Corruption | Zimbabwe Democracy Now

Zimbabwe: Political and Security Challenges to the Transition

Posted by ZDN on March 5, 2010

Zimbabwe Report from the International Crisis Group Africa Briefing N°70 Harare/Pretoria/Nairobi/Brussels, 3 March 2010 I. Overview As Zimbabwe enters its second year under a unity government, the challenges to democratic transformation have come into sharp focus. Despite reasonable progress in restoring political and social stability, ending widespread repression and stabilising the eco...

Information

No Comments

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 1 March 2010

Posted by ZDN on March 2, 2010

Politics The MDC is demanding drastic action against Zanu-PF youths who last week threatened Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for not calling for the removal of targeted sanctions. The youths were marching in the capital on Wednesday in protest against the sanctions. They also detained a freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere for filming the demonstration, but he was later released. ...

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 1 March 2010

News

1 Comment

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 15 Feb 2010

Posted by ZDN on February 16, 2010

Politics Jonathan Moyo was passed over for promotion to the new Zanu-PF Politburo lineup. The spin-doctor was hoping to become either information secretary or to head the party’s commissariat. The central committee was reportedly wary of trusting political chameleon Moyo enough to be part of the party’s inner circle. The EU has decided to extend targeted sanctions until 2011 against ...

News

No Comments

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 25 Jan 2010

Posted 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...

News

1 Comment

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 20 Jan 2010

Posted by ZDN on January 20, 2010

Politics The inter-party negotiations between the coalition partners did not take place on Monday Jan. 18 as scheduled after Zanu-PF negotiators Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche failed to attend. Talks were meant to resume on Saturday but were postponed to Monday because of the absence of Goche who was in Tanzania, reportedly on government business. South Africa P...

News

No Comments

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 13 Jan 2010

Posted 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...

Zimbabwe Weekly Update - week ending 13 Jan 2010

News

No Comments

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 15 Dec 2009

Posted by ZDN on December 18, 2009

Politics Zanu-PF’s fifth congress, which ended on Saturday in Harare, approved Robert Mugabe as the party’s leader for another five years, Joice Mujuru as senior vice president, John Nkomo as second vice president and controversial South African Ambassador Simon Khaya-Moyo as party chairman. Mugabe will be 92 at the end of his new term in office. The delegates allegedly adopted a number of...

News

No Comments

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...

General

2 Comments

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 1 Dec 2009

Posted by ZDN on December 2, 2009

Politics A South African mediation team, appointed by South African President Jacob Zuma, arrived in Harare Sunday night to speed up and facilitate the Global Political Agreement (GPA) talks between Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations. Led by Zuma's political adviser and ANC loyalist Charles Nqakula, the other members are international affairs adviser Lindiwe Zulu and anti-apartheid icon Mac Ma...

Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 1 Dec 2009

News

No Comments

African Solutions – Not Popular, but Essential

Posted by ZDN on November 30, 2009

IN 1992, Ghanaian writer and political analyst Dr. George Ayittey coined the phrase "African solutions for African problems". Seventeen years later in 2009, US President Barack Obama used those words as a key theme in his first speech to Africa in Accra, Ghana. It sounded great, but it's more than just a sound-byte. When Ayittey was asked in 2007 what initiative his organisation, the 'Free Afri...