Posted by ZDN on July 30, 2010
Sabina Mugabe (75), one of President Mugabe’s three surviving sisters, who was counted among his closest allies and confidantes, passed away at the Avenues Clinic in Harare on Thursday after a long battle with illness. Almost ten years younger than the President, Sabina was the mother of Leo Mugabe, Patrick Zhuwao and Robert Zhuwao. Her nephew is the prominent and controversial businessman Ph...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 29, 2010
From New Zimbabwe - 29th July 2010 - by Lebo Nkatazo PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's 75-year-old sister, Sabina, has died, his son Leo confirmed. Sabina, born on October 14, 1934, had been ill for a long time and was hospitalised at the Avenues Clinic last Friday. One of only three of the President’s siblings still alive, Sabina died at around 3AM on Thursday morning at the same hospital. The su...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 28, 2010
Madock Chivasa on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to Madock Chivasa, spokesman for the National Constitutional Assembly. On Monday the NCA completed a 3 day workshop, discussing how to campaign against the government-led constitution making process. Chivasa talks about the resolutions made and reacts to last weeks hard hitting interview with MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa, who described...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 21, 2010
This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to Dadirai Chikwengo the chairperson of the National Association of Non Governmental Organizations (NANGO). The programme gets the NANGO assessment of the constitutional outreach exercise so far and whether the process will deliver a people driven document. Chikwengo says judging from what has happened so far ‘it looks like the outreach will ne...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 16, 2010
Zimbabwe Democracy Now apologises for being unable to produce the Zimbabwe Weekly Bulletin during the past four weeks. Politics South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is reported to be increasingly frustrated by Zimbabwe’s inability to implement the 2008 power-sharing agreement. At the end of June he wrote a letter to Harare’s feuding leaders in which he firmly set o...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 13, 2010
This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to one of the project managers from the Zimbabwe Constitutional Consultation Coalition in the United Kingdom. The group recently hosted a media workshop in London featuring Chris Mhike a commissioner in the Zimbabwe Media Commission. Maisa says they are carrying out an outreach exercise in the Diaspora getting the views of different interest grou...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 6, 2010
This week on the programme Lance Guma speaks to Zimbabwe National Students Union spokesman Grant Tabvurei who gives the Union’s view on the ongoing constitutional outreach exercise. Tabvurei expresses concern about ongoing incidents of violence and intimidation. He also talks about unconfirmed reports that recording equipment is being deliberately switched off when views that do not follow the Z...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on July 2, 2010
ZDN is proud to be part of a campaign based in Johannesburg which brings together several Zimbabwean civic, activist and advocacy groups. The organisations are funded by a number of donors in and outside Zimbabwe, who have pooled resources and come together to assist this concerted protest and advocacy action while the world's media spotlight is on South Africa for the football. We are also g...
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