Archive for September, 2009

Farm violence worsening – farmers union

Farm violence worsening – farmers union

By Muchena Zigomo PRETORIA, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Violence on Zimbabwe’s farms, which were once the country’s economic mainstay, is worsening and farmers are taking “an even bigger hiding” than before, the country’s Commercial Farmers Union said on Wednesday. Many white farmers have been evicted from land by President Robert Mugabe’s government since 2000, as [...]

Tarie Appeal: Media disappointed us

Tarie Appeal: Media disappointed us

By Luka Phiri and Dumi Tutani A Zimbabwean girl aged only 18 had an appeal that went round the globe. Tarie a young Zimbabwean who needs an operation and many people and organisations did donate towards the appeal and that was wonderful. I am so happy she will be coming to London tomorrow morning from [...]

World's youngest 'terrorist' awarded

World's youngest 'terrorist' awarded

Three-year old Nigel Mutemagawo was awarded the Democracy and Governance award by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition at a colourful ceremony held in Harare on Friday. Nigel was abducted in Banket, last year together with his parents. His parents are MDC Zvimba South district officials. He spent 72 days at Chikurubi Maximum Prison as his [...]

Mukoko ruling welcome but long overdue

Mukoko ruling welcome but long overdue

While all right thinking Zimbabweans are rejoicing that at long last, Jestina Mukoko has finally been freed from her ordeal by the Supreme Court ruling handed down yesterday which has ordered a permanent stay of prosecution against her there is still a sour taste in the mouth in that she went through needless persecution and [...]

SA firm regrets doing business with Mugabe

SA firm regrets doing business with Mugabe

By Noelene Barbeau The Pinetown-based company that sold state-of-the-art dairy equipment to Grace Mugabe for her farm, did not know they were doing business with the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and regrets the deal. Grace Mugabe established a dairy farm, Gushungo Dairy Estate, on one of the six farms she acquired after they [...]

Zimbo's must craft their own Constitution

Zimbo's must craft their own Constitution

The MDC dismisses the usual puerile propaganda by the public media that the party’s MPs and the leadership have crossed paths over the Constitution principles that were unanimously adopted on 13 September 2009 by the national council, the MDC’s supreme policy making organ.  It is our conviction that all positions in the current Constitution-making process [...]

CNN interview: when journos miss the point

CNN interview: when journos miss the point

By Gift Chinene  We live in a world of communications. But this world is not a world of honest communications only the politically correct, “tolerant”, multicultural “sensitive” kind are acceptable. Thoughts and ideas that are outside the accepted mainstream meme of political correctness “niceness” are dangerous communications indeed. Human beings are a very flawed species [...]

Stay Alive and Spread the Word Campaign

Stay Alive and Spread the Word Campaign

The Youth Forum has today launched a nation wide campaign dubbed Stay Alive and Spread the word campaign that targets the youth in the country’s ten political provinces. This campaign consists of a package that includes a female and a male condom wrapped in a reader comprising educative information on constitutionalism, transitional justice, human rights [...]

Charges against Jestina Mukoko dropped

Charges against Jestina Mukoko dropped

HARARE — The Zimbabwe Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the prosecution of leading rights activist Jestina Mukoko over an alleged plot to overthrow President Mugabe, saying the state had violated her rights. “The state through its agents, violated the applicant’s constitutional right, entitling the applicant permanent stay of criminal prosecution,” said judge Godfrey Chidyausiku. Mukoko [...]

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