By Sarah | March 22, 2012
Mail & Guardian, 22 March 2012
Activist Munyaradzi Gwisai emerged from court pumping a defiant fist in the air. His conviction, with five of his colleagues, on charges of plotting to topple Robert Mugabe may silence some of the president’s critics.
The group was arrested last year after police raided the venue of what the activists said had been a discussion on the possibility of an Egypt-style mass protest in Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | March 6, 2012
Mail & Guardian, 5 March 2012
South Africa on Monday dismissed a push by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe for new polls without long-delayed reforms required by the country’s unity deal.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said Pretoria expects the power-sharing pact, known as the global political agreement (GPA), to be fully in place with a new constitution approved by referendum before new elections. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | February 23, 2012
Mail & Guardian, 23 February 2012
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s party said on Thursday it was pushing for a raft of changes to a draft constitution, meant to pave the way to new elections to replace a rocky power-sharing regime. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | October 26, 2011
Voice of America, 24 October 2011
Zimbabwe’s Parliament on Monday completed a cycle of public hearings on the Electoral Amendment Bill that was marked by the disruption of numerous meetings in provincial centers including Marondera, Mutare, Masvingo and Kadoma. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | October 14, 2011
Voice of America, 12 October 2011
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told a UN human rights conference in Geneva this week that the government will not make any changes to the Public Order and Security Act and other ‘justified’ security laws. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | September 29, 2011
The Guardian, 28 September 2011
Zimbabwe has launched a $75m plan to protect orphans and vulnerable children over the next three years.
The money will come from the Zimbabwean government and donors, including the UK, the European Commission and the UN children’s agency, Unicef. Some $45m of the money for a child protection fund has been raised from donors, leaving a $30m shortfall that will need to be covered before full national coverage can be ensured. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Campaigns | July 21, 2011
ACTSA News, Summer 2011
Steven Twigg MP, Shadow Minister for Africa and the Middle East
Since taking my post as Shadow Minister for Africa and the Middle East in October 2010 we have witnessed, it is fair to say, a historic period in international affairs. The pace and scale of change is unprecedented for this generation. Events in the Middle East and North Africa region have, almost exclusively, framed the focus of attention of governments around the world on the Arab Spring. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Campaigns | July 21, 2011
CNN International, 19 July
Prosecutors in Zimbabwe dropped treason charges Monday against six activists accused of plotting an Egyptian-style uprising against President Robert Mugabe. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Campaigns | July 21, 2011
Mail and Guardian, 15 July
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s party has renewed its calls for new elections this year, rejecting a timeline that his own negotiators hammered out last week, a state daily reported on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Campaigns | July 12, 2011
Mail and Guardian, 12 July
Zimbabwe state media said police have arrested five employees of the finance ministry, which is controlled by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party. Read the rest of this entry »
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