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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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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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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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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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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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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Posted by ZDN on October 7, 2009
Global Political Agreement
Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement (GPA) to form an inclusive government was signed by Zanu-PF and the two formations of the MDC on 15 September 2008. President Robert Mugabe (Zanu-PF) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) were sworn in on 11 February 2009.
Population
2000: 12.5 to 13 million
2009: 7-8 million (independent analysts’ estima...
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Posted by ZDN on October 1, 2009
Instead of finding and prosecuting murderers and thugs, the police and, we believe, the secret service Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), are trying to find and prosecute the people who are keeping records of the perpetrators.
ZDN hopes that publishing the names of these criminals - all of whom are serving army personnel - will discourage the perpetrators from further crimes, and encourag...
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Posted by ZDN on September 30, 2009
In a cruel twist, ZanuPF – practised in the art of one-sided war, sabotage and thuggery – have resorted to tagging their civic opponents with a sinister new label – asymmetric warriors.
At the opening of a military training seminar earlier this month, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant-General Philip Sibanda accused non-governmental organizations and private radio stations of wag...
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Posted by ZDN on September 6, 2009
URGENT MEDIA STATEMENT
ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM
5 September 2009
Status and meaning of ratification of SADC Treaty and Tribunal Protocol
Patrick Chinamasa, the Minister of Justice, is reported as having stated that Zimbabwe is not bound by the Protocol on the SADC Tribunal (Tribunal Protocol) as she has not ratified this instrument. He goes on further to state that the Protocol is...
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