Category Archives: Letters
Bulawayo South constituency: End of year letter – 2005
Dear Friends, I cannot believe how this year has flown. In some ways it seems just yesterday that I was honoured and grateful to be re-elected by you as an MDC MP with a 76% majority. However that was in March and eight months have gone by since then. You will recall that in the […]
Mugabe wages war on poor and jobless
Sunday Independent (SA) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In the course of this week, thousands of poor Zimbabweans living in Harare, Bulawayo and other urban centres have had their lives destroyed by an increasingly vicious, brutal and paranoid regime. On the pretext of a “clean-up”, the regime’s police and army have systematically gone through our cities […]
It’s Time to Complete the Change: A New Year’s Message – 2002
In June 2001 I wrote that the political tide in Zimbabwe had turned and that the process of change was inevitable. Nothing has happened since then to alter my view except that we are now only two months away from a watershed election that will enable Zimbabweans to vote into power a man who has […]
New Year Message 2001
Dear Friends, As I celebrated the commencement of another new year last night with my family I spent some time reflecting over the events of the past year and in particular I thought of the wonderful start to last year I had waking up early in the Matopos (we saw in 2000 camping with friends […]
Britain must take lead against Mugabe
Daily Telegraph Letter to the Daily Telegraph 12 June 2000 SIR – David Coltart’s article on Zimbabwe (opinion, June 6) made heartening – and depressing – reading. As the effect of the remorseless ratchet of Robert Mugabe’s subversive policies pervades life there, so the will of the international community to influence events seems to evaporate. […]
A message of hope for Zimbabwe
Legal Resource Foundation, Bulawayo Zimbabwe is passing through the darkest chapter of its history in the run up to the 2000 elections. The economy, which has been battered by inept ZANU(PF) rule and corruption over the last few years, may well melt down in the next few weeks. There is no foreign currency. Factories and […]
Letter from David Coltart to the Editor of the Financial Gazette
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Gazette re: Racism of Dr Nkomo From David Coltart 7 June 1994 Dear Sir, For some time I have been deeply offended by the racist jibes of Dr Nkomo against minority communities in Zimbabwe but have remained silent. In October last year I was telephoned by Dr Nkomo […]
Human Rights Violations: Matabeleland
Heads of Denominations, Bulawayo Letter addressed to: Senator J F Mudende, Governor, Matabeleland North Dear Senator Mudende We refer to our meeting with you towards the end of November 1985 when we said we would let you have a report on human rights violations in Matabeleland. Please now find enclosed our report. The cases cited […]
Human Rights Report: Matabeleland
Bulawayo Legal Practitioner’s Association Letter addressed to: The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Dear Sir RE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: MATABELAND At the Annual General Meeting of the Bulawayo Legal Practitioner’s Association, held on Friday the 29th November 1985, concern was expressed regarding widespread violations of human rights in Matabeleland. It was unanimously agreed […]