Archive for October, 2009

MDC applauds Botswana election

MDC applauds Botswana election

The MDC congratulates the people of Botswana and President Ian Khama for holding a peaceful election which serves as a major lesson to the rest of Africa and the region that it is possible to hold a free and fair election with an uncontested result. It was a bloodless election where all parties contested freely. [...]

Tomana wades into Bennett prosecution

Tomana wades into Bennett prosecution

The prosecution of Deputy Agriculture Minister Designate Roy Bennett took a dramatic twist on Monday after Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana took charge of the prosecution of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer-General.  Tomana took over the role of lead State counsel from Michael Mugabe, a law officer in his office who all along [...]

Tsvangirai seeks SADC pressure on Bob

Tsvangirai seeks SADC pressure on Bob

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will this week meet regional leaders to pressure coalition partner President Robert Mugabe to resolve disputes in the country’s unity government, a senior aide said Monday. Tsvangirai announced Friday that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party would disengage from Mugabe’s “dishonest and unreliable” [...]

Boycott is not a wise move: Prof Mufuka

Boycott is not a wise move: Prof Mufuka

Behind the Headlines with Professor Ken Mufuka Interview broadcast 15/10/09  Lance Guma: Maswera sei mhuri ye Zimbabwe? We welcome you to another special edition of Behind the Headlines. My guest this week is the Professor of History at Lander University in South Carolina in the United States of America, Professor Ken Mufuka. Now Professor Mufuka [...]

GNU Boycott & Pull-Out Method

GNU Boycott & Pull-Out Method

By Phil Matibe  In cases where family planning is used to limit the size of a family unit and modern contraceptives are unavailable, or because of certain religious beliefs, Coitus Interruptus is often practised. This is a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but withdrawal is deliberate prior to ejaculation. However, this [...]

Remembering Ignatious Mushangwe

Remembering Ignatious Mushangwe

By Adrian Smale It’s a sad fact that people in Zimbabwe are judged by their political views, or racial background rather than as Martin Luther dreamed “by the content of their character” and this in Africa in 2009. So many, many precious men, women and even children, have had their lives destroyed in Zimbabwe because [...]

Boycott will not pressure Mugabe

Boycott will not pressure Mugabe

By Basildon Peta The decision by Morgan Tsvangirai to disengage from Robert Mugabe appears dramatic, but it is hardly surprising. Yesterday he implicitly admitted that he has been lying to the world about all being well in Zimbabwe’s unity government – well, anyone could have worked that one out. As I warned in this newspaper [...]

Tots murder: Police find 'goodbye' video

Tots murder: Police find 'goodbye' video

By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter A heartbreaking video of two children saying “Goodbye mummy” before they were strangled has been discovered by police. Detectives are studying the footage of Theo Molemohi, two, and his four-year-old sister Yolanda, who were found unconscious by their mother at their home in Manchester on Wednesday. They died later the [...]