So, Mr. President, is your staying longer in power “best for the country”?

So, Mr. President, is your staying longer in power “best for the country”?

The rhetoric of political self-preservation has always been wrapped in the language of altruism. 

Zimbabweans question claim two-year term extension will improve development

Some Zimbabweans have questioned the government’s argument that extending the terms of the president and Parliament by two years will allow key development projects to be completed, saying the ruling Zanu-PF has had more than four decades in power without delivering meaningful improvements in public services or the economy.

MDC petitions ConCourt to nullify Mnangagwa term extension

MDC petitions ConCourt to nullify Mnangagwa term extension

Mnangagwa in breach of constitution by failing to order referendum, party argues

South African protesters go door-to-door forcing immigrants from their homes

South African protesters go door-to-door forcing immigrants from their homes

‘Foreigners’ fished out of their homes and thrown into the back of police vans

Coltart says latest constitutional amendment is ‘illegitimate’ and ‘illegal’

Coltart says latest constitutional amendment is ‘illegitimate’ and ‘illegal’

Human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has described the recent constitutional amendment as both “illegitimate” and “illegal”, arguing that the process leading to its enactment was fundamentally flawed and failed to meet constitutional requirements.

15.11.2008 7:00

ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees

ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees
15.11.2008 6:54

ZAMBIA: Looming food crisis in refugee camps

LUSAKA, 14 November 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has warned that a looming food...
15.11.2008 6:41

South Africa and the world: The see-no-evil foreign policy

Why post-apartheid South Africa, once a shining beacon of human rights, is cosying up...
15.11.2008 6:36

Zambia president fires finance minister

 
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's newly elected president fired the finance minister...
15.11.2008 6:27

Mugabe’s great betrayal

On the day after he came to power in April 1980, Robert Mugabe summoned his...
15.11.2008 6:22

Zimbabwe Communiqu : Coalition government’s anathema to democracy- ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on 12 November 2008 deplored the emerging concept of...
14.11.2008 7:51

Botswana: MABC TV meets NBB demands

KASANE - The Chairman of the National Broadcasting Board (NBB), Dr Masego Mpotokwane says the...
14.11.2008 7:49

Zambian MPs call for media regulation

PARLIAMENT yesterday adopted a report by the Committee on Information and Broadcasting Services with most members...
14.11.2008 7:43

No Namibian soldiers to DRC

GOVERNMENT will not send troops to the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), Defence Minister Charles Namoloh says.
14.11.2008 7:33

Influx of Zim Refugees Affects Botswana Economy

HARARE, November 13 2008 - Botswana says Zimbabwe's political crisis is weighing down on its...

14.11.2008 6:31

Praise for Zimbabwean Bishop


Dr Sebastian Bakare

The Archbishop of Canterbury has...
14.11.2008 6:28

NCA member miscarries while in police custody.

 
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National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) members have been exposed to brutal acts...
14.11.2008 6:22

Foreign troops ‘drawn into Congo’


Evidence is increasing that foreign forces are being drawn into the conflict in the...

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