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
A history of abductions, assassinations
The Standard 1st September 2019 October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with other nationalists leading to a split of the UANC and the reshuffling in the ranks of both
Chief Ndiweni’s bail application hits brick wall
Bulawayo 24 News By Mandla Ndlovu 27th August 2019 The application by jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to get his bail pending appeal granted on Tuesday was frustrated by the State prosecutor who asked for time to respond to Chief Ndiweni’s bail application. Reports from High court say the prosecutor said the Magistrate has
Gukurahundi documentalist Joel Silonda dies
Newsday 27th August 2019 BY NIZBERT MOYO Former director of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Matabeleland chapter who played a pivotal role in the documentation of the Gukurahundi massacres by CCJP in the 1980s, Joel Buhlalo Silonda has died. He was 95. The veteran human rights activist and educationist died on Saturday
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
The Standard 25th August 2019 In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC. Today we carry the second part of the discussion where Coltart (DC) was speaking in an exclusive
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