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
Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will rescue Zimbabwe. Don’t believe it
The Economist 26th July 2018 In the first election since a coup, the party of Robert Mugabe deserves to lose FOR the first time since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe goes to the polls on July 30th without Robert Mugabe on the ballot. Instead the old despot’s former sidekick, who took his place after a coup
It’s the junta stupid
Senator David Coltart Commentary 26th July 2018 Bill Clinton when once asked about what was they key issue in his 1992 election campaign famously replied “its the economy stupid†– and it was. For all the experience that incumbent President George H Bush brought to the electorate the fact remained that the US economy was
Coltart says Mnangagwa’s meeting with white voters was a publicity stunt
The Insider 22nd July 2018 Movement for Democratic Change senatorial candidate David Coltart, a former Minister of Education in the inclusive government, has described today’s meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and white voters as a publicity stunt. He told British news agency Reuters; “I’m not surprised. You have to look at where this took place.â€
Mnangagwa Courts White Voters Ahead of Election
Reuters By Sisipho Skweyiya and Joe Brock 22nd July 2018 Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of white voters on Saturday in an attempt improve relations ahead of a July 30 election, a marked shift from his predecessor Robert Mugabe whose policies became increasingly racially divisive. Mnangagwa, who came to power when Mugabe was
Opposition turns heat over ballot paper design
Newsday By BLESSED MHLANGA 17th July 2018 THE opposition MDC Alliance has turned up the heat on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing it of violating sections of the Electoral Act with their design of the controversial presidential ballot ahead of the equally gripping July 30 general elections. Seasoned lawyer and MDC Alliance senatorial candidate
Statement regarding the illegal manner in which ZEC is allowing postal voting to take place.
Senator David Coltart 13th July 2018 I have noted how ZEC has tried to argue that the current system of postal voting is lawful. ZEC argues that there is nothing wrong with all police officers and soldiers having to vote collectively under the supervision of their commanding officers, never mind voting in front of their