Monthly Archives: February 2006
Spend this note like it’s going out of fashion
Sydney Morning Herald By Rochelle Mutton in Johannesburg THE problem with Zimbabwean money is that in the hyper-inflated economy, notes have become worth less than the paper they’re printed on. To try to keep up with runaway inflation, Zimbabwe’s central bank has released a new $Z50,000 note. Word on the street is to spend it […]
MDC faction seizes control of parliamentary party
New Zimbabwe A faction of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposed to leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has taken control of the parliamentary party and moved swiftly to appoint a new shadow cabinet. Paul Themba Nyathi, a spokesman for the faction led by Tsvangirai’s deputy, Gibson Sibanda, unveiled the new shadow cabinet in a statement […]
Motion: Report of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in Zimbabwe
Extract from Hansard (edited) MR COLTART: Madam Speaker, on the 5th of December last year the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights passed a resolution in Banjul, I had asked that the Resolution be printed but due to problems with this Honorable House’s photocopying equipment – the Resolution could not be printed in time […]
Proposal to broker an amicable divorce – letters to Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda
Full versions of letters to Morgan Tsvangirai (dated 27 January 2006) and Gibson Sibanda (dated 8 February 2006) can be downloaded below. The opening paragraph of both letters reads as follows… Reference: proposal to broker an amicable divorce I refer to our discussion […] when I first raised with you the possibility of trying to […]
Motion brought by the Hon David Coltart regarding the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on Zimbabwe
Dated 5 December 2005: Tabled by David Coltart on 7 February 2006 NOTING the resolution of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the situation of human rights in Zimbabwe passed in Banjul on the 5th December 2005 set out in full below; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights meeting at […]