African nations need to put strong pressure on Zimbabwe’s government to end its authoritarian rule, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday as the main opposition leader returned to court to face the first of two treason cases.
The Zimbabwe government has banned motorists from carrying fuel in containers, a routine procedure in the southern African country where there are chronic fuel shortages.
The chief of Zimbabwe’s airforce has claimed he was offered money by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to pacify generals and members of the army in the event of an opposition presidential victory last year.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), on Monday launched an appeal for help in raising the steep bail set last week for the release of its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, charged with treason.
Zimbabwe’s high court on Friday said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, being tried on treason charges for allegedly calling for the violent overthrow of President Robert Mugabe, could be released on bail.
Zim land reform sees 90% production drop
The Zimbabwe government is to withdraw the operating licences of transport companies that shut down during a week of mass action early this month to protest against President Robert Mugabe’s government, state-run ZBC radio station said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Friday attacked whites in the country for refusing reconciliation and vowed his government would not tolerate any more protests from the opposition, state television reported.
Fear stalks Zimbabwe’s streets
The state has opposed Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s bail application, as he readies to spend an eighth night in jail on Friday, but his continued detention without trial on treason charges has drawn no reaction from ordinary Zimbabweans, who live in fear of arrest and repression by the security forces.
About 90% of the estimated 2,3-million Zimbabweans infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), are unaware they have the virus, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa told a conference in Harare on Thursday.
The Zimbabwean government is to take over six firms which closed their doors in support of last week’s five day ”mass action” by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), industry Minister Francis Nhema told state radio on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was taken Monday by police to a court in Harare, where he was due to appear on treason charges brought after he allegedly urged Zimbabweans to oust President Robert Mugabe.
A top Zimbabwe ruling party official on Monday dismissed media reports that his party was holding secret talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Resorting to a surreal mix of charm, bluff and terror, President Robert Mugabe is fighting to buy himself time to save his regime.
The High Court in the Zimbabwe capital Harare on Friday postponed until next week its ruling on whether to tighten the bail conditions on opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, court officials said.
Zimbabwe braced for bloody confrontation on Friday after the opposition renewed calls for supporters to march to demand President Robert Mugabe step down, and the government vowed to crush the protests.
The report on this week’s mass action in Zimbabwe must be a mixed one. The street protests envisaged were thwarted by riot police swinging batons and firing teargas.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Thursday warned that the last day of its week-long series of protests will be D-Day for the government and called on Zimbabweans to take to the streets despite state repression.
Zimbabwean police raided a private Harare hospital yesterday, the third day of a week-long national strike, beating and arresting several patients, according to doctors.
Hundreds held in Zimbabwe strike
Zimbabwe’s government went to the High Court on Tuesday, the second day of opposition-led protests, asking it to alter the bail conditions for MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and two other high-ranking opposition officials.
An anti-government strike took hold on Tuesday, the second day of a national week of protest called by opposition groups against the increasingly repressive rule of President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was released by police on Monday afternoon after being charged with contempt of court.
The streets of the Zimbabwe capital Harare were calm on Monday as Zimbabweans braced themselves for a showdown between the government and the opposition over mass street demonstrations.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader vowed on Friday to press on with anti-government marches and strikes next week, despite threats of a clampdown by the government and its supporters.
The head of Zimbabwe’s central bank said on Thursday the country is printing money ”at full capacity” in an urgent bid to alleviate chronic cash shortages gripping the southern African nation.
Zimbabwe’s army warned on Thursday it will bring its ”full force” to bear on next week’s anti-government strike and protest marches if they turn violent.
A shortage of blood and its by-products has hit Zimbabwe, the country’s blood bank said on Wednesday.