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Exclusive: Morgan Tsvangirai on why Robert Mugabe must retire to save Zimbabwe

Source: Morgan Tsvangirai, Newsweek Original article URL Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The country is facing a multifaceted political and economic crisis, stemming largely from a lack of political legitimacy that has arisen out of persistently disputed elections since the country achieved its independence from Great Britain in 1980. Today, the crisis has escalated massively […]

The U.S. Dollar is Zimbabwe’s main currency, and it’s disappearing fast

Source: Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR Original article URL The last time Zimbabwe went into economic freefall, in 2009, inflation was a mind-boggling 200 million percent. Shoppers had to carry the colorful bank notes, in billion- and trillion-dollar denominations, in bags to pay for basics. To address the crisis, President Robert Mugabe’s government abandoned Zimbabwe’s own currency […]

Tajamuka members storm Registrar General’s offices in Highfield

Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL ABOUT 20 members of the Tajamuka/Sesijikile pressure group yesterday defied a police ban on public demonstrations and stormed the premises of the Registrar-General’s Office in Highfield, Harare, demanding the speedy implementation of electoral reforms. The demonstrators, led by Tajamuka spokesperson, Promise Mkwananzi and Denford Ngadziore, said they would […]

I can’t demilitarise Zec: Makarau

Source: NewsDay ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau yesterday reportedly told opposition parties that her hands were tied and could not demilitarise the electoral management body’s secretariat because the employees had binding employment contracts. Makarau made the remarks during her meeting with representatives of opposition parties falling under the banner of National Electoral […]

Analysts blast Mugabe for dithering on laws

Source: Veneranda Langa, NewsDay Zimbabwe Original article URL LEGAL and media analysts have blasted President Robert Mugabe for deliberately omitting the media and freedom of assembly laws among pieces of legislation that require urgent alignment with the Constitution. In announcing Parliament’s new legislative calendar last Thursday, Mugabe only cited the Constitutional Court Bill, Rural District […]

Bulawayo residents, juveniles triumph as NPA withdraws public violence charges over #ShutDownZim2016 protests

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights THIRTY-THREE Bulawayo residents have been set free after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew public violence charges against them for lack of evidence in a case in which they were accused of committing public violence during the anti-government protests held in July. In withdrawing charges before plea against the […]

Bond notes spark panic withdrawals

Source: Victoria Mtomba & Tarisai Mandizha, Standard PANIC cash withdrawals, sparked by fears over the impending introduction of bond notes by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, have affected many banks in the country, with most of them now struggling to service depositors. The withdrawals have seen banks further reducing the maximum daily withdrawal limits from […]

Tsvangirai to speak on coalition

Source: Blessed Mhlanga & Everson Mushava, Standard Original article URL MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai will make an announcement on the proposed grand coalition to fight President Robert Mugabe this week, a senior party official revealed yesterday. Douglas Mwonzora, the MDC-T secretary general, hinted at a rally in Ruwa that the opposition party preferred Tsvangirai to […]

Mugabe impeachment bid goes to ConCourt

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL MABVUKU-Tafara MP James Maridadi (MDC-T)’s audacious bid to have Parliament pass a no-confidence vote on President Robert Mugabe may now have to be decided by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) after the legislature seemingly dithered in making a determination, NewsDay Weekender has learnt. Maridadi told NewsDay Weekender this week […]