Category Archives: Press reports
Zimbabwe opposition party leader Roy Bennett killed in New Mexico crash
CNN 20th January 2018 Key Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett died Wednesday in a helicopter crash in a remote area in northeastern New Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Four other people, including the pilot and co-pilot, also died in the crash, New Mexico State Police said. One passenger, who suffered serious injuries, is expected to survive, […]
Bennett, Wife Die in Helicopter Crash
The Herald By Zvamaida Murwira 19th January 2018 Former MDC-T national treasurer Mr Roy Bennett and his wife Heather died in a helicopter crash in Canada yesterday. Details of circumstances surrounding their death were not immediately clear, but several senior MDC-T officials posted on social media platforms, especially on Facebook, announcing the death. MDC-T spokesperson […]
Prioritise job creation, building schools, not new Parliament govt told
Bulawayo News 24 By Takudzwa Chiwara 12th January 2018 The government should not prioritise the construction of a new Parliament at a time the country has limited schools and high unemployment, says former Bulawayo South MP David Coltart. The Chinese government has pledged to bank roll construction of the new Parliament which will be constructed […]
Zimbabwe’s Army: New junta or reluctant reformers?
DefenceWeb By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen 13th December 2017 Operation Restore Legacy, which saw the end to Mugabe’s 37 year rule, has broken the log jam in Zimbabwe’s politics. But does it herald a democratic opening and economic recovery? At the moment, all that is clear is that the military will play a key and expanded role. […]
Hope and fear in Zimbabwe: Will the crocodile change his spots?
The Tutu Foundation By Michael Holman 12th December 2017 The immigration official at Harare’s Robert Mugabe international airport looked up from examining my passport, his face expressionless. “Why have you come to Zimbabwe?” “To celebrate,” I replied. “What will you be celebrating?” “Zimbabwe’s liberation,†I said, and I held my breath. Journalists without visas have […]
Henry Olonga feared Mugabe thugs would kill him
Bulawayo News 24 2nd December 2017 Almost 15 years after Henry Olonga wore a black armband, Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe is finally over. “I’m stunned,” he says. “Here we are in a country that is Mugabe-less for the first time in 37 years. It’s extraordinary.” Henry Olonga had long assumed that Mugabe – who “held […]
‘The same old faces’: Elation turns to despair in the new Zimbabw
Gulf Times 1st December 2017 “We dare not squander the moment,†Emmerson Mnangagwa said just a week ago at his swearing in as president, referring to the high hopes Zimbabweans had placed on him as a harbinger of change for a desperate nation. Seven days on and optimism was turning to cynicism as Zimbabweans’ collective […]
For Zimbabwe’s new president, a past tainted by a brutal massacre
CNN By David McKenzie and Brent Swails 1st December 2017 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (CNN) When the soldiers in the red berets arrived in Alice Mwale’s village in the fading light, they were not happy. “They asked me why I wasn’t at the political meeting. They said I had run away,” says Mwale, holding a crutch in […]
Coltart laments low voter registration in Bulawayo
Bulawayo News 24 By Takudzwa Chiwara 30th November 2017 The low registration of voters in Bulawayo is of great concern, says former Minister of Education David Coltart. Coltart attributed voter apathy in Bulawayo to low morale and relocation to greener pastures abroad. As of November, 22, Bulawayo registered 114 389 voters, representing 27,9 percent of […]
It’s astonishing to see Chombo in leg irons, says Coltart
Bulawayo 24 News By Simbarashe Sithole 27th November 2017 The arrest of former Finance Minister Ignatious Chombo over a litany of graft-related allegations has been described by former Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart as the following of legal channels. “It is astonishing to see former Minister Chombo in leg irons. At […]