Zimbabwe situation getting worse – UK Committee

Posted by ZDN on March 8, 2010

Tuesday 23 February 2010 MR GARETH THOMAS MP, MR MARK LOWCOCK and MR JOHN DENNIS Evidence heard in Public Questions 50 – 135 USE OF THE TRANSCRIPT 1.This is an uncorrected transcript of evidence taken in public and reported to the House. The transcript has been placed on the internet on the authority of the Committee, and copies have been made available by the Vote Office for the use...

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Zimbabwe: Political and Security Challenges to the Transition

Posted by ZDN on March 5, 2010

Zimbabwe Report from the International Crisis Group Africa Briefing N°70 Harare/Pretoria/Nairobi/Brussels, 3 March 2010 I. Overview As Zimbabwe enters its second year under a unity government, the challenges to democratic transformation have come into sharp focus. Despite reasonable progress in restoring political and social stability, ending widespread repression and stabilising the eco...

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Summary of the Judgment in Gramara (Pvt) Ltd and another v The Government of Zimbabwe and Others

Posted by ZDN on January 27, 2010

PATEL, J Harare, 24 November, 2009 and 26 January 2010 Facts of the Case This case was an application for the Registration of the SADC Tribunal Judgement in the matter of Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd and others versus the Republic of Zimbabwe by 2 out of the 77 applicants in that case. This case found that the rights of white farmers to approach a court for redress and not be discriminated aga...

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Murderers and torturers appointed to Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Outreach Programme

Posted by ZDN on January 15, 2010

The Inclusive Government in Zimbabwe has started it's Constitutional Consultative Programme (CCP), as outlined in the terms of the GPA. No doubt, this fact was proudly presented at the Maputo meeting of the SADC Troika on Security, which met yesterday and pronounced the GPA alive and well and is, according to Jacob Zuma, "Making good progress". However, the SADC Troika undoubtedly had not been ...

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Mugabe’s control of the armed forces makes Zanu PF invincible – Or does it?

Posted by ZDN on December 9, 2009

Zimbabwe Exiles’ Forum In an article published on the Zimbabwejournalists.com website on 24 December 2007, the author, Freeman Forward Chari, posed the following question: “In a country of nearly 200 000 military people…..  whose public sector is run by the military, where does the common man fit in?  Is there a possibility of civil participation in the country?” Chari breaks do...

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MDC’s Case to the SADC Troika meeting

Posted by ZDN on November 4, 2009

ON Thursday 5th November, a day historically associated with political fireworks, the two MDC signatories to the GPA will be presenting a pretty watertight case to the SADC Troika on Security, Defence and Politics. Their full list of complaints would take a week to present, if fully aired,  but in fact all they can demand of SADC at this point is that the organisation upholds its obligations a...

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“Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds” – Special Assignment transcript

Posted by ZDN on November 1, 2009

PRESENTER: For most people, diamonds symbolize love, happiness and wealth, but in countries like Zimbabwe, they’ve brought terror and misery. So jewellery stores like this one in Cresta want to feel confident that the diamonds they sell are approved by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. This is the international watchdog to put a stop to the deadly trade in conflict diamonds. Next week...

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Mozambicans Have More Rights in Zimbabwe than Zimbabweans

Posted by ZDN on October 28, 2009

Zimbabweans envy the people of Mozambique resident in Zimbabwe, and elsewhere outside Mozambique. They will participate in the Mozambican national elections today, because their constitution allows them to vote as expatriates. But under Zimbabwean electoral law, Zimbabweans are denied the same rights. No non-resident citizen is allowed to vote in national elections - except for embassy staff. ...

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Why Zanu-PF fears a Land Audit

Posted by ZDN on October 19, 2009

Minister of Lands and Land Resettlement, Herbert Murerwa is under orders to block any possible implementation of an independent land audit in Zimbabwe. Why? Because Zanu-PF and its geriatric leader Robert Mugabe are very aware that such an audit would reveal their own greed and venality, along with the complete chaos and anarchy within its own 29-year-old Land Reform Programme. Their claims ...

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Alert: ZDF Perpetrators infest civilian institutions – the Militarisation of Zimbabwe increases

Posted by ZDN on October 13, 2009

In our continuing efforts to publicise those responsible for assaults on defenceless citizens, it is worth noting that several of the named perpetrators of political violence have since been appointed to some of the most important committees and organs of state formed to assist the implementation of the GPA! We seriously doubt their ability to act in the interests of the people of Zimbabwe. It ...

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