to both President Robert Mugabe’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s 2017 National Budget presentation last week, many were left wondering what to make of the two. The SONA, presented two days ahead of the budget, was perhaps
Bloomberg.com include “The Struggle Continues” as one of its “Best Books of 2016”
Bloomberg.com By Julie Verhage and Simon Kennedy 8 December 2016 Bloomberg.com has included David Coltart’s “The Struggle Continues – 50 years of tyranny in Zimbabwe”, at the instance of its contributor Roland Rudd, the Chairman of Finsbury, as one of its best books of 2016. Rudd wrote the following: ““Coltart’s is a remarkable book by
Zimbabwe ‘has the strongest currency in Africa’: state media
News 24 7 December 2016 Harare – “This is a fact: Zimbabwe has the strongest currency in Africa”. Sounds unbelievable – but that’s what the official Herald newspaper claimed on Wednesday, hours after President Robert Mugabe resolutely avoided the vexed topic of bond notes in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). In its lead
Parallels with Mugabe’s Zimbabwe illustrate the dangers of a Trump presidency
Mail and Guardian Africa By Brooks Marmon 23 November 2016 If Zimbabwe serves as an example of the way the US will go, Americans should be very afraid. COMMENT Much has been made of the warm reception that United States president-elect Donald Trump has received from many African leaders. An enthusiastic pro-Trump editorial in Zimbabwe’s
Zimbabwean activists urge population to remain non-violent after attack on pro-democracy leaders
TheZimbabwedaily.com By Elsa Buchanan 19 November 2016 LONDON – Zimbabwean pro-democracy activists have urged citizens to commit to nonviolent action after supporters were assaulted and abducted this morning ahead of a planned demonstration dubbed #MunhuWeseMuRoad. Sources on the ground, who could not be identified for fear for their safety, told IBTimes UK that men abducted
Zimbabwe’s former minister David Coltart warns nation faces perfect storm
IB Times 10 November 2016 As the much-anticipated 2018 elections loom, Zimbabwe’s tortured politics face difficult times. IBTimes UK met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s former Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, who spoke of his fears of a perfect storm. After almost four decades of quelled frustrations under Mugabes iron-fisted reign, a flurry of