Christmas onslaught on commercial farmers

Posted by ZDN on December 28, 2009

For Zimbabwean commercial farmer Ray Finaughty and his wife Lorraine, Christmas Eve should have been an opportunity to enjoy a family reunion on their farm in the Rusape area with their three teenage sons, the eldest of whom had just returned home from Australia. Instead, it was a day of high drama as they were initially barricaded in their home by a group of drunken thugs then allowed to pack ...

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Zimbabweans want sticking issues addressed urgently

Posted by ZDN on November 20, 2009

MDC Media Release The MDC is extremely concerned at the dragging of feet by Zanu PF and Professor Mutambara’s party in resolving the outstanding issues as advised by the guarantors. The deadline set by the SADC troika for the resolution of outstanding issues has once again been missed because of the intransigence, mischief and insincerity exhibited by the political players who are not taki...

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NANGO Press Statement

Posted by ZDN on October 26, 2009

25 October 2009 Police Arrest NANGO Board Chair and CEO Victoria Falls police arrested NANGO board chairperson Dadirai Chikwengo and Chief Executive Officer Cephas Zinhumwe Sunday October 25 2009 after the NGO Directors' Summer School held 23-24 October 2009 in the resort town. Information coming from Vic Falls is to the effect that the two are to be charged under POSA for holding a meeti...

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“We will Disengage” – Tsvangirai

Posted by ZDN on October 16, 2009

Press Statement by MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai 16 October 09 It is exactly 264 days since the extra-ordinary summit of SADC of 26 January 2009 that directed the formation of the transitional government, which government started work on the 13th February 2009. That same SADC summit directed that the government be formed by the swearing in of the Prime Minister, ministers and deputy minis...

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Mukoko Ruling: Zimbabwe’s justice on trial

Posted by ZDN on October 8, 2009

The full bench of Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court, ordered the Attorney General to cease prosecuting human rights’ activist Jestina Mukoko, 54, in what Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights describe as a litmus test for the country’s justice delivery system. The director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project and 16 others were charged with plotting to topple President Robe...

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Status and meaning of ratification of SADC Treaty and Tribunal Protocol

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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Zanu PF in desperate bid to mislead the world

Posted by ZDN on August 17, 2009

MDC PRESS RELEASE - 17th August 2009 Today’s misleading and laughable reports in The Herald that Zanu PF has strictly adhered to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) represents yet another desperate attempt to hoodwink Zimbabweans and the international community when the facts speak for themselves on who has led the world up the garden path. Zanu PF’s spokesman Ephraim Masawi makes scand...

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