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Robert Mugabe was asked when he's going to bid the Zimbabwean people farewell. Looking puzzled, he answered, "Where are they going?
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| News stories for Monday 01 December |
Running battles between soldiers and police in Harare
Clashes broke out between soldiers and riot police in Harare Monday after a group of about 200 uniformed soldiers ran amok. Eyewitnesses say soldiers went berserk after they couldn’t withdraw their monthly salaries from the banks. The Deputy Mayor of Harare, Emmanuel Chiroto, said he saw the soldiers singing war songs and throwing stones and other missiles on to moving cars.
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No water in Harare as cholera crisis deepens
International health agencies are revising their figures for Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic and, shockingly, predict at least 300,000 infected by year end. No one knows the exact number of dead but Health Minister David Parirenyatwa is quoted as saying there have been 11,071 cases reported since the epidemic began seven weeks ago, with 425 deaths.
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Mugabe regime to defy SADC ruling on land
Mugabe’s regime is set to defy a regional SADC ruling that 78 white farmers can keep their farms because government’s land grab discriminated against them and did not pay fair compensation. On Monday the Herald quoted State Security and Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa saying the tribunal is day-dreaming and ZANU PF would not reverse the land reform exercise.
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Bank cash withdrawals increased again
Zimbabwe’s central bank will yet again raise daily cash withdrawal limits this week, amid mounting tension and threats of serious protest action by civil society. As of Thursday the daily limit of Z$500 000 will be increased to Z$100 million a week – which has been averaged at Z$14 million a day. It is still unclear how the banks will determine the public’s daily withdrawal limits, but there are doubts this increase will make any difference on the ground. |
Body of MDC activist found
A body of an MDC activist abducted several weeks ago was found in a mortuary in Mashonaland West last week, with multiple stab wounds. SW Radio Africa received this information on Monday from a very reliable source, but we are not revealing the identity at the request of the family who fear retribution. |
MDC and ZANU PF talks expected to resume next week
There are reports that talks to establish the elusive power-sharing government might be entering their final stage, when negotiators from ZANU PF and the two MDC’s meet again early next week. |
| Previous days news stories |
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| Agreement between ZanuPF and MDC in Full text |
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| Mbeki and MDC's exchange of letters |
| Interesting recent articles |
| Zimbabwe says it will defy land seizure ruling |
| NCA Statement on Protests by Zimbabwe Security personnel |
| Human Rights Watch - Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe |
| Elders ban blow to aid hopes for Zimbabwe |
| Land of Broken Trust from The Washington Post |
| MDC leadership visits cholera victims in Budiriro and Mbare |
| Jenni Williams and Magodonga face trial in Bulawayo |
| ROHR Zim demonstrates in Mashonaland Central, Bindura (pdf) |
| Tsvangirai's acceptance speech for pro-democracy award |
| Open Letter to Thabo Mbeki from Beloved Chiweshe |
| NCA Statement - Protests scheduled for Thursday |
| ZESN receives the 2008 French Repulic's human rights award |
| Mawere: Gono, Mugabe and the change agenda |
| Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 29th November 2008 |
| Letter from Zimbabwe by Cathy Buckle |
| Africa 2008: My lessons in post-colonial injustice |
| First cholera now anthrax hits Zimbabwe |
| SADC judgement on Zim land case (60 pages) |
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| Medical Update: The Campbell Case Zimbabwean Farm Test Case |
| OUTSIDE LOOKING IN - A letter from the diaspora |
| ZIMBABWE FACT SHEET |
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| 'EBONY & IVORY' at The Mannenberg Theatre |
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| Luke Tamborinyoka: Let's bar our own 'Elders' |
| Zimbabwe writer Mhlanga honoured |
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| Letter from the Zimbabwe Vigil to South Africa and the Elders |
| Malice in Blunderland by Piers Pigou |
| Eddie Cross: The Web of Corrupt Practice and Politics in the region |
| Thabo Mbeki's letter to the MDC (4mb PDF) |
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| Other things you should know |
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| Southern African migration project articles |
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| Mbeki aids policy led to 330,000 deaths |
| Congo: Stop the Bloodshed, Act Now - |
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| Wildlife & environment in trouble articles |
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Dear Family and Friends,
A few days ago I had no choice but to travel past the farm my husband and I legally bought in 1990 but which was grabbed from us by a mob of government supporters 10 years later in 2000. In the eight years since then I've never had any official written communication from the government of Zimbabwe about the farm - not even a letter.... Read more |
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