BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
This blockbuster video, shot and smuggled out of Zimbabwe by prison guard Shepherd Yuda with the Guardian’s help, is proof of just one of the many ways Mugabe ensured his “re-election” last week. Most chilling is the video where all the prison guards are told “Forward with ZANU-PF, down with MDC” and that “even [...]
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
The party, the political base of President Robert Mugabe, also plans to frame members of parliament from the Movement for Democratic Change......
Times Online (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Last week’s Sunday Times carried a prominent report about an 11-month-old baby whose mother said his legs had been broken when he was dashed to the ground by Zanu-PF thugs.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senior officials of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party have secretly approached the British Government seeking direct talks over the country's crisis, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | yesterday
A week after Robert Mugabe's 'smash and grab election,' police in the country were instructed to forcibly close down Zanu PF militia bases. Residents...
Peking Duck (Free subscription) | yesterday
Raj Little needs to be said about the horrible situation in Zimbabwe - the stolen election, the attacks on opposition supporters, holding food back from people unless they voted for the Zanu-PF. The question is, will China continue to protect Mugabe? UN Security Council permanent members Russia and China that are friendly to Mugabe are expected to [...]
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | yesterday
I don't get to use the term very often, but this Washington Post article is explosive - not just because of the inside information itself, but because the officials at the top of the ZANU PF regime are now divided and concerned enough to start leaking this information: President Robert Mugabe summoned his top security officials to a government training center near his rural home in central Zimbabwe...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe President Mugabe Friday said the ZANU-PF headed by him will engage in talks with the opposition MDC only after the opposition and its western allies accept the outcome of the June 27 presidential run-off.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prison officer who refused to pander to Zanu-PF officials filmed life inside using Guardian's secret camera
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Women from Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party, known as the Women’s League (Zanu-PFWL), on Friday congratulated South African President Thabo Mbeki and his ruling African National Congress party leader, Jacob Zuma, for supporting the Zanu-PF government of President Robert Mugabe during the second round of the Zimbabwe’s presidential elections held last Friday. “We really want to congratulate [...]
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party said on Friday that one of its legislators is missing after he was abducted at the High Court where he was the respondent in an election petition filed by the ruling ZANU PF party. The MDC said newly-elected Member of Parliament for Buhera, Naison Nemadziva, disappeared from the [...]
kubatanablogs.net (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
The Herald newspaper, Mugabe’s daily distorter, continues to publish articles suggesting that Zanu PF and the MDC are either open to, or engaged in “talks” with the current illegitimate government of Zimbabwe. I’m hoping that the leadership of the MDC isn’t naively attaching any hope or investing any energy in this particular area. As Michela [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has been rocked by divisions on whether the party should enter into negotiations with Zanu PF to form a government of national unity (GNU) to end the country's crisis.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
POLICE are looking for MDC-T Member of Parliament-elect for Mazowe Central, Shepherd Mushonga, whom they want to interview over politically-motivated violence that left scores of Zanu-PF supporters injured in the province.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
WAR veterans yesterday said talks should take centre stage in the next Parliament as MDC-T reiterated its commitment to talks with Zanu-PF, saying Zimbabweans should ignore conflicting remarks by its secretary-general, Tendai Biti, which had been "overtaken by events".
