The battle of Zimbabwe
Published in the Washington Post by Michael Gerson A nation is dying, its leader a tyrant, its neighbors indifferent Thursday, June 14, 2007 WASHINGTON – When I talked earlier this week with David Coltart, a Zimbabwean member of parliament and human rights lawyer, his office in Bulawayo had been without power for five hours. The
No end in sight as Zimbabwe groans amid shortages and spiralling inflation
Financial Times by Alec Russell Published: May 21 2007 03:00 The people of Nswazwi are once again on the move. Three decades ago their tiny settlement of thatched mud huts, a few miles from the border with Botswana, was caught up in Zimbabwe’s liberation war. Many residents fled across the frontier before returning home to
Gukurahundi Reconciliation Urged
Institute for War and Peace Reporting New bill aims to address emotional scars of mass killings, but some say it doesn’t go far enough. By Fiso Dingaan in Lupane, Matabeleland (AR No. 109, 18-Apr-07) Fighting hard to hold back tears, 52-year-old Ernest Ngwenya points to three mounds of soil crudely marked with stones and burnt
Transcript of an interview with Lateline (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tony Jones talks to Opposition MP in Zimbabwe, David Coltart, about the arrest of and attack on Opposition members following a demonstration. Transcript: Broadcast: 13/03/2007 TONY JONES: Those of you who follow the Zimbabwe story on this program over time will recall Zimbabwean MP David Coltart, he’s a member of the Movement for Democratic Change
Statement regarding the unlawful detention, denial of access and torture of Save Zimbabwe leaders and activists
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
Transcript of ‘Hot Seat’ Interview with David Coltart, Raymond Majongwe, and Arnold Tsunga
This is a two-part transcript of a SW Radio Africa Hotseat Interview between ‘Hot Seat’ journalist Violet Gonda, and Raymond Majongwe of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, David Coltart of the Mutambara MDC, and lawyer Arnold Tsunga Part 1: Broadcast 20 February 2007 Violet Gonda: Zimbabwe has been witnessing a wave of strikes by
Mugabe bans rallies as unrest spirals
The Daily Telegraph 19th February 2007 By Peta Thornycroft, Zimbabwe Correspondent Police stop opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from rallying President Robert Mugabe’s regime tried to suppress rising discontent across Zimbabwe yesterday by banning all opposition political gatherings. Heavily armed riot police enforced this edict by preventing one rally from taking place in the capital, Harare,
Statement regarding breaches of the rule of law during the weekend 17/18 February 2007
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)
Breaking the impasse in Zimbabwe
A plea for action on Zimbabwe by South Africa and Germany by David Coltart The current situation In his book Development as Freedom, the Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen stresses the causal connection between democracy and the absence of famine. He makes the point that there has never been a famine in the recorded history
Mugabe blamed for justice collapse
The Daily Telegraph 19th January 2007 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare President Robert Mugabe: Increasingly repressive Zimbabwe’s justice system, once considered a model for the rest of Africa, has collapsed after being starved of funds by President Robert Mugabe’s government, one of the country’s most senior judges has claimed. In an unprecedented attack on the