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SADC leaders unlawfully undermine regional tribunal, say legal groups

Posted by ZDN on November 10, 2010

NEWS RELEASE 8 November, 2010 Johannesburg: Heads of State from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have unlawfully sabotaged the SADC Tribunal and undermined the right of citizens to access justice, according to a legal opinion submitted on Friday by a group of respected legal and human rights organisations. The opinion contends that SADC leaders – particularly at the l...

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Lifting Targeted Sanctions – Why?

Posted by ZDN on March 25, 2010

What sort of person attracts an asset freeze and a travel ban to the USA and the EU? The sort of person who, if targeted sanctions are lifted, would then be free to mingle with the citizens of the USA and the EU. By no means the worst on the list, meet Olivia Muchena: coming soon to a neighbourhood near you. Olivia Muchena was well educated at two of the best universities in the USA - yet sh...

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Bill Watch – Commentary on Indigenisation Regulations

Posted by ZDN on February 24, 2010

BILL WATCH 6/2010 - 22nd February 2010 - Courtesy of Veritas The Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment (General) Regulations [Statutory Instrument 21/2010] Introduction These regulations, which were gazetted on 29th January, have caused consternation in many quarters. Economists and business commentators fear they will discourage foreign investment at a time when Zimbabwe desperately...

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EU Calls Zanu-PF’s Bluff

Posted by ZDN on February 15, 2010

The one good piece of news this week was that the European Union has decided to retain the targeted sanctions they imposed in 2002 against the corrupt and criminal elements at the top in Zanu-PF. This is because the EU knows by now that Robert Mugabe has no intention of honouring his side of the power sharing agreement - sanctions or no sanctions. The Zanu-PF leadership reneged before; they wil...

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Bishop Paul Verryn receives messages of support

Posted by ZDN on February 3, 2010

Messages of support are pouring in for Bishop Paul Verryn who has provided food, shelter and hope to thousands of destitute asylum seekers, most of whom are Zimbabweans, at the Central Methodist Mission in down-town Johannesburg. Verryn was suspended last week by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and is facing two disciplinary charges. The first relates to his initiating a court action...

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Lie-O-Meter – Jonathan Moyo

Posted by ZDN on December 12, 2009

Week ending 11 December 2009 We opened up our Sunday Mail newspaper this week to find a lengthy rant, teeming with salacious lies, from the much-loathed spin doctor Jonathan Moyo. Moyo, clearly anxious to prostrate himself at the feet of the party in the hope of slithering back into the Central committee at the Zanu-PF Congress, is gabbling the required propaganda with all his might. The re...

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Call for investigation into deaths of war heroes

Posted by ZDN on December 9, 2009

As South Africa’s mediation team prepares for another round of tough negotiations to resolve contentious issues raised by the three coalition partners in Zimbabwe’s transitional government, Zimbabwe Democracy Now is calling for a full investigation into the deaths of two liberation war generals. December is the 30th anniversary of the death of General Josiah Tongogara and people across Zimb...

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Rules for our Rulers Podcast – 14.09.09

Posted by ZDN on September 21, 2009

With growing concern that the constitution making process has stalled Lance Guma hosts a panel discussion to find out what is happening. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Communications Officer Kumbirai Mafunda, and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Director McDonald Lewanika are part of the panel. Mafunda talks about the outreach programmes being done by the ZLHR in remote rural areas, while Lewanika ...

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Minister Webster Shamu – a Case to Answer?

Posted by ZDN on September 11, 2009

There are two items that obsess ZanuPF at present: One is the arms embargo and targeted travel ban on individuals, which ZanuPF shrilly denounces as 'illegal sanctions'. The other is the existence of shortwave radio stations that are not under their direct control. The world is clearly not allowed to do things without ZanuPF's permission! But, with ZanuPF's blessing, anything goes: On ...

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Drop the Shopping

Posted by ZDN on August 27, 2009

27 August 2009 Zimbabwe: Targeted sanctions must remain in place until the targeted persons and organisations mend their ways. Zanu-PF’s preoccupation with shopping expeditions for 250 of its members, when the nation needs every cent for food and basic services, is outrageous. Led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru, the party’s petulant cries for ‘illegal sanctions’ to be lifted are...