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Posted by ZDN on August 11, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to Pedzisai Ruhanya and Dewa Mavhinga, who recently came to the UK as part of a delegation from the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. Both came to address a Diaspora constitutional consultation meeting in London over the weekend and Lance asks them how the Diaspora is expected to participate, and if the process back home will accept their input? [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocra...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on April 20, 2010
Politics Zimbabwe marked its 30th anniversary of Independence this week on Sunday 18 April. For the first time, parties other than Zanu-PF were involved in the celebrations. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was cheered each time his image appeared on the live video monitor at the national stadium. The Chinese embassy in Harare made a significant financial contribution to the celebrations...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on March 24, 2010
Zimbabweans in the Diaspora reacted with outrage when Edward Mkhosi, a co-chair of the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee, said there was no funding to consult those in exile. To get around this problem Lance hosts a tele-conference debate between Deputy Justice Minister Jessie Majome (a member of the parliamentary committee), Thamsanqa Zhou the spokesman of the Zimbabwe Constitutional Consult...
Continue ReadingPosted 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 Nxwala on March 14, 2010
Signs are slowly showing that Zanu-PF is starting to prepare for the elections, which many strongly believe will be next year. Torture camps are cropping up, which is a clear indication that Mugabe will call for elections soon, if not next year. The militia and the war veterans are the backbone that has made Zanu-PF win the elections since 2000. Most of the militia camps were disbanded after the r...
Continue ReadingPosted 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. ...
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 January 11, 2010
How much would the average Zimbabwean citizen pay to see democracy return to their country? Ten US dollars? Twenty? Anything? A Zimbabwean think-tank has published a report on ways that Zimbabwe could be rebuilt after decades of misrule. The report, published by The University of Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute and launched by Finance Minister Tendai Biti, has among other recommenda...
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...
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