Monthly Archives: August 2008

Mutambara Faction MPS Threaten to Quit

Radio Voice of the People 13 August 2008 HARARE, August 13 2008 – Seven Members of Parliament (MPs) aligned to the Mutambara led Movement for Democratic Change on Tuesday reportedly threatened to leave the faction if their leadership signed a deal with President Robert Mugabe. MP for Mangwe, Edward Tshotsho Mkhosi, is said to have […]

Mugabe party claims deal struck with opposition faction

The Daily Telegraph By Peta Thornycroft In Harare And Sebastien Berger 13 August 2008 Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party claims to have signed a power-sharing deal with a faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change [MDC] to create a new government in Zimbabwe. The agreement with Arthur Mutambara would sideline Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of […]

Reports of Side Deal in Zimbabwe

THE NEW YORK TIMES August 12, 2008 JOHANNESBURG — News agencies reported Tuesday that Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a faction of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, had signed a deal with President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government after months of turmoil and political instability in the country. The reports, citing an unidentified senior official […]

Towards a negotiated settlement in Zimbabwe Part 2

The Standard 2 August 2008 Opinion by David Coltart Question – what has happened to all our patriots? It seems to me that our nation has been blighted by a succession of leaders who are more concerned with their personal interests or the narrow interests of their own political parties and supporters than they are […]

Pressure on Mugabe to pay troops

Sydney Morning Herald By Connie Levett August 1, 2008 ZIMBABWE’S leader, Robert Mugabe, is under pressure to resolve the country’s political deadlock because hyperinflation threatens his ability to pay his key backers, the police and the army, say his opponents. Power-sharing talks are to resume on Sunday, the South African President, Thabo Mbeki, said after […]

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