Now a different ball game for Zanu-PF

By Takarinda Gomo

FOR people who have suffered so much, for far too long, Zimbabweans should be forgiven for being apprehensive. They have no faith in the politics of their country because they have been let down many, many times. Even this new Sadc initiative led by South African President Jacob Zuma is already being dismissed as hot air.

MDC suspends its UK executive

LONDON – The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended the party’s
United Kingdom and Ireland provincial executive committee, pending
investigations into what the party’s leadership has described as shocking
financial irregularities in remittances of money to Zimbabwe.

Talks resume between ZANU PF and MDC formations

The country’s three main political parties have finally begun discussing
crucial outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement to try to end
the long running dispute between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.

Obama takes swipe at Mugabe

UNITED STATES President Barack Obama has given an award to a leading women’s rights activist in Zimbabwe, labeling Robert Mugabe a “dictator” in the process.

Obama presented Magodonga Mahlangu and her organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) with the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in a White House ceremony.

Tsvangirai took a terrifying gamble

By Mary Ndlovu
A SEASON of fear has returned to Zimbabwe and it is unlikely that the patchwork performed on the fraying coalition government will reverse its impact, at least not in the short run.
Unlawful arrests, abductions, beatings, torture, burning of homes and yes, killings too, by Zanu-PF and state agents, are again on the increase. The instigators bare their claws, threatening terror for anyone who dares to oppose them. Not that the claws were ever fully retracted; through over the past year there has been plenty of opportunity for the predator to lurk in the shadows, and sharpen them for future use.

Why Mugabe agreed to the Government of National Unity

President Robert Mugabe`s Zanu PF performed dismally in the March 2008 harmonised elections. Despite losing the election, Mugabe still did not want to relinquish power into the hands of capable people. Mugabe therefore successfully rigged the presidential result, while conceding defeat to Morgan Tsvangirai, but he made sure that the result showed Tsvangirai to have ‘won’ but not enough votes to be able to form a government.

Protest for Zimbabwe plight

ZIMBABWEAN campaigners staged a protest in the Old Market Square on Saturday against changes in the rules that affect asylum seekers.

Condolence Message For The Late Hon. John Nyamande.

The NZCN learn with great shock the passing away of Honourable MP John Nyamande.We convey our deepest sympathy to the Nyamande family. MP John Nyamande would be remembered for his tireless work for the MDC at home and abroad.May his soul rest in peace.

SADC sets December deadline to implement outstanding issues

The regional SADC Troika summit held in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday
toughened up its stance on Zimbabwe by giving all parties the 6th December
as the deadline to implement all outstanding issues.

SADC sets deadline – or does it?

The MDC are saying that they are happy with the SADC Summit and that Mugabe has a 30 day deadline to implement the GPA.

The SADC communiqué arrived late Friday and having read it, it is unclear how Prime Minister Tsvangirai and his delegation have arrived at this conclusion.

The SADC communique does not actually state that there is a deadline for the implementation of the GPA. It says: ‘The parties should engage in dialogue in order to find a lasting solution to the outstanding issues towards the full implementation of the GPA’.