Category Archives: Blog
The Gorbachev Factor
By David Coltart Bulawayo 8th November 2007 The recent passage of Constitutional Amendment 18 through the Zimbabwean Parliament with the consent of both Zanu PF and the opposition MDC has caused much alarm and confusion within Zimbabwean civil society and even amongst MDC supporters within Zimbabwe and abroad. Some have gone so far as saying […]
Zimbabwe: Crisis Talks Resume in South Africa
SW Radio Africa (London) 31 October 2007 By Tichaona Sibanda The SADC led mediation talks on Zimbabwe resumed in Pretoria on Wednesday after a month long break. The talks, which are already behind schedule on several fronts, missed Tuesday’s key deadline for agreement on a broad framework for free and fair elections. A source told […]
David Coltart’s Blog 16 September 2007
I have decided that I need to write a short blog periodically which will be designed to convey some of my more personal thoughts. To that extent it will not be confined solely to political issues. I hope you enjoy it and give me feedback. David Bulawayo 16 September 2007
Transcript of an interview with Lateline (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tony Jones talks to Opposition MP in Zimbabwe, David Coltart, about the arrest of and attack on Opposition members following a demonstration. Transcript: Broadcast: 13/03/2007 TONY JONES: Those of you who follow the Zimbabwe story on this program over time will recall Zimbabwean MP David Coltart, he’s a member of the Movement for Democratic Change […]
Transcript of ‘Hot Seat’ Interview with David Coltart, Raymond Majongwe, and Arnold Tsunga
This is a two-part transcript of a SW Radio Africa Hotseat Interview between ‘Hot Seat’ journalist Violet Gonda, and Raymond Majongwe of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, David Coltart of the Mutambara MDC, and lawyer Arnold Tsunga Part 1: Broadcast 20 February 2007 Violet Gonda: Zimbabwe has been witnessing a wave of strikes by […]
HOT SEAT: Part 2 – INTERVIEW WITH DAVID COLTART
In a letter to the two factions, Coltart noted that some of the leaders are skeptical about his intentions and his ability to play a mediation role. So in this final segment, I first asked him about his personal views and where he stands. COLTART: I think it’s inevitable, let me say this, I have […]
‘Ghost voters’ on voters’ roll – MDC
IOL 30th March 2005 By Fanuel Jongwe Harare – As millions of Zimbabweans prepare to vote on Thursday, the opposition says it is worried that as many as one million long-dead or non-existent voters on the roll could hand victory to President Robert Mugabe’s party. The so-called “ghost voters” or “Zimbabwe zombies” on the voters’ […]
Power, not land, lies at the heart of Zimbabwe’s crisis
The Daily Telegraph 10th September 2001 By Graham Boynton ROBERT MUGABE will not hand over power in Zimbabwe. Whatever promises have been made following the Abuja accord, whatever undertakings have been made about a return to the rule of law and the withdrawal of squatters and self-styled war veterans from farms “illegally occupied”, the retention […]
A democratically elected dictator
By Artur K. Vogel July 2001 Zimbabwe could be a rich country. Out of sheer greed President Mugabe is heading straight for disaster. “I am going to cut your balls off and I’ll chew them with pleasure, I like it when balls pop between my teeth†shouts the leader of a gang of about 40 […]
Zimbabwe farm workers taking the heat
IOL By Jeremy Lovell 29th May 2000 Harare – Activists of Zimbabwe’s ruling party beat and intimidated farm workers who did not attend its election rally, farmers said on Monday. “They took a roll call and sent people to farms whose workers were not adequately represented and beat them up,” claims a spokesperson for the […]