Rivals in Zimbabwe sign power-sharing agreement
New York Times By Celia Dugger 15 September 2008 HARARE, Zimbabwe — After almost three decades of untrammeled power, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Monday signed an agreement that gives his longtime rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, the authority to shape and carry out government policies as the country’s new prime minister. The power-sharing deal, a
High Cost of Inclusive Government
Zimbabwe Crisis Reports By Chipo Sithole 16 September 2008 The power-sharing deal entered by long-time Zimbabwe ruler Robert Mugabe and leaders of the fractured opposition establishes the largest cabinet since independence in 1980, imposing a huge financial cost on the crisis-torn country. Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main faction of the opposition Movement
Church groups give cautious welcome to Zimbabwe accord
Episcopallife online September 15, 2008 Christian leaders and organizations worldwide have welcomed the announcement of an agreement to form a unity government in Zimbabwe, while also saying that many challenges lie ahead for the southern African nation. “We have an opportunity,” the Rev. Ishmael Noko, a Zimbabwean theologian who is general secretary
The end of the beginning
By David Coltart Nine years to the day since I stood with Morgan Tsvangirai, Gibson Sibanda, Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube and many other patriots on the 11th September 1999 at Rufaro Stadium to launch the MDC a deal has been agreed in Harare tonight to bring to an end 28 years of brutal Zanu PF
A perspective on the talks and the election of the Speaker
By David Coltart 9th September 2008 During the last few weeks there has been frenzied media speculation that Robert Mugabe has entered into, or is about to enter into, a deal with the MDC formation led by Arthur Mutambara (MDC M ) *1 see below. The MDC M in honouring the terms of the MOU
Whites fine for Zanu-PF, not for MDC
The Zimbabwe Times September 8, 2008 Geoffrey Nyarota THE campaign pitch of President Robert Mugabe in recent elections has been consistent.Since the electorate shocked him out of deepening complacency in the aftermath of the constitutional referendum held back in February 2000 Mugabe has sought to portray himself as a patriot, while presenting his rival, Morgan
Not a black and white story
The Guardian By Blessing-Miles Tendi Thursday August 28 2008 Mugabe has always switched his views on race to make political capital, as his enthusiastic welcome of Kirsty Coventry shows “The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.” “Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man,
Zimbabwe opposition wins key post
New York Times By Celia W. Dugger Published: August 26, 2008 JOHANNESBURG: Jubilant opposition legislators in Zimbabwe’s Parliament broke into song and dance on Monday after their candidate won the powerful position of speaker of Parliament, defeating a nominee backed by President Robert Mugabe’s party, ZANU-PF. The victory of the opposition candidate, Lovemore Moyo, by
Zimbabwe opposition party wins post of parliament speaker
The Los Angeles Times By Robyn Dixon 26 August 2008 The election of a candidate from the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, deals a blow to President Robert Mugabe’s regime. The vote is seen as a key test of who will control parliament. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party won its first
Blow for Robert Mugabe as Morgan Tsvangirai’s man elected Speaker
The Telegraph By Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa Correspondent and Peta Thornycroft in Harare 26 August 2008 Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe suffered a major blow to his attempts to hold on to power when an MP from Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change was elected as speaker of parliament. In a stunning upset Lovemore Moyo, chairman