Posted by ZDN on May 11, 2010
Politics African leaders at the World Economic Forum on Africa criticised the formation of coalition governments on the continent following flawed or disputed elections. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said he blamed the African Union of failing to instil democracy in its 53 member states. South African President Jacob Zuma defended Zimbabwe’s Global Politic...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on May 5, 2010
Roundup of events during the last 7 days in Zimbabwe Politics Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai held talks with two regional leaders this week, opting to visit SA's President Zuma and Botswana's President Khama, instead of meeting with visiting Iranian leader Ahmadinejad. The discussions reportedly centred on the lack of progress in the full implementation of the Global Political Agree...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 28, 2010
Politics U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. has referred to the U.S. Treasury the question of whether prospective National Basketball Association team owner Mikhail Prokhorov has had dealings in Zimbabwe with a business tied to individuals under targeted sanctions Former Finance Minister and now leader of the Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MDKD) party, Simba Makoni, said Tuesday that the people su...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 20, 2010
Politics Zimbabwe marked its 30th anniversary of Independence this week on Sunday 18 April. For the first time, parties other than Zanu-PF were involved in the celebrations. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was cheered each time his image appeared on the live video monitor at the national stadium. The Chinese embassy in Harare made a significant financial contribution to the celebrations...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 13, 2010
Politics A consolidated report by the three principal parties in the GPA has been forwarded to South African President Jacob Zuma. The parties failed to agree on all outstanding issues and now await SADC's recommendations. It will be viewed by President Zuma before being forwarded to Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, the SADC chairman on defence politics and security. MDC spokespe...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 6, 2010
Politics President Jacob Zuma has both visited and sent negotiating delegations to Zimbabwe over the last few weeks, but the South African leader is being tested by Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party: reported agreements reached on implementation of the GPA were rebutted by Mugabe as soon as the South Africans went home. The coalition partners failed to meet the March 31 deadline set by Pre...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 30, 2010
Politics Pretoria said it would not accept the report required by President Jacob Zuma from the inter-party negotiators on March 31 if it fails to incorporate agreements that were reached with Zuma during his visit earlier this month. The announcement was in response to remarks by Zanu-PF’s chief negotiator, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, claiming the negotiator...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 23, 2010
Politics After a further visit to Zimbabwe by South African President Jacob Zuma, one of the major breakthroughs was a commitment by President Robert Mugabe to reverse his attempt to remove the mandates of MDC ministers. Negotiators from each side will present a progress report to Zuma on March 31. Zuma also met Attorney-General Johannes Tomana, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 16, 2010
Politics Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday that MDC and Zanu-PF supporters must stop fueling violence in the country, as he and Mugabe have a good relationship. He said they even eat together every Monday. Tsvangirai is on tour of Zimbabwe's ten administrative provinces to explain the MDC’s position on the unity government. Zanu-PF is printing over 1.6 million party membership cards t...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 9, 2010
Politics The MDC on Sunday said it was seeking SADC intervention to help resolve outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement (GPA). The decision will be passed to the party's national council, due to meet in Harare on March 12. In a government gazette issued on Friday, President Robert Mugabe reassigned powers from the Ministry of Information and Technology and the Ministry of ...
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