The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Robert Mugabe's regime has bowed to demands from the opposition and the international community to allow aid agencies to resume work in the country.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Zimbabwe does not yet have a new government. Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe was largely expected to announce a new cabinet today. The delay could be attributed to power-sharing negotiations, which continued in Tshwane today. Mugabe was poised to announce a new cabinet but has postponed the move, ostensibly for further consultation. Humiliated in parliament by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
HARARE, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday handed the country's only Olympic medallist in Beijing a $100,000 cash reward for her performance at the games. Swimmer Kirsty Coventry smashed the world record to win gold in the women's 200 metres backstroke. She also captured three silver medals. Mugabe handed the U.S-based swimmer the cash at a ceremony in Harare carried live...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The future of Zimbabwe's powersharing talks are in doubt after Robert Mugabe's government said the veteran ruler would form a new government without the opposition.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has been pegged back in a week of setbacks, but is preparing to reverse his opponents' gains in Parliament by hunkering down and going it alone, even if this leaves Zimbabwe at a constitutional dead-end. The opposition MDC expected to soften Mugabe's resolve after the party gained control of Parliament this week, but he has declared he will go ahead and form a new Cabinet....
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
HARARE – A senior Zimbabwe official said on Thursday that nothing would stop President Robert Mugabe from appointing a new government while on the same day police broke up an NGO meeting, as Mugabe adopts an increasingly belligerent stance in the face of stalled power-sharing talks with the opposition. Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said Mugabe would defy opposition warnings that forming...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
HARARE -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday handed the country's only Olympic medalist in Beijing a $100,000 cash reward for her performance at the games.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Zimbabwe's opposition leaders accused President Robert Mugabe yesterday of abandoning talks aimed at forming a unity government, saying he would fail if he tried to rule alone.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Defence Director, Dankie Mothaie, has denied that it has given a mandate to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to form a new government. Zanu-PF spokesperson Bright Matonga said that Mugabe is merely implementing what he has been asked to do by SADC. Yesterday, Mugabe announced that he will soon form a new cabinet after concluding that the Movement...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC has accused President Robert Mugabe of abandoning talks aimed at forming a unity government. The party says Mugabe will fail if he tries to rule alone. Yesterday, Mugabe announced that he'd soon form a new Cabinet after concluding that the MDC did not want to take part. Coalition negotiations have been deadlocked over how much control Mugabe should surrender. MDC spokesperson...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will defy the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and form a new government, deputy information minister Bright Matonga said on Thursday. "Nothing is going to stop us from forming a new government," Matonga said in an interview on public broadcaster SA FM. "We need to move forward, we need to make sure that Zimbabwe regains its status, we...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
President Robert Mugabe being sworn in for a sixth term on June 29, 2008. He defeated another imperialist attempt to institute regime change in southern Africa. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos President in process of forming new Govt Herald Reporter PRESIDENT Mugabe is in the process of forming a new Government. Addressing dignitaries attending a lunch hosted by the Minister...
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
President Robert Mugabe is under pressure from his top military and security advisers to form a government on his own and ignore the present power-sharing talks ...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s opposition accused President Robert Mugabe of abandoning talks aimed at forming a unity government, and said Wednesday he would fail if he tried to rule alone. Read the full story
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
JOHANNESBURG – The United States (US) has urged President Robert Mugabe to resume power-sharing negotiations with the opposition, reiterating it would only recognise and support a Zimbabwean government based on a March election won by the opposition. Washington played down the convening of Zimbabwe’s Parliament this week – five weeks after elections – as inadequate to provide a lasting solution the...
