DOCSLIB.ORG

Changing Times No61.Cdr

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Changing Times No61.Cdr 1 4 0 6 E 0 2 E U H S C E TIMES S I D T NEWSLETTER OF THE MOVEMENT........................ FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE Christmas Message fromMorgan the MDC TPRESIDENT,svangirai nation's very existence. It threatens the future of our children. Our Fellow priorities in the AIDS scourge should be in declaring it a national Zimbabweans, disaster thereby elevating the issue as a national priority. We need to show compassion and ensure that all AIDS patients have access to It is that time of cheap Aids drugs to mitigate their condition without delay. the year again Millions in the national workforce remain unemployed because when we there are no jobs. Massive retrenchments are taking place celebrate everywhere as hundreds of companies close shop in this hostile Christmas. It is economic environment. the time for Our education system has virtually collapsed due to rejoicing and mismanagement and corruption. Poor working conditions, 1 sharing: the time remuneration and intimidation have negatively affected the morale when we sit of our teachers and shortchanged the students. We believe in down with our creating a future for every child in Zimbabwe. Corruption is an families and enemy of the people and should be eliminated from our society. Our extend goodness and charity to our families, friends and neighbours. civil servants deserve the best. Their morale is an issue of primary It is saddening that for the fifth year running, the nation concern to us. experiences unprecedented suffering due to high commodity prices Zimbabweans deserve a violence free environment. We need and diminishing wage value. We are spending a fifth consecutive peace. An environment where citizens and visitors alike are able to hungry christimas. The crisis of governance in Zimbabwe is now go about their daily lives confident of the inalienability of their clear for all to see. rights. The past year has seen continued food shortages. Of course The MDC, through its economic blueprint, RESTART has outlined government claims that you all have enough maize, that your its policies on issues of the economy, land, health and HIV/Aids and granaries are full and that therefore you are not starving. We all know education. this is false. The government has even said to the donor community However, the year 2004 has given us a ray of hope. In August SADC that they should take their maize elsewhere. The truth is that adopted a regional protocol on elections, which will have far Zimbabweans need food. Under my government in a new Zimbabwe, reaching effects on election national management in the region. By we will open doors to international food aid and allow food relief adopting the protocols SADC accepted our leadership and agencies to assist the vulnerable rural and urban folk in need of food. reaffirmed the universality of our demands for free and fair As a long term strategy we will rationalize agriculture with a view to elections. SADC accepted that equal access to the media, an increasing productivity and promoting self-sufficiency. independent election management system and free campaigning Prices for basic commodities continue to skyrocket. The among other issues are prerequisite for a legitimate government. government claims that inflation is receding and that therefore the The spirit of Mauritius gives us a starting point for a new ordinary man on the street can afford a decent living. I am aware that beginning. Legitimacy is equal to Democracy. We will continue the most Zimbabweans are earning salaries way below $750 000 per democratic struggle, the struggle for political space until the SADC month. The workers representatives, the ZCTU say workers need protocols are realized in their entirety. more than $1,5 million per month for basic survival. We agree with As we celebrate Christmas and the New Year let us spare a thought the ZCTU. for the poor and vulnerable in our midst as well as those of our The danger posed to the country by the scourge of HIV/Aids cadres who died during the course of this struggle for change. pandemic remains unabated. With more than 1,8 million Zimbabwe needs a new beginning. Zimbabweans living with the virus this scourge threatens the I wish you a prosperous 2005. ...................................... ngokuthi ngabaliphi ibandla . Ayanda amalunga eMDC eLupane kwezombangazwe. Ukudla okukhona . kuphiwa abeZanu kuphela,” kutsho . Abantu be Lupane lokhu bebuhlungu “Ngakho sisebenza emini lasebusuku uKhumalo. kakhulu ngokuqilwa abakwenziwayo sinxusa ukuba umuntu wonke ukuze “Sizwa ubuhlungu ukubana . kukhetho lommeli wephalamende. abhalise ukuba lelungelo lokuvota. Nsuku abantwabethu bahlala bezula emakhaya . Ngalokho baqhubeka besebenza nzima zonke sithola amalunga amatsha, inengi beswela imisebenzi ngoba uhulumende lo ukuze izifiso zabo zokumelwa ngummeli ngabasuka kuZanu PF ngoba sebebonile sowavala amakhampani. weMDC zigcwaliseke. ukuba bathenjiswa amanga” “Banengi abantu abagulayo kodwa nxa . UNjabuliso Mguni owamela iMDC UKhumalo uthi iLupane iphakathi ufika esibhedlela ufica kutshaya umoya, kukhetho oludlulileyo uqhubeka esebenza kobunzima ngenxa yendlala lokusweleka akulamithi, akulakudla pho . nzima labantu beLupane, abamnxusa viki kwemisebenzi. nguhulumende wani lo? . zonke kundawo ezitshiyeneyo. “Siyalamba kodwa uhulumende utshela Abasiki bebunda bathi iMDC . “Sibuhlungu, ngokuqilwa abantu amanga ethi siyasutha. Sowavala izaphumelela eLupane njengoba nje esakwenziwayo”, kutsho UNtando uncedo esasiluthola kwamanye amazwe iphumelela kundawo ezinengi kukhetho . Khumalo umama ohlala eLupane. ayesilethela ukudla engakhethi abantu lomnyaka ka 2005. A New Zimbabwe, A New Beginning . ..................................... family's members would need to get access . Mistrust to the drugs every month. The high costs of drugs has resulted in an . Exodus average of 4 000 people dying each week from HIV/Aids in the country. from Life expectancy has also been reduced of regime . from 62 years in 1990 to 43 years. “Zanu Republic Police” compromises ARV supplies At least 70 percent of bed occupancy in most hospitals is of people who are . suffering from HIV/AIDS. A NUMBER of police officers fed up with Selective prosecutions and frustration ONLY one percent of the people who are cope with the demand of supplying ARVs However, even for the few people who are . the politicisation of the Zimbabwe HIV and AIDS infected are having access to to the infected due to lack of funding. take their toll on officers’ conscience fortunate enough to access the ARV tablets . Republic Police (ZRP) by ZANU PF are anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs as "This is my fifth time coming here since I that are being provided by the government resigning from the police force, a Member humanitarian organisations are unwilling . was told that I should use ARVs in order to the issue of failing to get a balanced diet is of Parliament has said. law especially when dealing with political The government is using every violent to provide funds to the country due to live longer since I was tested HIV positive making more harm than good. Willias Madzimure, the MDC MP for cases. means possible for it to stay in power. ZANU PF's mismanagement of the in 2001," said William Bakasa, 32, of A person taking the ARVs needs to eat Kambuzuma said police officers were This was however a violation of the Police Madzimure said the police should allow all economy. Highfields. high protein foods and very few people can being forced to perform some duties which Charter. Zimbabweans freedom to peacefully As a result of the embargo, thousands of . "But," he said, "I have again been turned afford that. their conscience cannot allow and hence "I am disturbed by the selective and express and organise themselves, with the Zimbabweans continue to die from HIV/ away as the nurses at this hospital are The MDC has put in place a . the resignations from the force. impartial enforcement, or non- police only being informed of the intention AIDS every week as the government is saying they cannot place me on the comprehensive strategy that will ensure "We now have a number of police officers enforcement of the law by the Zimbabwe to hold political and civic meetings but failing to provide the ARVs and other . programme as they have very few stocks of that cheap drugs are available to all the resigning from the police force because of Republic Police. having no power to authorise them. drugs. the ARV tablets. people. their conscience. A number of senior "Taking note of the selective prosecutions Since ZANU PF realised that it was facing However, most countries especially in the "However, the prescription that the “We will ensure we have access to funds police officers have been asked to perform or non-prosecutions of political cases and certain defeat from the MDC, it started a southern African region, that have been . doctor recommended says that I should get from the Global Fund as well as commit unscrupulous duties and if they refuse to associated delays in the same matters, I am war using the police and other state hard hit by the AIDS pandemic are getting access to an ARV drug known as huge reserves from the budget to helping . do so, for example the commissioners are further disturbed with the deliberate security agents to intimidate the people. funds from international humanitarian lamivudine or Zidovudine. But I cannot the people who are affected by HIV/Aids”, demoted to the Commissioner's pool," ZANU PF's tactics have included setting up . politicisation and emasculation of the ZRP organisations such as the Global AIDS buy it as the last time I enquired from the said Blessing Chebundo, MDC Shaodow Madzimure told Parliament last month. by ZANU PF," said Madzimure. terror bases in order to intimidate the Fund to tackle the spread of the disease. pharmacy it was selling for $155 000 and I Minister on Health. He said some of unethical methods the The legislator's statements come at a time voters, but the police have however The donors are unhappy with governance think it has since gone up," a visibly ill and .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Mortal Remains: Succession and the Zanu Pf Body Politic
    THE MORTAL REMAINS: SUCCESSION AND THE ZANU PF BODY POLITIC Report produced for the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum by the Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] 14th July, 2014 1 CONTENTS Page No. Foreword 3 Succession and the Constitution 5 The New Constitution 5 The genealogy of the provisions 6 The presently effective law 7 Problems with the provisions 8 The ZANU PF Party Constitution 10 The Structure of ZANU PF 10 Elected Bodies 10 Administrative and Coordinating Bodies 13 Consultative For a 16 ZANU PF Succession Process in Practice 23 The Fault Lines 23 The Military Factor 24 Early Manoeuvring 25 The Tsholotsho Saga 26 The Dissolution of the DCCs 29 The Power of the Politburo 29 The Powers of the President 30 The Congress of 2009 32 The Provincial Executive Committee Elections of 2013 34 Conclusions 45 Annexures Annexure A: Provincial Co-ordinating Committee 47 Annexure B : History of the ZANU PF Presidium 51 2 Foreword* The somewhat provocative title of this report conceals an extremely serious issue with Zimbabwean politics. The theme of succession, both of the State Presidency and the leadership of ZANU PF, increasingly bedevils all matters relating to the political stability of Zimbabwe and any form of transition to democracy. The constitutional issues related to the death (or infirmity) of the President have been dealt with in several reports by the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU). If ZANU PF is to select the nominee to replace Robert Mugabe, as the state constitution presently requires, several problems need to be considered. The ZANU PF nominee ought to be selected in terms of the ZANU PF constitution.
    [Show full text]
  • Africa Briefing, Nr. 15: Decision Time in Zimbabwe
    AFRICA Briefing Nairobi/Brussels, 8 July 2003 DECISION TIME IN ZIMBABWE I. OVERVIEW In an article published in The New York Times in advance of the Bush visit, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said of President Mugabe and his Change is in the air in Zimbabwe. Its citizens no regime, “their time has come and gone”,1and that longer talk about whether it will come, but rather new leadership respectful of human rights and the when. All acknowledge, however, that the road will rule of law was needed. South Africa is working to be dangerous, possibly violent. South Africa is the resolve the Zimbabwe crisis since it is experiencing single country with ability to help its neighbour many of its consequences but Deputy Foreign through the roughest patches if it is willing to engage Minister Aziz Pahad, whose efforts, like those of with sufficient determination to persuade the President Mbeki, have been mostly low key and government of President Robert Mugabe and his behind the scenes, said cooly, “I hope we can reach ruling ZANU-PF party to sit down with their a common approach on Zimbabwe. If there is challenger, the Movement for Democratic Change another route, the Americans must put it on the (MDC), and then facilitate and mediate negotiations table”.2 for a transitional government and new elections. A range of other international players need to play There is indeed another route. Getting ZANU-PF supporting roles, including the EU, the Southern and the MDC to the table for unconditional Africa Development Commission (SADC), the negotiations should be at the top of the agenda African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth, but when the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Zimbabwe's Operation Murambatsvina
    ZIMBABWE'S OPERATION MURAMBATSVINA: THE TIPPING POINT? Africa Report N°97 -- 17 August 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................. i I. INTRODUCTION: OPERATION MURAMBATSVINA.......................................... 1 A. WHAT HAPPENED .................................................................................................................1 B. WHY IT HAPPENED ...............................................................................................................3 1. The official rationale..................................................................................................3 2. Other explanations .....................................................................................................4 C. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE?.....................................................................................................5 II. INTERNAL RESPONSE ............................................................................................... 7 A. THE GOVERNMENT: OPERATION GARIKAI ............................................................................7 B. ZANU-PF ............................................................................................................................8 C. THE MDC.............................................................................................................................9 D. A THIRD WAY?...................................................................................................................11
    [Show full text]
  • Zimbabwe at a Glance: 2001-02
    COUNTRY REPORT Zimbabwe At a glance: 2001-02 OVERVIEW Zimbabwe will continue to suffer the most serious political and economic crisis in its 20-year history, and it now appears increasingly unlikely that the president, Robert Mugabe, will finish his current term which runs until April 2002. The EIU currently expects the MDC to call an extended national strike early in 2001, which will worsen an already poor economic situation and is likely to turn into such widespread protest that the president will be forced to resign. But there is a very real possibility that the protests could run out of control and turn extremely violent. Meanwhile the economy will remain in a steep downward spiral, with negative real GDP growth of 6.1% in 2000 and 3.3% in 2002, a huge fiscal deficit, rapidly rising inflation and a falling exchange rate. Moreover, the economy could be damaged in the long term as a result of the current “fast-track” land resettlement policy. The downward spiral is only likely to be broken after Mr Mugabe has left office, real reforms are introduced and external assistance is resumed. Modest real GDP growth of 1.8% is forecast for 2001. Key changes from last month Political outlook • The political situation continues to deteriorate as the government increasingly ignores court rulings. Economic policy outlook • The minister of finance presented the 2001 budget in parliament. It fails to address the real root of the huge fiscal deficit and highlights his political weakness. Economic forecast • The budget deficit for 2000 is now forecast at 28.4% of GDP.
    [Show full text]
  • Digital Rights in Zimbabwe
    Digital Rights in Zimbabwe, UPR Submission, Session 40 Submitted by: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe Chapter, Small Media, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Supported by: Access Now, Paradigm Initiative, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, Association for Progressive Communication (APC), Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Zimbabwe Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ZCMIL), Media Alliance of Zimbabwe. Introduction 1. Digital rights and freedoms should be accorded the same protection as offline rights and freedoms.1 Protection of freedom of expression, access to information, data protection and privacy have been guaranteed in international and regional instruments to which Zimbabwe is a party. Consequently, they must be considered in the recommendations made to Zimbabwe during the third cycle of the UPR. 2. During the second cycle of the UPR, Zimbabwe received 260 recommendations from 86 countries. Out of these recommendations, 16 referred to the right to freedom of expression, three were focused on the right of access to information and two referenced the right to privacy.2 3. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ), Internet penetration in Zimbabwe was 61.1% as at the end of the first quarter of 2021.3 This shows that as the online community in Zimbabwe grows, so does the obligation to protect and to fulfil human rights online. This is in line with Zimbabwe’s obligations under applicable provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe4 and Articles 17 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)5 on the rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression respectively.
    [Show full text]
  • ZIMBABWE COUNTRY REPORT April 2004
    ZIMBABWE COUNTRY REPORT April 2004 COUNTRY INFORMATION & POLICY UNIT IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE HOME OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM Zimbabwe April 2004 CONTENTS 1 Scope of the Document 1.1 –1.7 2 Geography 2.1 – 2.3 3 Economy 3.1 4 History 4.1 – 4.193 Independence 1980 4.1 - 4.5 Matabeleland Insurgency 1983-87 4.6 - 4.9 Elections 1995 & 1996 4.10 - 4.11 Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 4.12 - 4.13 Parliamentary Elections, June 2000 4.14 - 4.23 - Background 4.14 - 4.16 - Election Violence & Farm Occupations 4.17 - 4.18 - Election Results 4.19 - 4.23 - Post-election Violence 2000 4.24 - 4.26 - By election results in 2000 4.27 - 4.28 - Marondera West 4.27 - Bikita West 4.28 - Legal challenges to election results in 2000 4.29 Incidents in 2001 4.30 - 4.58 - Bulawayo local elections, September 2001 4.46 - 4.50 - By elections in 2001 4.51 - 4.55 - Bindura 4.51 - Makoni West 4.52 - Chikomba 4.53 - Legal Challenges to election results in 2001 4.54 - 4.56 Incidents in 2002 4.57 - 4.66 - Presidential Election, March 2002 4.67 - 4.79 - Rural elections September 2002 4.80 - 4.86 - By election results in 2002 4.87 - 4.91 Incidents in 2003 4.92 – 4.108 - Mass Action 18-19 March 2003 4.109 – 4.120 - ZCTU strike 23-25 April 4.121 – 4.125 - MDC Mass Action 2-6 June 4.126 – 4.157 - Mayoral and Urban Council elections 30-31 August 4.158 – 4.176 - By elections in 2003 4.177 - 4.183 Incidents in 2004 4.184 – 4.191 By elections in 2004 4.192 – 4.193 5 State Structures 5.1 – 5.98 The Constitution 5.1 - 5.5 Political System: 5.6 - 5.21 - ZANU-PF 5.7 -
    [Show full text]
  • AC Vol 43 No 15
    www.africa-confidential.com 26 July 2002 Vol 43 No 15 AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL ZIMBABWE 3 SUDAN After the phoney war The economic crisis may just force Calling the shots at Machakos President Robert Mugabe to stand Arch manipulation of American and British peacemakers buys the down at the ruling ZANU-PF’s NIF another six and a half years’ time annual conference in December. ‘Breakthrough on peace!’ shout the headlines. ‘It’s a sham, it won’t work!’ protest the National Islamic Rival factions are lining up behind Parliament’s Speaker, Emmerson Front’s opponents. Five weeks of closed-door discussions at Machakos, Kenya, between the NIF Mnangagwa, and a smaller group government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement, ended on 20 July. The talks, under the of ZANU-PF reformers behind auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), produced a protocol of Finance Minister Simba Makoni. understanding and an agreement to reconvene at the Machakos Garden Hotel on 12 August. The enthusiasm came almost entirely from the government side. Its team, led by presidential Peace KENYA 4Advisor Ghazi Salah el Din el Atabani, a core NIF man, talked as if peace already reigned. The SPLA/M delegation, led by Colonel John Garang de Mabior’s deputy, Commander Salva Kiir Uhuru now! Mayardit, was far less effusive, with good reason. Chaired by Kenya, overseen by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda and driven (in top gear) by Britain and the United States, the talks were heavily weighted Uhuru Kenyatta has a lot of supporters for his bid for the in the Sudan government’s favour.
    [Show full text]
  • Zimbabwe Review, Vol. 25, No. 6
    Zimbabwe Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuzr19942506 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Zimbabwe Review, Vol. 25, No. 6 Alternative title Zimbabwe ReviewZimbabwe Review: official organ of the Zimbabwe African Peoples' Union (ZAPU) Author/Creator Publicity and Information Bureau of the Zimbabwe African People's Union Publisher Publicity and Information Bureau of the Zimbabwe African People's Union Date 1994-11-00 Resource type Magazines (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Zimbabwe, Southern Africa (region) Coverage (temporal) 1994 Rights By kind permission of ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front.
    [Show full text]
  • Zimbabwe in Turmoil and Tenacity
    ZIMBABWE: IN SEARCH OF A NEW STRATEGY 19 April 2004 ICG Africa Report N°78 Nairobi/Brussels TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................... i I. THE EVER DEEPENING CRISIS............................................................................... 1 A. THE ECONOMY’S COLLAPSE .................................................................................................2 B. DETERIORATING GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................3 1. Press freedoms ...........................................................................................................3 2. Political violence .......................................................................................................4 3. Civic freedoms...........................................................................................................5 4. Crackdown on corruption: Political scapegoating .....................................................6 II. MUGABE'S VICTORY ................................................................................................. 7 A. ZANU-PF: IN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY................................................................................7 B. THE MDC: IN SEARCH OF A STRATEGY ................................................................................8 III. TALKS ABOUT TALKS............................................................................................. 10 A. THE PARTIES.......................................................................................................................10
    [Show full text]
  • Media Coverage 10 Days After Nomination Court June 14 - 24 2018
    MEDIA COVERAGE 10 DAYS AFTER NOMINATION COURT JUNE 14 - 24 2018 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report is produced by Media Monitors under the programme “Support to media on governance and electoral matters in Zimbabwe”. The programme conducted by International Media Support and the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe is funded by the European Union and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. International Media Support (IMS) is a nonprofit organisation working with the media in countries affected by armed conflict, human insecurity and political transition. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Media Monitors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the Norwegian Ministry of foreign Affairs ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................................... ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... iv CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ......................................... 1 1.1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Context ............................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER TWO: FAIRNESS AND BALANCE ......................................................... 2 2.1 Space and time allocated to political parties and candidates ........................... 2 2.2 Analysis of different media’s performance in representing
    [Show full text]
  • Jacob Chikuhwa a Crisis of Go
    A CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE: ZIMBABWE A CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE: ZIMBABWE Jacob Chikuhwa Algora Publishing New York © 2004 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-87586-284-5 (softcover) ISBN: 0-87586-285-3 (hardcover) ISBN: 0-87586-286-1 (ebook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chikuhwa, Jacob W. (Jacob Wilson), 1940- A crisis of governance : Zimbabwe / Jacob Chikuhwa. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87586-284-5 (trade paper : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-87586-285-3 (hard cover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-87586-286-1 1. Zimbabwe—Politics and government—1980- I. Title. JQ2925.C47 2004 320.96891—dc22 2004006344 Printed in the United States This book is dedicated to all the people who were tortured and those who died for the liberation and for the democratic process underway in Zimbabwe. I also dedicate the book to those who are campaigning to make Zimbabwe a truly democratic society. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my wife Raisa, my son Tonderai-Wilson and his wife Assiati and my daughter Eleonora-Ngwarai, and all my friends and acquaintances who have directly or indirectly made the task of writing this book more easy, bearable and even pleasurable. These include pastors Doug and Jodi Fondell, who provided me with material and moral support when I had just returned to Sweden at the end of April 2002.
    [Show full text]
  • AFRICA Briefing
    AFRICA Briefing Nairobi/Brussels, 8 July 2003 DECISION TIME IN ZIMBABWE I. OVERVIEW In an article published in The New York Times in advance of the Bush visit, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said of President Mugabe and his Change is in the air in Zimbabwe. Its citizens no regime, “their time has come and gone”,1and that longer talk about whether it will come, but rather new leadership respectful of human rights and the when. All acknowledge, however, that the road will rule of law was needed. South Africa is working to be dangerous, possibly violent. South Africa is the resolve the Zimbabwe crisis since it is experiencing single country with ability to help its neighbour many of its consequences but Deputy Foreign through the roughest patches if it is willing to engage Minister Aziz Pahad, whose efforts, like those of with sufficient determination to persuade the President Mbeki, have been mostly low key and government of President Robert Mugabe and his behind the scenes, said cooly, “I hope we can reach ruling ZANU-PF party to sit down with their a common approach on Zimbabwe. If there is challenger, the Movement for Democratic Change another route, the Americans must put it on the (MDC), and then facilitate and mediate negotiations table”.2 for a transitional government and new elections. A range of other international players need to play There is indeed another route. Getting ZANU-PF supporting roles, including the EU, the Southern and the MDC to the table for unconditional Africa Development Commission (SADC), the negotiations should be at the top of the agenda African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth, but when the U.S.
    [Show full text]