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
MDC statement regarding Gwanda food distribution
The MDC has been made aware of further evidence of the illegitimate Mugabe regime using food as political weapon in the Gwanda district of Matabeleland South Province. On Friday the 12th July 2002 a meeting of the “Gwanda drought relief and food distribution committee” was convened in Gwanda. It is pertinent to note that Gwanda
Opposition seeks new extension of vote
The Daily Telegraph 10th March 2002 Anonymous ZIMBABWE’S opposition party today again asked a High Court to extend voting in presidential elections, citing continued delays at urban polling stations. “We have applied to the High Court for another 24 hours extension of the polls. We have also asked that the registrar general and those who