Zimbabwean police poised to charge Biti with treason
The Star (SA), 18th June 2008 Lawyers say his continued detention is an enormous challenge to SADC A Harare High Court judge has refused to free top opposition politician and mediator Tendai Biti even though police failed to charge him with any crime six days after he returned home and was immediately arrested. Biti, secretary-general
Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown, calls for election observers
Europe News June 9, 2008 Stockholm – Members of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said Monday they feared further violence by President Robert Mugabe’s government ahead of the presidential run- off. ‘It is quite clear to us that Robert Mugabe is prepared to do literally anything to secure victory,’ David Coltart, an MDC
Murdered by Mugabe’s mob
The Independent By Daniel Howden and Raymond Whitaker Monday, 2 June 2008 Tonderai Ndira will not be campaigning when Zimbabwe votes again. He will not rally his neighbourhood, as he did two months ago, for one last push against an unwanted regime. Instead, he is buried in an unmarked grave in the Warren Hills cemetery
AK 47 – weapon of choice for Mugabe’s thugs
The Zimbabwean Saturday, 31 May 2008 “Instead of being a source of hope to the people, the police have become a threat.†HARARE Deadly AK47 rifles have become the weapon of choice for thugs involved in murder, kidnapping and torture throughout Zimbabwe. Suspiciously, though, the police have not been able to apprehend a single suspect
Challenger blasts Mugabe’s rule
The BBC 30th May 2008 Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has described the country under President Robert Mugabe as an “unmitigated embarrassment” to Africa. He said that during 28 years of Mr Mugabe’s rule, services such as education and healthcare had gone from the best in Africa to among the worst. He is standing against
MDC upbeat in face of Mugabe’s “campaign of fear”
In the News UK Thursday, 29 May 2008 Robert Mugabe is waging a campaign of violence against the MDC. He is attempting to cling to power in Zimbabwe as pressure for change builds and builds. Robert Mugabe is waging a campaign of intimidation and violence against Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a senior party
Regime coup threat if Mugabe loses poll
The Sydney Morning Herald Robyn Dixon in Johannesburg May 26, 2008 JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe hangs in dangerous political limbo: the ruling clique clings to power amid rumours of a coup if the incumbent, Robert Mugabe, loses the presidential run-off. His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, far from facing down military hardliners, has returned to Harare after weeks of
Zimbabwe Is On A Political Precipice
Intellpuke 24 May 2008 By Robyn Dixon Zimbabwe hangs in a dangerous political limbo: A ruling party clique clings to power amid rumors of a coup if President Robert Mugabe loses the upcoming presidential runoff. His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, far from facing down military hard-liners, has been out of the country for weeks, fearing assassination.
Mbeki ‘threw toys out of cot’ over Khampepe report
Business Day By Michael Bleby – Writer at Large Wednesday 14 May 2008 NEWS of a second Khampepe report, the analysis Judge Sisi Khampepe wrote with Judge Dikgang Moseneke for President Thabo Mbeki of the skewed 2002 Zimbabwean presidential election and which he has sat on since then, has got a number of people hot
Returning for round two
Leader in The Guardian Tuesday May 13 2008 Morgan Tsvangirai was right to decide to return to Zimbabwe to contest the second round runoff. His departure, over a month ago, to lobby the governments of southern Africa was initially a shrewd move, and did much to undermine Thabo Mbeki’s attempts to shield his embattled friend