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Posted 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 15, 2010
15 March 2010 Tsk, tsk. Apparently Robert Mugabe is able to discipline an entire nation but not the children in his own household. Mugabe has recently been embarrassed by DisGrace's son, who was expelled from St George's College for being 'disruptive'. The miscreant pupil then managed to get accepted (probably under duress) at St John's, another posh independent school - where rumour has it he...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 11, 2010
Read it first here! We name names and repeat allegations and gossip that cannot be published in conventional papers - the word on the street and the stuff whispered by 'an eyewitness', a 'reliable source' or 'someone you know who has connections'. Rumour and street-news is a favourite national pastime in Zimbabwe and we think it deserves it's own space. Because there is no smoke without fire! ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on February 23, 2010
Politics Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Thursday the inter-party talks had reached a deadlock and were “going nowhere.” Biti called for South Africa and SADC to intervene. President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday the extension of targeted sanctions by the EU was a deliberate ploy by the West to undermine development in the country. But he said he would not breach the power-sha...
Continue ReadingPosted 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...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on January 14, 2010
This is the first update for the New Year and covers the period from December 16 to January 13. Politics Inter-party talks between the coalition partners will resume January 16. The MDC on Friday Jan. 8 again announced it would not pull out of the unity government, saying any differences will be resolved. But on Tuesday Jan. 11, MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that any further farm invas...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on December 9, 2009
Politics The three principals of the unity government failed to meet the 30-day deadline set by SADC to resolve outstanding issues in the unity government. The South African three-person mediation team consequently returned to Harare for another round of talks to help speed up the process. The team will return to Pretoria Tuesday to present a report to President Jacob Zuma, who will forward it...
Continue ReadingPosted 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...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 30, 2009
Week Ending 30 October 2009 Our Lie-O-Meter needle remains firmly in the 'pants on fire' zone as Zanu-PF ministers continue to concoct a whole host of lies. Minister of Mines Obert Mpofu, in a sharp suit and with a shifty expression, told a bunch of bare-faced lies on SABC3 this week. Mugabe used his forked tongue with the state-owned Herald, claiming that the MDC’s actions were driven by e...
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