Category Archives: Press reports
Opposition seeks new extension of vote
The Daily Telegraph 10th March 2002 Anonymous ZIMBABWE’S opposition party today again asked a High Court to extend voting in presidential elections, citing continued delays at urban polling stations. “We have applied to the High Court for another 24 hours extension of the polls. We have also asked that the registrar general and those who […]
MDC rallies are cancelled as poll violence spreads
The Daily Telegraph 28th January 2002 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare INTENSIFYING violence yesterday forced Zimbabwe’s opposition to abandon all its public rallies in the presidential election campaign. The decision by the Movement for Democratic Change came after one of its supporters died and several others were critically injured at the weekend. The shadow justice […]
Party rebel puts Mugabe media curb on hold
The Daily Telegraph 17th January 2002 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare A MEDIA Bill intended by President Robert Mugabe to silence his critics was put on hold yesterday after a revolt in parliament from within the ranks of his own Zanu-PF party. Dr Edison Zvobgo, a Zanu-PF founder who heads the parliamentary legal committee, delayed […]
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 […]
Mugabe poll rival is charged with inciting violence
The Daily Telegraph 17th February 2001 By David Blair in Harare ZIMBABWE’S opposition leader faced the prospect of abandoning his challenge to President Robert Mugabe and spending up to 14 years in jail after he was charged with incitement to violence yesterday. A ferocious crackdown has been launched against all opponents of Mr Mugabe, real […]
Mugabe rival faces charge after rally
The Daily Telegraph 8th February 2001 By David Blair in Harare THE deputy leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change has been charged with “incitement to violence” in an escalation of President Mugabe’s action against his opponents. Gibson Sibanda appeared in a magistrate’s court in Bulawayo on Tuesday and was charged under the notorious […]
‘Mandela is key to Mugabe early exit plan’
IOL 1st November 2000 Harare – Nelson Mandela could play a critical role in working out a plan for the early exit from power of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, a top Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition politician said on Wednesday. “I think that Mandela has a critical role to play in developing an exit […]
Death threat against MDC candidate
Sapa-Sapa-AFP BULAWAYO — A candidate for Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, said yesterday he had been informed of a new death threat against him, apparently linked to his work as a human rights lawyer during the Matabeleland massacres in the 1980s. Coltart, who has been threatened on several occasions during the election […]
Honour in Harare
The Daily Telegraph 21st Jun 2000 Anonymous THREE days remain before Zimbabweans vote in a general election after a campaign which has been both a disgrace and an honour to their country. The disgrace falls on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF. They have conducted a wicked war of intimidation against their opponents, from white farmers […]
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. […]