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Editorial Comment

 

Negotiation, not election, will see Mugabe out

(thezimbabwetimes.com, May 12, 2008)
 
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe appears determined to extend his rule at all costs beyond his just-ended term.  Read on...

Opinion & Analysis

Gukurahundi and current wave of violence similar
 
By Garikai Chimuka
May 13, 2008
 
THE people of Zimbabwe made a powerful and historic statement on March 29, 2008 against heavy odds.  Read on...
Last-minute asset-stripping for Zanu-PF
 
By Alisdair Budd
May 13, 2008
 
IT LOOKS like the Zanu-PF military junta is not even going to bother trying a run-off election and are just going with a military coup and violence.  Read on...
MDC must change its approach to transition 

By Peter Chimutsa
May 12, 2008
 
 “ZANU-PF will only negotiate with the MDC if Morgan Tsvangirai is not going to be part of the negotiation and part of the Government of National Unity.”  Read on...

Zanu-PF desperately needs the MDC to survive
 
By Kenneth Gandanga
May 10, 2008
 

ZANU-PF desperately needs the MDC for its own survival. They have been trying to coax the MDC government into a presidential run-off.   Read on...

An open letter to Gideon Gono
By Kudakwashe Nyoka
May 10, 2008
DEAR Dr Gono,
I read your opinion piece in your newspaper, The Financial Gazette, and was astounded by your insincerity and dishonesty in avoiding to point out the real issues affecting our country today.  Read on...

Makoni will make the best President

By Jennings Rukani

I WISH to respond to Joseph Tanonoka Whande, who claims that our country does not need another political party.  Read on...

Does Zimbabwe really need another political party now?
 
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande
 
DR SIMBA Makoni is doing it again!
 
He says he is going to form a political party in August this year, hardly four months after the Zimbabwean electorate handed him a humiliating defeat of less than 8 percent of the vote in the still simmering scandalous presidential election.   Read on...

Degree student to head TV services at ZBC
 
(A historical perspective from the archives)

 
LAINDON, Essex, October 30, 2001 - Bright Matonga, 33, is in his last few days living in Laindon before he moves to Zimbabwe to set up a new life as Head of Television Services for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation - the Zimbabwe equivalent of the BBC.   Read on...

A shameful betrayal of national independence 

A statement by Professor Arthur Mutambara, president of the breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
(thezimbabwetimes.com, April 18, 2008)   Read on...

Military top brass protect benefits of patronage
 
By Clyde B. Chakupeta
(May 8, 2008)
 
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe seems to be making the same mistake that was committed by Ian Smith - that of undermining the importance of voters.  Read on...

A bizarre electoral process

By Eddie Cross

May 7, 2008

THE BBC got it right the other day; in news broadcasts they described the Zimbabwe elections and the aftermath as "bizarre".   Read on...

 

           Main News Headlines

US ambassador, youth militias clash
               
 

Ambassador James McGee visits patients in a Harare private hospital.
                 
By Our Correspondent
 
GLENDALE, May 14, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com )- The United States (US) Ambassador James McGee was on Tuesday almost arrested for touring violence-torn Mashonaland Central allegedly without notifying the police, a development some fear could worsen the diplomatic tensions between Zimbabwe and the US.  Read on...

Moyo dismisses Ndlovu as incompetent  

By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE, May 13, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - Professor Jonathan Moyo has lampooned his successor at the Ministry of Information, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, branding him as an incompetent government official attempting to defend an expired regime.  Read on...

War veterans hold farmers hostage
                
By Owen Chikari
 
MASVINGO, May 13, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – Under cover of the current wave of lawlessness, Zanu-PF supporters led by war veterans have gone on the rampage on commercial farms in Masvingo in the southern regions of Zimbabwe.  Read on...
Zanu-PF says no more elections under sanctions
                
By Our Correspondent
                   
7000 teachers flee from schools

By Owen Chikari

MASVINGO, May 12, 2008, (thezimbabwetimes.com) - At least 7 000 teachers have fled their schools amid reports that several schools have been temporarily closed as political violence spreads to all corners of the country union officials said yesterday.  Read on... 
Standard editor appears in court 
           
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE, May 12, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - The editor of The Zimbabwe Standard, Davison Maruziva, who was arrested midweek and detained for publishing an article deemed to be in contempt of court and prejudicial to the state appeared in court on Friday.  Read on...
Tsvangirai sets conditions for run-off
 
PRETORIA, May 10, 2008  (Reuters) - The leader of Zimbabwe's victorious opposition group said on Saturday he would contest a run-off against Robert Mugabe after disputed elections on March 29 in hopes of unseating the veteran president.  Read on...

Mbeki holds talks with Mugabe

HARARE, May 10, 2008 - (AFP/thezimbabwetimes.com) - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday held intensive talks with veteran counterpart Robert Mugabe over Zimbabwe’s post-election crisis as doctors reported a dramatic rise in violence.  Read on...

Envoys visit violence victims in hospital
                 
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE, May 10, 2008 – (thezimbabwetimes.com) - A team of European, American and African ambassadors on Friday came face to-face with the horror of Zimbabwe's post-election violence when they visited victims in a private Harare hospital.  Read on...
Violence could disenfranchise thousands

By Our Correspondent

BULAWAYO, May 10, 2005 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - Politically motivated violence, which is flaring countrywide, could worsen as the presidential run-off approaches and disenfranchise thousands who have been displaced or had their identity documents burnt, a human rights activist has warned.  Read on...
Violence amounts to crimes against humanity
 
By Ntando Ncube
 
JOHANNESBURG, May 10, 2008 (thezimbawetimes.com) - The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) on Friday urged the African Commission to condemn the atrocities and political violence perpetrated by armed youth militias loyal to President Robert.  Read on...
MDC to participate in run-off elections
    
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE , May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - Zimbabwe ’s victorious Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has now decided it will participate in the second round of the presidential poll whose date is still to be announced by the country’s electoral commission.  Read on...
Mbeki expected in Harare today
 
By Raymond Maingire
 
HARARE, May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – South African President, Thabo Mbeki arrives in Harare today (Friday) for yet another round of talks with Zimbabwe’s feuding political parties as international and regional pressure mounts on him to take a tougher stance on President Robert Mugabe.  Read on...

Standard editor arrested for Mutambara’s article
 
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE , May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) – The police on Thursday arrested the editor of the privately-owned Standard newspaper for publishing an article the authorities say was allegedly in contempt of court.  Read on...
Desperate measures fail to curb cash crisis
 
By Our Correspondent
 
HARARE, May 9, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - A range of desperate measures aimed at ending an unprecedented shortage of local bank notes has dismally failed to improve the cash crisis situation in Zimbabwe, banking officials said on Thursday. Read on...

 Letters to the Editor
Zanu-PF youths masquerading as war vets
 
It is sickening that all that is going on in Zimbabwe is being attributed to the war veterans.  Read on...
Food for thought for Diaspora people
 
THIRTY-six-old Yeukai works 21 hours daily and nightly in London.  Read on...
Matonga should go back home
“I WILL miss England,” Bright Matonga said on departure from that country in 2001.  Read on...
Challenge perpetrators, not reporters
I THINK Sihle Dube is completely right to be outraged by the picture of a three-year old boy (Samson) who was hit in the face by a war veteran wielding a rock. Read on... 
     
Run-off poll now the issue, not “third force”
 
I WRITE to comment on Jennings Rukani’s article, Makoni will make a good President. Makoni will be the good person that he already is, but he is not a President.  Read on...
Abusing rights of children
 
PLEASE allow me to air views which I am sure will not augur well with many people who will read this message.  Read on...
Matonga must go back home

BRIGHT Matonga must simply go back to Great Britain, a country which he so loves and misses. (thezimbabwetimes.com, May 9).  Read on...
Let’s transform Zanu-PF into mature party
 
WHAT a coincidence?
 
I recently wrote an article on this website complaining about the silence of Zanu-PF official spokesmen and within a short time Zanu-PF spokesman, Nathan Shamuyarira, made some interesting comments in the Herald.   Read on...
Tsvangirai not a coward
 
I WRITE this letter in response to comments on your website by political commentator, Eldred Masunungure, of the University of Zimbabwe, who argues that MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, made a mistake by leaving the country and that a government of national unity is a must for Zimbabwe.  Read on...
Eddie Cross should provide facts and figures
  
THE ARTICLE by Eddie Cross of the MDC posted on your website on Wednesday, May 7, does not seem to say anything different from the rest of the party's press briefings.  Read on...
In the name of Zanu-PF, Mugabe must go
 
I AM very shocked at the deafening silence by the official Zanu-PF spokespeople whilst President Robert and a few unelected mafikizolos (recent arrivals) are tarnishing the image of that party. Read 0n...
Vegetarian diet ideal for Zimbabwe
 
BECAUSE of economic hardships in Zimbabwe, many residents are eating more vegetarian foods. Fortunately, these foods are not only less expensive, they are healthier, “greener,” and more humane.  Read on...
People terrorized and killed
      
LOCAL war vets jambanjaed (rampaged through) Buffalo Range for some nine hours yesterday. The Chiredzi police reacted late but dispersed the mob. Read on...
Mugabe’s “farewell speech” was spot on
 
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed reading your article published on the Zimbabwe Times website on Monday on what could be a very good speech from President Robert Mugabe to the people of Zimbabwe. It was a great piece on “passing the baton”.  Read on...

Zanu-PF wants to retain power after losing elections
 
THE ramblings in The Herald are getting more bizarre.  Read on...
MDC has become too quiet

 AS THE outcry over China’s massive weapons shipment to Zimbabwe continues, I do not believe I have heard a similar outcry from the MDC leadership.  Read on...      

 More Letters
 
 

 Sport and Entertainment

Zifa refuse to pay players after poor show

By Our Correspondent

HARARE , May 7, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - In an unprecedented move, the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has refused to pay the national soccer team their bonuses for Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Namibia , saying it was a poor display which was totally undeserving of reward.  Read on...

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