One way or another, Tsvangirai looks weaker than ever
Bulawayo24News By Simon Allison 28th April 2014 Pity Morgan Tsvangirai. The veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader is facing a little opposition of his own, and he’s not coping too well. His party looks certain to split yet again, destroying in the process one of the few remaining challenges to uninterrupted Zanu-PF rule. Mugabe is loving
Opposition MDC suspends Morgan Tsvangirai
BBC News Africa 26th April 2014 Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change says it is suspending its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, amid deepening divisions in its ranks. A statement issued by the party after a meeting in Harare accused him of a “remarkable failure of leadership”. It also said he had deviated from the party’s
Education Ministry bans incentives
The Herald 26th April 2014 By Felex Share Herald Reporter Government has banned payment of incentives to teachers by parents and guardians. This is likely to put Government on a collision course with teachers, whose union leaders said they were not consulted. Incentives were formalised in 2009 by then Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister
“Bailout or takeover?” Latest in Zimbabwe Cricket financial crisis
The Herald 16th April 2014 By Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor A “CONTROVERSIAL” multi-million dollar bailout package, attached with strings to strip the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership of all their powers and sub-contract the sport’s management portfolio to an Administrator who would be spoon-fed with monthly handouts to run the game for three years, has been
Analysis: Is there any hope for Zimbabwe’s beleaguered opposition?
Daily Maverick http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ By Simon Allison 7 April 2014 After being pummeled in the last election, and riven with infighting and recrimination in the months since, Zimbabwe’s political opposition is at its lowest ebb in a decade. SIMON ALLISON asks the obvious question: if not Zanu, then who? The answer makes for disheartening reading –
“Democratic Elections and Election Fraud in Africa – A Zimbabwean perspective with continental implications”
Speech given at a Conference on 
Democratic Elections and Risk of fraud in Africa by Senator David Coltart Brussels 1st April 2014 “The State is an instrument in the hands of the ruling class, used to break the resistance of the adversaries of that class†Joseph Stalin 1924 I was part of an international team
‘ZC misused ICC loan’
The Herald 4th March 2014 By Tristan Holme and Liam Brickhill A PROTEST over salaries by Zimbabwe’s cricketers has again brought to the fore Zimbabwe Cricket’s financial problems, which have continued despite at least US$9 million being loaned by the ICC to the board. ESPNcricinfo can reveal that one reason for the financial mess is that
Beam sidelines disabled, secondary pupils
Sunday News 2nd March 2014 By Vusumuzi Dube and Kay Kaseke Sunday News Reporters DESPITE the recent unveiling of a $10 million boost for the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam), it has since emerged that the money falls far short of the funding required, amid revelations that secondary schoolchildren and a number of pupils living
Teachers Forced to Formulate Zanu PF Structures
www.zimeye.org By Dumisani Ndlovu 1st March 2013 The Zanu PF district leadership in Shurugwi is reportedly fanning terror in ward 21 of Shrurugwi South Constituency forcing teachers to formulate local liberation party structures. Kashambe primary, Dorset primary and secondary schools are said to be the most affected. The move has brought hyper-critics from local leaders
Early marriage robs girls of their future
The Zimbabwean 26th February 2014 By Thomas Madhuku Sixteen-year-old Mariah Myambo had always dreamt of getting a degree, finding a good job and then marrying someone she loved. THOMAS MADHUKU hears how many young girls are being denied the future they so desperately wanted. The death of Mariah’s parents in 2011 changed everything for the young