Mugabe ‘cannot pay his security forces’

The Daily Telegraph 15th June 2003 By David Harrison in Harare Zimbabwe’s security forces, the front-line enforcers of President Robert Mugabe’s brutal regime, are being paid only a fraction of their salaries as the country’s economic crisis deepens. Many soldiers and police officers, whose loyalty has traditionally been bought with high pay and other perks,

Coltart, David; Bulawayo South Candidate 2000

Inter-parliamentary Union In May 2000 when Mr. Coltart attempted to register his candidacy for the MDC party, the Registrar General attempted to bar his nomination claiming he was a British citizen and therefore, ineligible to be nominated. Mr. Coltart was required to prove he was not a British citizen and was a Zimbabwean citizen. In

The full story of what is going on in Zimbabwe

Allister Sparks The original plan to bowler-hat Mugabe and put Emmerson Mnangagwa in charge of Zimbabwe has been stymied because the opposition MDC won’t play ball as the ANC wanted, but the plan may now be implemented unilaterally with the Commercial Farmers Union in the token partnership role The first indication that Robert Mugabe might

England call for Harare switch

The Daily Telegraph 26th January 2003 By Scyld Berry and Neil Manthorpe in Harare England’s cricketers will declare their deep reluctance about going to Zimbabwe for their World Cup match on Feb 13 in a statement to be issued on their behalf by Richard Bevan, the managing director of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. The statement

Politics has no place in sport – so boycott the World Cup

Daily Telepgraph by: David Coltart The decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on December 19 to allow Zimbabwe to host World Cup matches has aroused fierce debate in Britain. A similar debate has raged within Zimbabwe for several months, and has threatened to split the cricketing fraternity. As a passionate supporter of Zimbabwean cricket,

Open Letter to Mugabe

SW Radio Africa by Siphosami Malunga Dear Mr. President I read with utter dismay what was ascribed to be your comments relating to David Coltart and Roy Bennett as reported in the Herald of 5 September 2002. Those comments have motivated me to set the record straight and jolt your memory somewhat about the past.

Open Letter to Mugabe – by Siphosami Malunga

SW Radio Africa – letter from Siphosami Malunga Dear Mr. President I read with utter dismay what was ascribed to be your comments relating to David Coltart and Roy Bennett as reported in the Herald of 5 September 2002. Those comments have motivated me to set the record straight and jolt your memory somewhat about

Mugabe must face trial for his crimes

The Telegraph (UK) One of my Parliamentary colleagues in the Movement for Democratic Change is Fletcher Dulini’Ncube. A veteran campaigner for human rights and a former detainee in the Rhodesian era, he is diabetic. Last November Fletcher was detained by the Mugabe regime on trumped-up charges and held in solitary confinement for over a month

Zimbabwe in 2002

The New York Times In the last two years Zimbabwe has been transformed into a state that increasingly resembles Cambodia under Pol Pot. The government seems set on adding famine to the list of oppressions visited on the nation. In May, a law was passed decreeing that any commercial farmer who continued to farm 45

Zimbabwe’s Man-Made Famine

The New York Times In the last two years Zimbabwe has been transformed into a state that increasingly resembles Cambodia under Pol Pot. The government seems set on adding famine to the list of oppressions visited on the nation. In May, a law was passed decreeing that any commercial farmer who continued to farm 45