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 Weekly Update – week ending 1 Feb 2010

Posted by ZDN on February 2, 2010

Politics Zanu-PF’s supreme decision making body, the Politburo, said there will be no more Global Political Agreement (GPA) compromises until targeted sanctions have been lifted. The sanctions question is not included in any conditions of the GPA. A leaked Zanu-PF working document reveals that the party wants “an all-powerful presidency” and has no intention of sharing power in the...

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Legal Opinion: Proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement between Zimbabwe and South Africa

Posted by ZDN on November 25, 2009

EX PARTE: COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION IN RE: PROPOSED BILATERAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND SOUTH AFRICA OPINION J.J. GAUNTLETT SC F.B. PELSER Chambers Cape Town 21 November 2009 A. INTRODUCTION 1. Our Consultant is the Commercial Farmers Union. 2. We have been asked to consider urgently the proposed conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Promotion...

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Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 10 Nov 2009

Posted by ZDN on November 11, 2009

Politics The MDC has ended its cabinet boycott and has given President Robert Mugabe one month to implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in full. Prime Minister Tsvangirai made the announcement on Thursday at the end of a regional meeting of the South African Development Community (SADC) Troika on Defence, Security and Politics in Maputo. MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that his p...

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Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 3 Nov 2009

Posted by ZDN on November 4, 2009

Politics The leaders of Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia meet on Thursday (5 November) in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, to discuss the current non-implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA).  Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that if the SADC Troika on Security, Defence and Politics did not produce results, he would insist on a full summit of the 15-membe...

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Five civilians shot by Zimbabwean Army

Posted by ZDN on October 30, 2009

Five Zimbabwean farm workers have been shot on Friedawil farm in the Chinhoyi district about 100 kilometres north of Harare. Rubber bullets were used at short range in what amounts to attempted murder. Currently there has been no confirmation of any police reaction to the latest violence. As a rule, police do not attend to incidents which they categorise as “political”. The farm belongs ...

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