Author Archives: David Coltart
Probe land inspectorate, ministry officials
Sunday Mail UNCOLONISED – With Lowani Ndlovu The fact that over the last three or so months following the last Cabinet reshuffle in March the historic fast-track land reform programme that was started in 2000 has been mired in bureaucratic controversies is reason for great concern among the uncolonised and the time has come to […]
Mugabe forces more whites out of Zimbabwe
The Daily Telegraph 10th July 2004 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare The exodus of whites from Zimbabwe is gathering pace, with most heading for Britain or Australia. Many of those leaving had put up with four years of persecution in the hope that President Robert Mugabe would relent. But last week, when he ordered the […]
Made ‘Kondozi Minister’
Faith Zaba, Business Tribune Although both MDC and ZANU PF have said Tuesday’s events where Chimanimani MP Roy Bennett assaulted two cabinet ministers were regrettable, legislators from both parties found a lighter side the following day by throwing comments, which left the House roaring in laughter. In the usual parliamentary spirit, MDC legislators at every […]
ZANU PF calls for Bennett’s expulsion
Faith Zaba, Business Tribune ZANU PF wants Chimanimani Member of Parliament Roy Bennett to be expelled from Parliament for assaulting Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Minister of Special Affairs for Anti-Monopolies and Anti-corruption Programme Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday. However, some political analysts say Bennett’s actions were not that severe to warrant […]
ZIMBABWE – Inter-Parliamentary Union
Resolution adopted unanimously by the Governing Council at its 174rd session (Mexico, 23 April 2004) CASE N° ZBW/12 – JUSTIN MUTENDADZAMERA CASE N° ZBW/13 – FLETCHER DULINI-NCUBE CASE N° ZBW/14 – DAVID MPALA CASE N° ZBW/15 – ABEDNICO BHEBHE CASE N° ZBW/16 – PETER NYONI CASE N° ZBW/17 – DAVID COLTART CASE N° ZBW/18 – […]
The law that Mugabe gave to Deuschle
Muckraker Column – Zimbabwe Independent DEFENCE minister Sydney Sekeramayi has called on defence attachés accredited to Zimbabwe not to engage in local politics but to concentrate on giving military advice. “May I remind you that the world over the defence forces as the most powerful instrument of the state apparatus must be apolitical for they […]
Mugabe’s ‘stealth’ state of emergency
Peta Thornycroft – Harare President Robert Mugabe has issued a decree so draconian that it amounts to a “state of emergency” by stealth, human rights lawyers and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said yesterday. New laws will extend periods of detention for those accused of both economic and political “crimes” from 48 hours to […]
Zimbabwe has detention without trial: UDM
Sunday Times (South Africa) Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has given himself powers of detention that allow his police to hold opponents of his regime in prison for up a month without legal process on charges of “subversion,” the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said. The state-owned press reported at the weekend reported that sweeping presidential […]
Zimbabwe: opposition very negative
The Third Chamber During discussions in The Third Chamber in 2003 Zimbabwe was often used as a negative example when it came to democracy and good governance. The media were often victim to censorship, elections were manipulated and food relief was used as a political weapon. For the last few months the country has been […]
Mugabe has no intention of negotiating a democratic solution to present crisis
Daily News by David Coltart OPINION PIECE: South African President Thabo Mbeki in a recent State visit to Canada assured Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien that talks were taking place in Zimbabwe between the Mugabe regime and the opposition MDC and that a settlement was likely soon. These comments follow similar confident assurances given by […]