Category Archives: Statements

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Statement 19 June 2009 Amnesty International has a long and consistent record of campaigning on human rights issues in Zimbabwe, going back more than 40 years. This Amnesty International mission comes at a critical juncture in Zimbabwe’s history, nine months after the adoption of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and four months after […]

MINISTERIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE 2009 MAY/JUNE EXAMINATIONS AND TUITION FEES FOR TERM 2 IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS By Senator David Coltart Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Harare 1st May 2009 1.0 PREAMBLE June examinations have traditionally commenced during the 3rd week of May and continued through to about the end of June. Due to […]

Notwithstanding the ruinous policies of the Rhodesia Front party he led, Ian Douglas Smith himself obviously had a deep love for Zimbabwe, evidenced by the fact that unlike so many of his colleagues he continued to live in Zimbabwe after independence (he only went to South Africa at the end of his life for medical […]

Statement by David Coltart Professor Asmal’s statement (attached below)is one of the most important to come out of South Africa in the last decade since Zimbabwe began its slide into chaos. It gives the lie once and for all to the notion that there is no crisis or that it is the result of western […]

We have noted the comments attributed to Morgan Tsvangirai this past weekend, in particular the following statement: “On our part, there have been calls across the board for unity within the MDC. I have argued against elite pacts. I have argued against attempts to pick-up individuals for specific party positions. That process cannot be regarded […]

The MDC expresses its deep concern and outrage regarding the events of the last few days in which political leaders, civic leaders and supporters have been arrested, tortured and denied access to lawyers and medical treatment. The murder by state agents of Gift Tandare marks another very disturbing development and is condemned. It is important […]

During the past weekend the 17th and 18th February 2007 both factions of the MDC attempted to hold meetings, as is their right in terms of section 21 of the Zimbabwean Constitution, which were frustrated through the actions of the police, the courts and the Minister of Home Affairs. In Bulawayo the MDC (Mutambara faction) […]

The Judge President, Justice Makarau, in her address to the opening of the High Court on the 15th January 2007, has correctly stated that normally Judges should not complain publicly regarding their conditions of service, but that she has to because their conditions, and the conditions of all those involved in the justice system, are […]

Heads of argument (attached below) were filed in the High Court of Zimbabwe this morning by lawyers representing Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd (a Zimbabwean farming company) in a Supreme Court application in which the constitutionality of Amendment 17 to the Zimbabwean Constitution is challenged. Whilst this is a private initiative, and I should stress the […]

I’ve had many emails saying that some people have been unable to find the Hardtalk interview on the BBC website or that you were unable to watch it online. I can confirm that it is now available for viewing online via the BBC at a page titled ‘Zimbabwe after Mugabe’. This is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6063888.stm. […]