OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
DPA Johannesburg, July 6 (DPA) Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction of Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The meeting was confirmed by Mbeki’s spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga. “President Mbeki did meet with President Mugabe,”...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Durban - Supporters of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) marched to Durban's city hall on Saturday calling on the African Union to deploy peacekeepers in Zimbabwe, SABC radio news reported. The marchers also protested the "illegitimate" swearing in of Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwean president. Nelson Kambarami, MDC Durban branch chairperson, said it was time for the AU to take...
Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... the UK trying to escape from Mugabe is appalling and is a national disgrace. How can we be leaving MDC activists in this country unable to work, but unable to be granted asylum because our government does not know what to do. Hopeless confusion is the best way to sum up everything this government does.
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
From the MDC Information and Publicity Department Over 1 500 MDC activists, including 20 MPs and parliamentary candidates, across the country are in police custody following a massive State-sponsored crackdown against the MDC. The MDC supporters and members have been arrested on charges of being involved in political violence whilst most MPs are being accused of trumped-up [...]
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Over 1 500 MDC activists, including 20 MPs and parliamentary candidates, across the country are in police custody following a massive State-sponsored crackdown against the MDC. The MDC supporters and members have been arrested on charges of being involved in political violence whilst most MPs are being accused of trumped-up [...] ]]>
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Zimbabwe's opposition says more than 100 of its supporters have been killed and 1 500 arrested in a crackdown by supporters of President Robert Mugabe. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) today raised the death toll amongst its supporters since the first round of elections in March to 103 from the previous 86. Those arrested included 20 legislators or parliamentary candidates. The MDC says in...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared marginalized Saturday after South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in Harare with President Robert Mugabe and members of a smaller faction of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The meeting was confirmed by Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga. "President Mbeki did meet with President Mugabe," he said, adding...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks in the Zimbabwean capital Harare with President Robert Mugabe and the leader of a splinter faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Arthur Mutambara, South African radio reported. The previously unannounced talks apparently did not include Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the biggest MDC faction. Mbeki is the 14-nation Southern...
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
source: The Zimbabwe Independent Thursday, 03 July 2008 21:31 PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is any day now expected to announce a new cabinet that will have a few surprise inclusions while leaving space for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), it emerged yesterday. Informed sources said Mugabe would make public his new team after his return from [...]
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
On Monday, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai left the Dutch embassy after an eight-day sojourn. Announcing his departure, the Dutch government said he was always welcome back. Mr Tsvangirai had sought protection at a diplomatic mission because, he said, he felt unsafe at the hands of President Robert Mugabe’s security forces. But why the Dutch embassy? There are 28 foreign missions in...
The Shebeen (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...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition on Friday dismissed Robert Mugabe's insistence that he be accepted as president ahead of any talks on the country's political crisis, calling it an "unrealistic precondition". "Mugabe is joking," said opposition Movement for Democratic Change spokesperson Nelson Chamisa. "This is an unrealistic precondition and we are not going to accept it. "MDC is not desperate for...
