Author Archives: David Coltart
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 […]
U.S. priorities dictate spread of democracy
Washington Post By Peter Baker WASHINGTON – Sitting in a prison cell halfway around the planet, an Egyptian opposition leader forced President Bush this month to confront the question of how serious he was when he vowed to devote his second term to “ending tyranny in our world.” Ayman Nour, who dared challenge Egypt’s authoritarian […]
EC ambassadors to tour Manicaland
The Herald FIFTEEN ambassadors of the European Union accredited to Zimbabwe and the Head of Delegation of the European Commission are this week visiting EU-funded projects in Manicaland Province. The visit, which is organised by the delegation of the EC, is taking the ambassadors to Rusape, Nyanga and Mutare, where several EU-funded projects are under […]
Now aristocrats will be evicted for living too close to Mugabe
Daily Telegraph (UK) Harare – Owners of property next to President Robert Mugabe’s retirement mansion have received written warning that their houses will be confiscated by the state. The move represents the first time Zimbabwe’s elite, both black and white, have suffered at first hand. Millions of Zimbabweans were affected by last year’s “clearances” of […]
Shoot to kill
Newsweek By Joshua Hammer Inside the hidden links between American big-game hunters and Zimbabwe’s Mugabe dictatorship Jocelyn Chiwenga is not a woman to be taken lightly. The wife of Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, commander-in-chief of Zimbabwe’s armed forces, Mrs. Chiwenga has earned a reputation in her own right as a vicious enforcer for President Robert Mugabe […]
Ncube not a natural
The Zimbabwean EDITOR – In a development that shocked many Zimbabweans a couple of years ago, the State owned daily newspaper, The Herald carried full page headline story which gave the profile of MDC Secretary-General, Professor Welshman Ncube. It was very rare for the state owned media to give positive coverage to anyone in the […]