Archive for June, 2009

Tsvangirai: Coalition Govt not in danger

Tsvangirai: Coalition Govt not in danger

By Angus Shaw HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s troubled coalition government is in no danger of collapsing despite accusations that President Robert Mugabe’s party is blocking reform, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday. Tsvangirai, a former opposition leader who joined Mugabe in the unity government in February, spoke to reporters a day after one of [...]

Dr Magaisa analyses Tsvangirai trip

By Alex Magaisa THREE weeks ago, Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left on a tour of Europe and North America, much of which is collectively referred to as the West. As the tour unfolded two major objectives were apparent. First, the trip sought to promote re-engagement between Zimbabwe and the West whose relationship over the [...]

Professor Moyo savages Tsvangirai trip

Professor Moyo savages Tsvangirai trip

By Prof Jonathan Moyo, MP While Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s three-week tour of some European countries and the United States has come and gone, it has left behind a lot of dust over its purpose and achievement, which are now the subject of political mystification and media hullabaloo. Against this background there are six irresistible [...]

The Michael Jackson journey

The Michael Jackson journey

By Mutumwa Mawere Each and every individual has a story whose real impact on others is regrettably only told in its true and proper perspective when one exists this world. Michael Jackson (MJ), the legend, icon and superstar and, indeed, an African heritage point of light passed on last week and his exit exposed the [...]

ROHR & ZimVigil exploiting asylum seekers

ROHR & ZimVigil exploiting asylum seekers

Editorial Several days ago as editor of this website, I had to make the difficult decision of whether or not to publicise and expose allegations that human rights group Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) and its sister organisation the Zimbabwe Vigil were exploiting desperate Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the United Kingdom. In the [...]

UK-Zim nurse struck off for abusing OAP

UK-Zim nurse struck off for abusing OAP

A Zimbabwean hospital nurse working in the UK shouted at an elderly woman and stripped her naked in front of other patients, a hearing has been told. Memory Musekiwa is accused of pushing the pensioner, who had wet herself, onto a commode in full view and then refusing to wash her. If she is found [...]

End Repression in Marange Diamond Field

End Repression in Marange Diamond Field

(Johannesburg) – Zimbabwe’s armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The military, which remains under the control of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front [...]

Pop Star Michael Jackson dies

Pop Star Michael Jackson dies

Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead today after paramedics found him in a coma at his Bel-Air mansion, city and law enforcement sources told The Times. Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told The Times that paramedics responded to a 911 call from the home. When they arrived, Jackson was not breathing. The [...]