Anger mounts in Zim after mom is handcuffed in front of kids at police roadblock
News 24 Correspondent 22nd June 2016 Harare – Did overzealous police officers at a checkpoint in Zimbabwe really handcuff a woman in front of her crying children because she objected to being fined over a third number plate sticker? Apparently they did, if a post by popular Zimbabwe Facebook community WhatsApp Harare is to be
Coltart’s book: New thinking about Pan-Africanism!
Financial Gazette By Ken Mufuka 16th June 2016 DAVID Coltart is best known for his participation in the exposé of Gukurahundi atro-cities in 1991 in Matabeleland. Though the Roman Catholic, through its Peace and Justice Commission had compiled damning reports, starting in 1983 culminating in a summary of the atrocities in 1987, the hierarchy sat
Mugabe’s death, Zimbabwe politicians ready themselves
Daily Maverick By Dr Stuart Doran 13th June 2016 To the casual observer, nothing much seems to have happened in Zimbabwe in recent years: Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state, remains president and Zanu-PF is still the ruling party more than 35 years after it took power. But there has, in fact, been
David Coltart under goes biopsy cancer tests in SA
Bulawayo 24 By Stephen Jakes 6th June 2016 The MDC- secretary for legal affairs David Coltart has said he under went biopsy tests in South Africa to check if he has developed prostate cancer. He said it was important for the public figures to make their health status public saying the situation surrounding P5resident Robert
Thousands take part in pro-Mugabe march
Business Day Live By Ray Ndlovu 25th May 2016 THOUSANDS of backers of Zimbabwe’s ruling party marched in the capital on Wednesday in support of President Robert Mugabe. “This is a special event by our dynamic youth league in support of our icon,” Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo said. “The theme
Under-fire Mugabe party staging Zimbabwe ‘Million Man March’ to support 92-year-old ‘icon’
Bloomberg News By Brian Latham Chengetai Zvauya Godfrey Marawanyika 25th May 2016 THOUSANDS of backers of Zimbabwe’s ruling party will march in the capital on Wednesday in support of President Robert Mugabe, spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo said. “This is a special event by our dynamic youth league in support of our icon,†the Zimbabwe African
Should military be involved in business?
Zimbabwe Independent By Herbert Moyo 20th May 2016 ZIMBABWEANS are unlikely to be rubbing their hands in anticipation of tangible benefits accruing to Treasury after last week’s announcement by Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa that the military will be partnering a South African mining company in a chrome smelting project in Kwekwe. According to Chidhakwa, the
Mnangagwa was apologise first for Gukurahundi
Daily News 17 May 2016 By Jeffrey Muvundusi It will be prudent for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology on his role during the Gukurahundi atrocities if he truly aspires to be the next president of Zimbabwe, ex-Education minister David Coltart has said. Responding to a question on the VP’s suitability for
Op-Ed: Reckoning nears for Mugabe’s Heirs
Daily Maverick By Dr Stuart Doran 16 May 2016 Times are changing in Zimbabwe as Mugabe’s end nears, but would-be successors are facing uncomfortable questions and equally uneasy choices. The way they react to these dilemmas will shape the country’s future. Dr Stuart Doran is a historian and the author of a forthcoming book, Kingdom,
Gukurahundi: VP must apologise – Coltart
The Zimbabwean 15 May 2016 FORMER MDC Khumalo Senator, David Coltart, has challenged Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to publicly apologise for his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities or accept he has no hope in the succession race. In his recently-published book ‘The Struggle Continues :50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe’, Coltart claims that Mnangagwa,