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Posted 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 26, 2010
Politics Inter-party talks were again adjourned on Wednesday and are expected to resume in two weeks. MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that the party is losing patience and allegedly wants to declare a deadlock in its negotiations with Zanu-PF. It plans to refer the agenda to SADC and South African President Jacob Zuma. The MDC appears to be standing its ground on key issues it wants re...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on December 5, 2009
Week ending 4 December 2009 This week ZBC TV and Radio get the perjury prize for a change. Their whole week has been dedicated to shouting about how Minister Biti is 'witholding funds' for agricultural inputs. This, accompanied by threats that 'we cannot tolerate this any longer' have the ordinary folk wondering if Zanu-PF are actually trying to stir up the anger of the masses in order to c...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on December 4, 2009
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday appealed to his countrymen to return home to help rebuild the country. “The isolation of Zimbabwe must come to an end,” said Tsvangirai, speaking at a seminar in Cape Town. “There is need for reconstruction and rehabilitation back home. The Diaspora has an obligation. Tsvangirai is in South Africa for two days of meetings with lea...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 21, 2009
Government Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced on Friday that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would disengage from Robert Mugabe’s “dishonest and unreliable” Zanu-PF party until outstanding issues in the power sharing agreement are resolved. The pullout, from cabinet but not from government, poses the biggest threat to the fragile power sharing ag...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 14, 2009
Business South Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite, said it is no longer pursuing investment opportunities in Zimbabwe, citing political and economic “uncertainty.” Shoprite/Checkers planned to buy OK Bazaars, Zimbabwe’s second largest supermarket chain, despite the recent designation of the Meikles/TM supermarkets Group by Zimbabwe government interests. The Reserve Bank of ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 9, 2009
Jonathan Moyo was last week re-admitted into Zanu-PF, and the move appears to have given our favourite political chameleon even more incentive to do what he does best: spread lies. In his latest column for Zimbabwe’s Sunday Mail, he accuses Finance Minister Tendai Biti of “dangerous treachery” and of trying to “destroy” the government. So we couldn’t resist: We made our own polygra...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 7, 2009
Global Political Agreement Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement (GPA) to form an inclusive government was signed by Zanu-PF and the two formations of the MDC on 15 September 2008. President Robert Mugabe (Zanu-PF) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) were sworn in on 11 February 2009. Population 2000: 12.5 to 13 million 2009: 7-8 million (independent analysts’ estima...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 6, 2009
Business A group of German investors said on Saturday they had doubts about the situation in Zimbabwe. The investors, representing about 24 companies from various business sectors, undertook a fact-finding mission to the country last week. "There are questions that remain open. These questions relate to law and order," said Andreas Wenzel, a German businessman, in Hara...
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