Category Archives: Press reports
Mugabe declares war on country’s white farmers
The Independent By Rupert Cornwell Wednesday, 19 April 2000 Britain accuses Harare of reviving the racism of colonial Rhodesia as President says war veterans are justified in their attacks Robert Mugabe in effect declared war on his country’s white farmers last night, branding them “enemies of Zimbabwe” and blaming their intransigence for the spate of […]
President of Zimbabwe Defies Court Order to free 2 Journalists
New York Times By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Published: February 8, 1999 JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 6— In an angry televised address, the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, pushed his country toward a constitutional crisis this weekend. The President suggested that the Supreme Court resign, threatened ”stern measures” against the independent press and appeared to support the […]
Letter by David Coltart: Constitutional Conference
Constitutional Conference Letter to the the Zimbabwean Independent from David Coltart 6th February 1998 As Zimbabwe absorbs what has happened to its body politic over the last few months it is astonishing that most of us seem to be busy apportioning blame rather than working out solutions to the catastrophe facing our Nation. Professor Hawkins, […]
Michael Swango: Doctor of Death
Crime Library on truTV.com 27th June 1997 By Joseph Geringer Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Banana-coloured skies, crooked eucalyptus trees and a veldt that stretched outward until it fell over the horizon. This was Swango’s newest home, Zimbabwe, southern Africa. A place where he thought he would be safe from a democracy that didn’t like cyanide […]
Press Release by David Coltart: The Protection and Development of Human Rights through a Constitutional Bill of Rights
The Protection and Development of Human Rights through a Constitutional Bill of Rights By David Coltart 30th November 1994 Conference: Victoria Falls 10-14 December 1994 A Bill of Rights Conference, jointly organised by the Legal Resources Foundation of Zimbabwe, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and Zimrights, will be held in Victoria Falls from […]
Press Statement by David Coltart
Press Statement Issued by the Director of the Bulawayo Legal Projects Centre, David Coltart 8th November 1994 Today’s press conference marks the handing over of a cheque of $35,000.00 to Mrs Musa Sibanda, being damages paid to her by the Ministry of Home Affairs. On 3rd November 1985, just over nine years ago, Mr Fraser […]