Category Archives: Press reports
David Coltart slammed
Harare Post By Bernard Mutambudzi 12th September 2018 David Coltart’s call for the newly appointed Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Coventry to decline the perks that come with the appointment has been viewed as utterances bent on causing unnecessary racial lines in Government. In his twitter page, Coltart said, “This is a […]
Bulawayo blast probe raises questions
Daily News By Jeffrey Muvundusi 9th September 2018 Police are still to make inroads in their investigations into the White City Stadium bomb blast in June in spite of claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the suspects are now known. Police sources told the Daily News on Sunday last week that the probe was still […]
Outrage over Zimbabwe’s 10 white rhino ‘donation’ to DRC
Zimlive.com By Sipho Mabuza 3rd September 2018 Zimbabwe has a white rhino population of between 300 and 370, compared with about 550 black rhino HARARE – A decision by Zimbabwe to “donate†10 endangered white rhinoceros to the Democratic Republic of Congo has sparked outrage. The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) says the donation […]
Mnangagwa govt exporting Matopos rhinos to DRC
Bulawayo News 24 By Simbarashe Sithole 1st September 2018 MDC Senator David Coltart has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is exporting rhinos from Matopos to DRC. In a twitter post Coltart said “I’ve just been told that the Mnangagwa government has started exporting #Rhinos from the #Matopos to #DRC. If true this is […]
‘Shooting inquiry a PR stunt’
Newsday BY EVERSON MUSHAVA and XOLISANI NCUBE 31st August 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s commission of inquiry into the August 1 army shootings that left seven people dead and a dozen others injured in Harare is just an international public relations stunt that will produce nothing for the victims, analysts have warned. Mnangagwa on Wednesday appointed […]
Zambia ‘colluded’ with Zimbabwe over Biti’s arrest
BBC 8th August 2018 Senior Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance official Tendai Biti was arrested after he reported to Zambian immigration officials at the Chirundu border post, about 350km north (217 miles) of the capital Harare, his lawyer Nqobizitha Mlilo has been quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. “It seems the Zambian immigration officials alerted […]
It will be hard for democratic countries to embrace Mnangagwa as someone different to Mugabe
The Telegraph Op-ed by David Coltart 4th August 2018 When Robert Mugabe was removed from power in the November 2017 coup I wrote that whilst a tyrant had been removed, we had yet to remove a tyranny. Emmerson Mnangagwa impressed me with his rhetoric when he took over as president. He spoke of a commitment […]
Calls for Ramaphosa to intervene in Zim’s post-election unrest
Cape Talk Radio Kieno Kumins 2nd August 2018 At least three people are dead following post-election violence in Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Police and military were allegedly attacking opposition supporters in the streets of Harare. Chaos broke in the capital after rumours Zanu PF had won the majority of parliamentary seats. Former Zimbabwean cabinet minister David […]
Zimbabwe elections: 5.5m people registered as polls open in first election without Robert Mugabe on ballot
The Independent By Jon Sharman, Christopher Torchia, Farai Mutsaka, MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock Monday 30 July 2018 Zimbabweans have gone to the polls in their first election without former president Robert Mugabe on the ballot. The current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, succeeded the 94-year-old last November in a bloodless coup that put an abrupt end […]
‘Zimbabwe’s money problems betray lack of confidence in institutions’
Gulf News By Richard Chimbiri, Copy Editor 29th July 2018 “The moon has spoken,†many Zimbabweans joked on social media on Friday, as a red moon appeared across the sky. The lunar eclipse that drew millions of sky gazers outdoors across the world had assumed a political angle in the country. Red is the official […]