Regime Was Forced To Release Dr Magombeyi Due To Relentless Pressure:Coltart
Zimeye 20th September 2019 By Farai Dziva David Coltart has said the Zanu PF government was forced to release the Acting President of the Hospital Doctors Association, Dr Peter Magombeyi due to relentless pressure. Said Coltart: “Dr Peter Magombeyi was finally released at Harare Central police station at 12.30am and reunited with his family, colleagues
Treasury releases $3,4 million to MDC
Newsday 18th September 2019 By Everson Mushava TREASURY has released $3,4 million to the opposition MDC under the Political Parties Finance Act. The money was released two weeks ago following months of bickering, with the opposition party accusing government of withholding the funds to sabotage its activities. MDC treasurer-general David Coltart confirmed the development. “Yes,
Military takes over Zim hospitals as doctors strike over ‘abduction’
TimesLive BY LENIN NDEBELE 17th September 2019 In a bid to contain a crippling doctors’ strike in Zimbabwe, the country’s government has deployed doctors from the military to state hospitals. Doctors went on strike on Tuesday after one of their own, union leader Peter Magombeyi, was allegedly abducted by state security agents. Despite calls for information
Mangwana blames doctor’s abduction on ED attempted assassins
NewZimbabwe.com 16th September 2019 By Leopold Munhende INFORMATION Secretary Nick Mangwana has blamed Saturday’s abduction on doctors union leader Peter Magombeyi on what he termed third forces which he linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s shock escape from a Bulawayo bomb blast last year. Mugombeyi was seized by suspected State agents from his Harare home in
The other side of Mugabe
The Standard 15th September 2019 BY NQABA MATSHAZI In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour. When Mugabe arrived, with a huge convoy as usual, other guests were told to clear the
Andy Flower hopeful for Zimbabwe’s future after Mugabe’s death
Bulawayo News 24 8th September 2019 Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe cricket captain and England coach, hopes his country can emerge from “a quagmire of corruption” following the death of ex-president Robert Mugabe. Mugabe died on Friday at the age of 95, two years after being ousted from power. In 2003 Flower joined team-mate Henry
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The Standard By Siphosami Malunga 8th September 2019 The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played. The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage. Rage that this man who killed thousands and destroyed so many livelihoods has died without facing justice for the
Zimbabwe’s ex-President Robert Mugabe Leaves a Mixed Legacy
Inter Press Service By Busani Bafana 7th September 2019 Former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe, who died this week, aged 95, leaves a mixed and divisive legacy. Mugabe – the oldest African leader when he was removed from power in November 2017 – died of an undisclosed illness in a hospital in Singapore on Sept. 6. Once
A complex and brilliant man, but with a dark side: David Coltart on Mugabe
ZimLive.com 6th September 2019 Tributes are being paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before he was overthrown by the military in 2017, died in a hospital in Singapore after being admitted in April this year. Movement for Democratic Change treasurer David Coltart
Loved and loathed, Robert Mugabe leaves a controversial legacy in Zimbabwe and Africa
Los Angeles Times 6th September 2019 By KRISTA MAHR Passionate tributes and unapologetic condemnations rocketed across Africa on Friday after the Zimbabwean government confirmed that 95-year-old strongman Robert Mugabe had died, a testament to the complex and controversial footprint of one of Africa’s longest serving leaders Mugabe, who governed Zimbabwe from its independence from Britain