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November saw news on Zimbabwe dominated by the on-going political differences between the Zimbabwe’s three main parties. More than a year after it was signed, the Global Political Agreement (GPA), which was meant to address the many crises facing Zimbabwe, has yet to be fully implemented. In amongst the many... [view entry]
Finance Minister Tendai Biti ‘s 2010 Budget theme is Reconstruction with Equitable Growth and Stability. He summed up the budget as “a pro-poor, broad based and inclusive development framework” with “a strong emphasis on the key issues of education, health and social services”. No Early Reintroduction of Zimbabwe Currency The... [view entry]
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, at a press conference in Cape Town today (Thursday, December 3), said that he, together with number of senior representatives from parties that constitute the country’s Inclusive Government, is visiting South Africa to hold a series of meetings with leading figures from the Zimbabwean Diaspora... [view entry]
A Paper Presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, Cape Coast, Ghana, November 21-24, 2009 Author: John Hickman Introduction Are post-election intimidation and violence attributable to intense electoral competition? This paper presents answers to that question based on empirical findings from an analysis of... [view entry]
Our recent action alert (please click here to take action), asking everyone to demand for an end to the lawless activities affecting several farmers and their families in the Chugutu area, briefly mentioned the situation on Wakefield Farm (Selous neighbours the Chegutu area). Ken Bartholomew, the farmer, has detailed his... [view entry]
Please see our Action Alert posted yesterday (click here). Please take action to support the Chegutu farming community. In Chegutu the dire situation continues at Sue and Thomas and Beattie’s Umvovo Farm. Burning tires are constantly being lit around the house in the past few days to try to intimidate... [view entry]
Details of how you can take action to support the affected people in Chegutu at the end of this post, where we ask you to call or sms theInspector Biperu, Clever Kunonga, Kembo Mohadi and Herbert Murewa. There is chaos in Chegutu. Several farms have been experiencing an upsurge in... [view entry]
NB: This footage does not show what happened today. It reveals that Kunongo has done this before. It has been a day of hell for Tom and Sue Beattie of Umvovo Farm in Chegutu. Justice for Agriculture (JAG) provided a distressing timeline of experiences for the Beatties (included in this... [view entry]
There’s a lot of chat among Zimbabweans at the moment about the rumours we are hearing of massive production of Zimbabwe dollar bills. The talk is that these bills are being transferred into big-wig bank accounts (people like Gono and his crew) which are swelling fast with Zim dollars. People... [view entry]
ZLHR Press Release – 25 Nov : The State witness in the trial of Deputy Agriculture Minister-Designate, Roy Bennett on Tuesday 24 November 2009 stunned the High Court after he claimed that Michael Hitschmann spent a whole night in 2006 writing a statement to the police. Michael Joseph Nyakatawa, a... [view entry]
