Tag Archive | "Movement For Democratic Change (MDC)"
A Violent Response: New Documentary Film by Hopewell Chin’ono
The award winning Journalist and Filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono is at it again. He has put together another documentary film called A Violent Response. The documentary covers some of the actions carried out by the government after the March 2008 elections. Here is the trailer of the film which is due to be released in December: [...]
Continue reading...Heather Bennett Says It All
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
MDC Treasurer, Roy Bennett returned to Zimbabwe on the 30th of January after living in exile in South Africa since 2006. He flew Zimbabwe to support MDC decision to join forces with Mugabe’s Zanu PF and also after assurance from Morgan Tsvangirai that everything would be okay if he returned. He was however arrested on [...]
Continue reading...Tsvangirai Now Sleeping With the Devil
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Its official, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is sleeping with the devil. February 11, 2009 was the day that he was officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe by his long time rival Robert Gabriel Mugabe. This event is supposed to pave the way for a unity government but is it really going to be a [...]
Continue reading...The Mugabe, Tsvangirai and SADC Circus
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The cartoon (courtesy of newzimbabwe.com) describes the one word that comes to mind when I think of Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Mbeki and SADC, ‘CIRCUS!’ The only difference with my mental image is that I see Mugabe as the ringmaster. The ringmaster is the most visible performer in a circus and guides everyone through the show in [...]
Continue reading...ZANU-PF & MDC Power Sharing Deal: Thoughts, Video, Text
Thursday, September 18, 2008
15 September 2008 was the day that President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara signed the historic power sharing agreement that leaves Mugabe as President, Tsvangirai as Prime Minister and Mutambara as Deputy Prime Minister. This was something that I did not think would happen because of what Mugabe has had to say [...]
Continue reading...Video of Mugabe Being Booed and Heckled in Parliament
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The opening of parliament went ahead as planned on the 26th of this month but it was not as smooth as Mugabe may have hoped. Members of the Movement for Democratic Change took the opportunity to boo and heckle Mugabe as he was addressing parliament. During the speech Mugabe had an irritated and disbelieving look [...]
Continue reading...Will There Ever Be An Agreement Between Mugabe and Tsvangirai?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
It has been over a month since ZANU-PF and MDC signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) where the parties agreed to talks to reach a solution on the Zimbabwe situation. As of yet no resolution has been reached and the parties are very much at logger heads. As the cartoon depicts (courtesy of newzimbabwe.com) you [...]
Continue reading...Zanu PF and MDC Sign Memorandum of Understanding
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
On Monday the 21st of July, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara signed an agreement to pave the way towards power sharing talks between their respective political parties. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by all three leaders in the presence of SADC facilitator Thabo Mbeki. The memorandum is a written agreement that Zanu PF [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabwe Resistance Movement
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Below is a very interesting article about a military movement that has apparently been set up to depose Mugabe. If this is infact true it just goes to show that Zimbabweans have had enough and are ready to do whatever it takes to remove Mugabe from office. 05 June 2008 FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is with deep regret [...]
Continue reading...Are the 2008 Zimbabwe Presidential Elections Rigged?
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Cartoon by Tom Scott of The Dominion Post featured in the April 2nd edition. (Click on image to enlarge.) It has been five days since Zimbabweans took to polling stations and there has been no word as to who won the presidential elections. MDC has been claiming that they have won the elections stating that they [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabweans in New Zealand Poll Results
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Below are the results of the mock elections organized by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign New Zealand where Tsvangirai won with an overwhelming majority of the votes. Given that there are about 7,000 Zimbabweans in New Zealand, turn out was poor with just under 200 votes made. Tsvangirai % Makoni % Taugana % Mugabe % TOTAL CITY Auckland 68 71.58% 27 28.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 95 Christchurch 20 71.43% 7 25.00% 1 3.57% 0 0.00% 28 Wellington 25 83.33% 5 16.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 30 TOTAL 113 73.86% 39 25.49% 1 0.65% 0 0.00% 153 In Zimbabwe, MDC is claiming victory in a number [...]
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
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