Post Tagged with: "MDC Statement"

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. [...]

Tsvangirai statement on unity boycott

It is exactly 264 days since the extra-ordinary summit of SADC of 26 January 2009 that directed the formation of the transitional government, which government started work on the 13th February 2009.  That same SADC summit directed that the government be formed by the swearing in of the Prime Minister, ministers and deputy ministers on [...]

The People Are Our Compass

The MDC dismisses the malicious fabrications by The Herald that it has backtracked from pulling out of the inclusive government.  While it has always been the perennial mandate and agenda of The Herald to misdirect and mislead the nation, this time it has chosen to successfully mislead and misdirect itself.  The Herald cannot prematurely comment [...]

Imprisonment of Roy Bennett provocative

Imprisonment of Roy Bennett provocative

The MDC regards today’s indictment and subsequent detention of Treasurer-General and deputy agriculture minister designate Roy Bennett as yet another serious attack on the credibility of the inclusive government.  Hon Bennett was arrested exactly eight months ago and instead of kicking off his belated trial this week, Zanu PF has invented yet another technicality to [...]

MDC congratulates Obama & Tsvangirai

MDC congratulates Obama & Tsvangirai

The MDC would like to congratulate US President Barack Obama for winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today. The MDC believes that President Obama’s inspirational figure; his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples make him a perfect candidate for winning this award. President Morgan Tsvangirai, who was also short listed for [...]

MDC celebrates World Teacher's Day

The MDC joins teachers in Zimbabwe in commemorating World Teachers’ Day 2009. The day, which will be celebrated tomorrow, is a historic occasion as it pays tribute to teachers who play a pivotal role in the provision of education for a better future for the country. The celebrations come at time when hope has become [...]

Shamu appointments threat to government

Shamu appointments threat to government

The announcement of the unilateral appointment of new board members for the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) and other statutory bodies by the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity represents yet another threat to the spirit and letter of the inclusive government.  Information minister Webster Shamu has simply usurped the powers of Parliament which had [...]

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 [...]