Zimbabwe Power Rivals Yet To Approve Key Amendment
Region: ZimbabweZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have yet to approve a constitutional amendment critical to forming a unity government, state media said Sunday. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said Friday that "some shared understanding" had been reached over the amendment that will set out the powers of the prime minister. Tsvangirai would become prime minister u... more
Views: 736Cracks Widen in Mugabe's ZANU PF Party
Region: Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-Cracks widened last week in Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party on how to handle a power sharing agreement with their main political rival, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Party insiders said there are two groups having differences of opinion over how to go about the September 15 agreement, aimed at ending the country’s decade-long political and economic crisis. &nb... more
Views: 1082Zimbabwe's Cholera Outbreak Spreads Countrywide
Region: Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-A chronic cholera outbreak in Harare that left dozens dead last month has spread countrywide, as health officials struggle to tame the water-borne disease, bringing the death toll to more than 200, according to a residents’ body. The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) said in a statement Tuesday this week that there are more casualties than the 37 people whom the government claimed had... more
Views: 937AMSCO tight-lipped about its contract with Mujuru's company
Region: ZimbabweUnited Nations-owned African Management Services Company (AMSCO) terminated its contract with Zimbabwean diamond mining company River Ranch Limited more than a year ago but it has refused to disclose terms of its three-year contract. River Ranch also declined to discuss terms of the contract saying, “details of the contract and its implementation are confidential”. Johannesburg-based AMSCO... more
Views: 1650UN-Owned Company Assisting Mujuru’s Company
Region: ZimbabweA United Nations sponsored company based in Johannesburg has been providing assistance to a mine owned by one of President Robert Mugabe’s top lieutenants for the past four years in what appears to be a breach of United States legislation aimed at bringing about democratic change in Zimbabwe. The United States government, which has imposed stiffer sanctions on Zimbabwe following its disputed pres... more
Views: 1485School Fees Paid in Cows
Region: Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO – Concerned residents have spoken out against Petra High School which has asked for its fees to be paid in livestock and fuel. Zimbabwe's economy suffers from galloping inflation – the latest annual official estimate puts it at 11,000,000% - making the value of assets such as cows and fuel coupons more stable than money. Last month, the government revalued the currency, making 10 billion ... more
Views: 1893Mugabe, Tsvangirai Strike Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Deal
Region: ZimbabweZimbabwe’s political leaders will sign a power-sharing deal on Monday morning that brings months of deliberations, since Zimbabweans went to the polls on March 29, to an end. Robert Mugabe will remain the country’s president but will share the leadership of the country with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who will be appointed as Prime Minister. The deal was brokered by South African president Thabo M... more
Views: 1519Frustration as Zimbabwe Talks Miss Deadline
Region: Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans say politicians seem too worried about their own futures to think of wider problems. By Joseph Nhlanhla in Bulawayo As the deadline set for talks between Zimbabwe’s rival parties expired on August 4, many ordinary people are worried about the economic consequences of any delay in finding a political settlement. According to the Memorandum of Understanding signed on July 21 by President Robert Mu... more
Views: 1673Peace Talks on Agenda in Zimbabwe—Eventually
Region: Zimbabwe
Posted by findingDulcinea Staff President Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement Monday to hold talks about a possible unity government in the divided country. The agreement, the fruit of preliminary talks that began July 10 to define the parameters of future negotians, “is understood to be broad in outline and many areas of disagreement remain,” reports the Guar... more
Views: 1173Zimbabwe's Politics of the Empty Stomach
Region: Zimbabwe
In the run-up to the June presidential run-off elections in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe's government banned the distribution of food to poor people by NGOs. The government accused NGOs of using food to campaign on behalf of the political opposition. More than anything else the government ban on food distribution is a revelation of how much the stomach has influenced political developments in the country.... more
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