Police arrest opposition official over demonstrations in Zimbabwe
Bloomberg By Godfrey Marawanyika and Brian Latham 23rd August 2019 Zimbabwean police arrested a senior opposition official and will charge him for failing to stop a protest last week in the capital, Harare, his lawyer said. Amos Chibaya, the national organizing secretary of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change, was arrested on Thursday and
Police Bash ARTUZ Lawyer Doug Coltart
Zimeye 23rd August 2019 By Farai Dziva Overzealous police officers have bashed ARTUZ lawyer Douglas Coltart. He sustained head injuries after the attack. “My son Douglas Coltart has been located by his senior partner Beatrice Mtetwa at Harare Central police station. He has been assaulted by the police as evidenced by these photographs taken by
Mnangagwa’s govt frightened to the core, says Coltart
Bulawayo 24 News 21st August 2019 Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new wave ever since the massive January protests, Mnangagwa has resorted to using massive
British council worker who quit to become a tribal chief in Zimbabwe where he has often sided with white landowners whose farms are raided is jailed in ‘politically motivated’ trial
Daily Mail 20th August 2019 By SOPHIE TANNO Former auditor for Waltham Forest has been jailed for two years in Zimbabwe He left Britain five years ago to become a chief in the Matabeleland region Felix Ndiweni, 53, was convicted of malicious damage to property on Friday However, his supporters say his arrest was politically motivatedÂ
Police, soldiers deploy in Bulawayo as opposition challenges protest ban
Reuters 19th August 2019 Soldiers and police deployed in large numbers in Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo on Monday to enforce a ban on an anti-government demonstration, as the country’s main opposition party sought to overturn that decision in court. The street protest was the second called in four days by the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC),
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
The Standard 19th August 2019 Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with. Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, said both the opposition and ruling Zanu-PF were to blame. The veteran lawyer said the liberation war left a bitter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa need to compromise – Coltart
The Standard 18th August 2019 MDC treasurer general David Coltart has said there is need for both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition party’s leader Nelson Chamisa to drop their hardline positions if genuine dialogue about the country’s political crisis is to take off. Mnangagwa last week rejected Chamisa’s demands for a neutral mediator to
Uneasy calm prevails in Zimbabwe’s Harare as police ban planned demo
Xinhua 16th August 2019 Traffic was thin in the Harare Central Business District as motorists and other members of the public remained cautious of planned demonstrations led by the opposition MDC. Businesses opened while the police maintained a heavy presence in strategic areas from where they could easily deploy into the streets in case violence
Chief Ndiweni faces jail time after he is remanded in custody over ‘property destruction’
ZimLive.com 16th August 2019 “This is profoundly shocking but not surprising. So much for the ‘new dispensation’” Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, the outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional chief, faces jail time after he was convicted of malicious damage to property on Thursday. Ndiweni, an outspoken critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, was spending the night in a jail
David Coltart blasts ICC: They are racists and neo-colonialists
ZimMetro News 7th August 2019 By Lucky Mahorse Former education minister David Coltart has blasted the International Cricket Council for suspending the Zimbabwe men and women’s teams from participating in the upcoming. T20 Qualifiers tournament. Namibia will now take Zimbabwe’s place in Scotland. While Nigeria will replace Zimbabwe at Men’s T20Q in UAE. Said Coltart “The ICC