Monthly Archives: January 2019

AllAfrica.com By Jerry Chifamba 29th January 2019 Cape Town — Zimbabwe lawyers have taken to the streets to protest against the alleged abuse of rule of law by the State. “So proud of my professional colleagues today. Restore the rule of law and constitutional democracy. The army must go back to the barracks,” prominent lawyer […]

Saturday Star 26 Jan 2019 By PHATHISANI MOYO Harare ZIMBABWE human rights organisations have expressed concern about the continuing military crackdown, which they maintain is mostly targeting people living in townships and activists. Human rights lawyer David Coltart yesterday said the army’s door-to-door crackdown was on homes near areas that had roads barricaded and shops […]

Sky News By John Sparks 24th January 2019 John Sparks visits Bulawayo in Zimbabwe where businesses have been ripped apart and people beaten mercilessly. Source: Troops return to Zimbabwe’s streets with a vengeance | World News | Sky News John Sparks visits Bulawayo in Zimbabwe where businesses have been ripped apart and people beaten mercilessly. Fresh reports […]

Quartz Africa 23rd January 2019 By Farai Shawn Matiashe & Lynsey Chutel in Harare Zimbabwe Oliver Mtukudzi, the musician fondly known as Tuku, has died at the age of 66. Mtukudzi died Wednesday (Jan. 23) at Avenues Clinic in Harare. An international star with a fan base across the continent, Mtukudzi is mourned at home in Zimbabwe and around the […]

TheConversation.com 22nd January 2019 As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily arrested and detained, while hundreds are displaced or in safe houses in and outside the […]

NewZimbabwe.com 21st January 2019 By UK Bureau & Associated Press PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Sunday that he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after a week of turmoil in which activists have said at least a dozen people have been killed in a government crackdown. Mnangagwa had been under […]

NewZimbabwe.com By UK Bureau & Paidashe Mandivengerei in Harare 21st January 2019 SENIOR opposition politicians and former cabinet ministers have accused the government of using an “unprecedented and illegal” internet shutdown imposed last week to hide the administration crimes against humanity. Former education minister and opposition MDC politician David Coltart described the blockade as a […]

Pindula News 20th January 2019 Supporting calls for Kirsty Coventry to resign, lawyer and former government minister David Coltart, said today that Coventry should resign as she risks being culpable of ongoing government violence against Zimbabweans. Coltart was responding to a conversation started by another prominent lawyer, Fadzai Mahare, who said she respected Coventry’s decision […]

Bloomberg By Brian Latham and Desmond Kumbuka 20th January 2019 Zimbabwe’s police and military blamed violence during last week’s protest on men masquerading as soldiers in stolen military uniforms. Criminals dressed as soldiers and police “hired vehicles from car hire companies” before committing criminal acts, police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters late Saturday in the capital, Harare. “The […]

Newsday By Newsday - January 19, 2019  BRITISH Africa Minister Harriett Baldwin on Thursday summoned Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Retired Colonel Christian Katsande, to discuss the Theresa May government’s concerns over reports of violence, killings of demonstrators, internet blackout and a security crackdown in the country this week. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA Harriet said Britain was deeply […]