Category Archives: Blog
Churches condemn shooting of civilians
With the shutting down of social media by the Mnangagwa regime I have to use other means to get news out. By Newsday - January 17, 2019 THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday urged the government to stop using State security agents to indiscriminately shoot at protesting civilians. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA ZCC said demonstrating was a constitutional […]
Zanu PF behind acts of violence: Court
Fascinating that the first people who have been prosecuted for violence are in fact ZANU PF youths. This story in Newsday today is interesting.No wonder the ZANU PF regime has shut down much of the internet in Zimbabwe. By Newsday – January 17, 2019 ZANU PF youth leaders were allegedly behind acts of violence and […]
The Mnangagwa regime has shut down social media in Zimbabwe
Statement by senator David Coltart Bulawayo 17th January 2019 My internet provider sent me the following message this morning: “Dear valued customer , Please be advised that the internet is back online under a directive that Facebook ,YouTube , Whats App ,Twitter will remain closed until further notice. Any inconvenience is sincerely regretted Econet” If […]
Martin Luther King’s wisdom which Zimbabweans should pay heed to.
“Violence as a way of achieving justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding. It seeks […]
“Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Thoughts on the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on the 22nd August 2018
David Coltart Blog 22nd August 2018 One thing is very clear in my mind this morning is that the good Lord desires justice – it goes to the very root of His character. Indeed that is what the cross is all about – the Lord’s requirement that there be justice. So as we contemplate Zimbabwe’s […]
It’s the junta stupid
Senator David Coltart Commentary 26th July 2018 Bill Clinton when once asked about what was they key issue in his 1992 election campaign famously replied “its the economy stupid†– and it was. For all the experience that incumbent President George H Bush brought to the electorate the fact remained that the US economy was […]
Whither Zimbabwe? A few reflections on 2017 as 2018 approaches
Senator David Coltart Opinion 31st December 2017 For the last two years I have warned that Zimbabwe was facing a perfect storm – the unique convergence of several factors which could tear the country apart. The eye of that storm hit Zimbabwe in mid November and although it tore down the house of Robert Mugabe, […]
The last time Robert Mugabe faced impeachment in Parliament – 25th October 2000
Senator David Coltart 21st November 2017 Just over 17 years ago, on the 25th October 2000, I was present in the House of Assembly when the late (and great) Gibson Sibanda tabled the first impeachment motion against Robert Mugabe. The Speaker then was none other than Emmerson Mnangagwa who ensured that the petition just faded […]
Has the military “comported to the dictates and mores of constitutionalism”? – statement by Senator David Coltart
Senator David Coltart 20th November 2017 Last night, amongst other things, Robert Mugabe said in his remarkable address, and I quote, “the Command element (the military) remained respectful, and comported to the dictates and mores of constitutionalism”. There is no doubt in my mind that Mugabe in that statement was trying to cleanse the military […]