Author Archives: David Coltart
Human rights threatened
France 24 TV Friday 19 December 2008 By ALEX DUVAL SMITH – CAROLINE DUMAY – GRAHAM WALSH (video) Thirty years since Zimbabwe’s liberation and Robert Mugabe’s regime is still on the same warpath. Today’s enemy is the political opposition, accused of being western puppets. Human rights activists are the regime’s new target. Senator David Coltart, […]
‘Assassination attempt’ on Mugabe henchman
The Independent By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent Wednesday, 17 December 2008 The notorious Air Marshal Perence Shiri, who orchestrated the Matabeleland massacres in 1982, is said to have been shot in the arm in an assassination bid. President Robert Mugabe is planning to declare a state of emergency in Zimbabwe, the opposition said yesterday, after […]
Zimbabwe’s humanitarian and political crises need urgent international attention
The crisis in Zimbabwe is getting worse every day. The cholera epidemic is spiralling out of control. Lack of food and famine is increasing in the countryside and according to the UN half of the country’s population of 13.5 million people will need to get food imported to be able to survive. Police brutality is […]
Remaining faithful in a situation of crisis and hopelessness
On Sunday evening the 7th December I spoke at my old church from my University of Cape Town days, Christ Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, on the topic “Remaining faithful in a situation of crisis and hopelessnessâ€. I was asked to speak by Christ Church’s Minister-in-charge Duncan McLea in the context of the terrible suffering […]
Join the dance – MDC told
ZimOnline By Juma Donke Thursday 11 December 2008 CAPE TOWN – The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has no option but to accept the flawed September 15 power sharing agreement with ZANU PF for it to start reversing the deleterious effects of the humanitarian crisis that is spreading across Zimbabwe. Political commentator John Makumbe on […]
Remaining faithful in a situation of crisis and hopelessness
TRANSCRIPT OF SERMON BY SENATOR DAVID COLTART, CHRISTCHURCH, KENILWORTH, CAPE TOWN : 7TH DECEMBER 2008 “Nevertheless, each one of you should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. Was a man already circumcised […]
Zimbabwe’s police and army clash in Harare
The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger and Peta Thornycroft in Harare 1 December 2008 Police shot at rioting soldiers on the streets of Harare on Monday as unpaid uniformed personnel sided with the country’s impoverished people for the first time in protest against Zimbabwe’s collapsing economy. Tensions boiled over when around 50 troops were denied money […]
Constitutional Amendment Now Focus In Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Saga
VOA By Blessing Zulu Washington 18 November 2008 Zimbabwe’s troubled power-sharing process involving the long-ruling ZANU-PF and the majority Movement for Democratic Change focused Tuesday on the constitutional amendment required to establish the office of prime minister to lead a national unity government. Sources in both parties indicated competing drafts of such an amendment were […]
The Long and Winding Road: Towards a free and fair electoral system
Speech given by Senator David Coltart Law Society Summer School: Troutbeck 14th November 2008 I am grateful to Beatrice Mtetwa, President of the Law Society, for giving me a blank cheque today to speak about our electoral system. You may say that this is useless, since cheques are all but worthless in Zimbabwe at the […]
Robert Mugabe to form government ‘as soon as possible’
The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger And Peta Thornycroft in Johannesburg 10 November 2008 The opposition Movement for Democratic Change had been demanding control of the home affairs ministry, but a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Johannesburg at the weekend said the post should be shared. “We will try to institute it as soon […]