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Fresh call for transitional govt

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL AMID building pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s government a group of technocrats have come together to demand the formation of a transitional authority to steer the country’s administration towards democratic reforms.   The Platform of Concerned Citizens (PCC) “is a group of like-minded Zimbabweans” who on Saturday said […]

Zimbabwe’s war veterans speak out against Robert Mugabe

Source: Radio 702 Original article URL Radio 702’s John Robbie interviews Crystal Orderson, The Africa Report editor, regarding the developments in South Africa’s neighbouring country. Listen here Zimbabwe’s War Veteran Association and staunch supporters of President Robert Mugabe have spoken out against him. In public criticism of the 92-year-old leader, the war veterans called Mugabe a […]

No easy solutions for Zimbabwe

Source: Aditi Lalbahadur, The Star Original article URL #ShutDownZim2016 signals an urgency for change, but there are limits to what popular movements can achieve, writes Aditi Lalbahadur. The Zimbabwean state has provided some of the biggest lessons in humility for political analysts this century. Its government, headed by the indomitable Robert Mugabe, has failed to […]

Mugabe, war vets fight escalates

Source: Obey Manayiti / Tatenda Chitagu, NewsDay Original article URL TOP officials in the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) have scoffed at government threats to silence and stop them from demanding President Robert Mugabe to step down, saying no amount of intimidation would cow them into submission.   War veterans’ leaders who declined […]

Minister blasts ‘overzealous’ cops

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Original article URL WAR Veterans’ minister Tshinga Dube yesterday took a different route against his fellow Cabinet ministers by condemning police’s use of brute force in crushing the recent anti-government demonstrations, describing the police officers involved as “overzealous”. Addressing the public at Stanley Square in Makokoba, Bulawayo, after donating some textbooks […]

Britain is shoring up Robert Mugabe’s oppressive regime: It shouldn’t

Source: Ian Birrell, iNews Original article URL After almost four decades in power, Robert Mugabe’s vice-like grip on Zimbabwe seems to be slipping. There have been public sector strikes and street protests. The economy is shattered and the state coffers are empty, the government struggling to find funds even to pay security forces that shore […]

Zimbabweans poorer than in 2011: Experts

Source: Victoria Mtomba, The Standard Original article URL Zimbabweans are now poorer than they were in 2011, as indicated by the fact that they now require more money to fill the basic needs basket than they did five years ago, economic experts say. In an interview, Poverty Reduction Trust Forum programme coordinator research and policy […]

Mid-term review should curb govt expenditure: Analysts

Source: Tarisai Mandizha, The Standard Original article URL Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa urgently needs to put in place measures to contain government expenditure and stabilise the economy, business leaders and analysts have said. Chinamasa is set to announce his mid-term fiscal policy review next month at a time when revenue inflows have dwindled to record […]

Prominent Zimbabweans eye ‘National Transitional Authority’ to run country until ‘fair’ elections

Source: Peta Thornycroft, Telegraph Original article URL A group of prominent Zimbabweans calling themselves “concerned citizens” have proposed a non-political National Transitional Authority to take over the running of the country from the Mugabe regime until “fair” elections can be held. The group, which includes leading former supporters of Zimbabwe’s autocratic and ageing president Robert Mugabe, senior […]