Thursday, 23rd May 2013

Posted 23/5/13

• Mugabe signs new constitution into law
• New Zimbabwe constitution can usher in new culture of human rights
• Detained police officers deny ‘crime’ of attending MDC rally
• MPs move to start fresh voter registration
• Supervise voter registration process, ZEC told
• Aspiring voters run amok
• Police thwart Simba Makoni’s meeting with business community
• China strengthens Zim ties with VP visit
• Sata offers Zim food, faces revolt at home
• Kunonga in $640 000 scandal
• Primaries crunch for MDC, Zanu PF
• Chombo fingered in another land scam
• Bulawayo Council Auctions Residents' Property
• Robert Mugabe appoints Supreme Court judges
• Mawere told to renounce SA citizenship to receive Zim ID
• ‘HIV fight: No vaccine in sight’
• Musician Thomas Mapfumo Says New Constitution Must Improve People's Lives
• Tourism on the way up
• Zimbabwe insists on Zimplats mine seizure
• Global Fund Project in Zimbabwe Uses Technology to Improve Data Collection
• West moves to re-engage Zimbabwe
• ZCTF Report - May 2013
• European Union announces a €13.5 million grant to improve education and nutrition for Zimbabwe’s children
• Mutambara: Developing & Managing the Mineral Wealth of Zim
• Morgan Tsvangirai’s statement to the press
• Constitution Watch 29/2013 of 22nd May 2013 [New Constitution Act Gazetted]

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

Posted 22/5/13

• Statement regarding the voter registration exercise and the timing of the general election
• New Voter registration Requirements
• Civic groups call for decentralised & inclusive electoral process
• Voter registration centre closes 2 hours early
• Do We Need Free And Fair Elections In Zimbabwe?
• Mudede’s office to be overhauled under MDC-T government
• MDC-T primary elections kick off this Saturday
• SA, ZANU PF relations ‘strained’ ahead of poll
• 79 ditch Zanu PF, Ncube’s MDC for Tsvangirai
• Female presidential challenger enters race
• EU Avails $17 Million to Revamp Zimbabwe Education
• Electoral Body and Gov’t Owe State Vehicle Firm Millions
• Zimbabwe’s plea for poll cash must go to Sadc - South Africa
• China vice-premier in Zimbabwe for start of trade and development trip before Africa summit
• Death In Zimbabwe Results In Unusual Us Charge
• Mutasa coup plot exposed
• Mudede denies Mawere citizenship
• Playwright seeks legal intervention over banning of peace play
• Factionalism undermining labour unions: Tsvangirai
• Mugabe stutters on poll dates
• Zanu PF causes chaos in UZ SRC polls
• In Rural Communities Children Living with HIV Lack Access to Treatment
• Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting
• Zimbabwe’s Educational Legacy from the 1980s: was it all so rosy?
• Bill Watch 16/2013 of 20th May [Constitution Bill Passed by Parliament & Voters Registration, Voters Roll, Indigenisation SIs gazetted]

Tuesday, 21st May 2013

Posted 21/5/13

• New constitution binds ZEC to another 30-day voter registration exercise
• Matabeleland demands more registration centres
• Voter registration ends amid concerns
• Zim elections by 30 October -Tsvangirai
• MDC policy document can help party win crucial elections
• Mujuru working to win over church leadership to Zanu PF
• We’ve already won: Tsvangirai
• Zanu PF courts Mutambara
• Supreme Court to hear petition on election date on Thursday
• MDC-T man in court over Mugabe remarks
• ERC engages ZEC over arrests
• ZACC Chairperson case postponed
• Special Zanu PF congress to anoint Mujuru
• Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Biti says Party Will Push for Debt Cancellation
• Foreign owned shops face closure after ultimatum
• Reform security sector: Jomic
• Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission broke
• Magaisa's changes anger many
• Ephedrine drug smuggling rampant
• Heroin worth R2.6m seized at Zim border
• Miners reject State marketing of minerals
• PICTURE: Chivhu fire brigade truck
• Tsvangirai outlines revival programme
• Youth register to vote now
• Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series 10/2013 of 11th May [Committee Meetings 20th to 23rd May]
• Constitution Watch 28/2013 of 20th May 2013 [New Constitution Bill Passed by Parliament: Now Goes to President]

Monday, 20th may 2013

Batch 2 Posted 20/5/13

• Zimbabwe’s PM says his party will end years of police and military abuse
• Tsvangirai vows to reverse indigenisation
• US dollar to remain for 5 years: MDC-T
• I dont hate generals - Tsvangirai
• MDC-T pledges to compensate Gukurahundi victims
• Mnangagwa's British coup claims; complete fabrication and distortion of history
• Zimbabwe's top lawyer won't relent despite arrest
• Ultimatum for foreign shops
• ZANU-PF Primaries: Another Dogfight Imminent
• Zanu PF Charm Offensive – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 18th May 2013
• Engaging generals is not treasonous
• A new beginning for Zimbabwe

Posted 20/5/13

• Zanu PF internal fights weaken Mutasa
• MDC-T to reform CIO
• Tsvangirai lays out vision
• Tempers flare in Mutare over diamond looting
• Man offered US$10 as monthly retirement payment
• Bulawayo ’s water woes deepen
• Govt in dilemma over illegal Chinese mining activities
• Harare Airport Road to be completed by year-end’
• ‘Teenage girls dying of pregnancy complications’
• Ten years in jail for stealing Zesa transformer oil
• Villagers, urban developers clash over land
• Male circumcision could save Zimbabwe US$3 billion
• Resistance hinders circumcision programme
• Government to crack whip on telecoms operators
• Electoral processes demand transparency
• Zimbabwe’s struggle for democracy continues
• ZEC must expedite CSOs accreditation
• Registrar-General a hindrance to credible poll

Sunday, 19th May 2013

Friday, 17th May 2013

Posted 17/5/13

• Cabinet calls for fresh voter registration exercise
• Voter outrage
• Churches hammer ZEC over voter registration
• Election group charged for encouraging youths to register as voters
• South Africa Piles Pressure on President Mugabe to Reform
• State media lashes out at SA minister over conditional cash pledge
• Zanu (PF) defies SADC
• Lawyer raises fear of infiltration in Tsvangirai’s office
• Zimbabwean woman shortlisted for top UN job
• Govt criticised for ‘secretive’ mining deals
• Zimbabwe Wants to Distribute Diamonds to China, Dubai, Israel
• Mugabe Appeals for Help in Funding Agriculture Sector
• Xenophobic Attacks Continue in South Africa
• Mawere responds to Gono on indigenisation
• ‘Journalists will be casualties’
• HOT SEAT: Giles Mutsekwa reacts to ‘MDC-T talks with army generals’ reports
• Office of the Prime Minister remains Constitutionally Protected in the Transitional Period
• A Child of Two Lands
• Zimbabwe's surprising bid to preserve its colonial past
• What Zimbabwe do you want?
• Paranoid ZANU PF in self-destruction overdrive
• Bill Watch 14/2013 of 15th May [The Roadmap to Elections - Part I]
• Bill Watch 15/2013 of 16th May [The Roadmap to Elections - Part II]

Thursday, 16th May 2013

Posted 16/5/13

• Three MDC-T youths arrested after registering to vote
• New voter registration exercise in pipeline
• Cops charge voter educators
• One million stuck off voters roll alarming
• ZESN urges ZEC to extend voter registration
• Influx of political parties ahead of Zim polls suspicious
• New party launched, vows to win polls
• Save Valley ‘facing collapse’ in the midst of political wrangle
• MDC-T youth leader Madzore out on bail after High Court appeal
• State to take over US$600m ethanol firm
• No progress on SADC recommendations
• Moyo blasts ‘reckless’ South African minister
• New policy will backfire: economist
• Poor governance and bad politics undermining Zimbabwe’s extractive sector
• Obdurate generals: history repeats itself
• Zimbabwe’s sustained progress towards “Getting to Zero”
• Zimbabwe Election Watch - Issue 2

Wednesday, 15th May 2013

Posted 15/5/13

• Constitution sails through Senate
• 28 parties to contest general elections
• MDC-T & ZANU PF argue over controversial Coca Cola advert
• South Africa prepared to help fund Zim polls
• Fully implement GPA before polls: Sadc Troika
• Tsvangirai struggles to register children
• Tsvangirai warns Zim security chiefs
• GNU paying lip service to peace ahead of poll - Heal Zimbabwe
• Zim land audit ‘cop out’ criticised
• MDC-T MP granted bail, but remains in custody
• Shamu slammed over elections comments
• Mugabe blasts Bulawayo and Harare residents for not supporting him
• Funding crisis hits country’s tertiary institutions
• Zim bound helicopter donation still on hold despite ‘okay’ by SA minister
• Save Valley chaos: Mutambara drags feet
• ‘We belong to Mutambara, not Ncube’
• MDC has a robust future – Tsvangirai
• Zim tourism on the rebound
• 'Dead' man comes back to life at his funeral
• Tatenda Taibu: A promising career ruined by ugly politics
• What we CAN learn from Zim
• On the fifth anniversary of Tonderai Ndira's death, how much has changed in Zimbabwe?
• Zimbabwe Wall of Shame: Kudakwashe Basikiti
• Bill Watch 13/2013 of 14th May [House of Assembly Passed Constitution Bill, now Transmitted to Senate]
• Constitution Watch 27/2013 of 13th May 2013 [New Constitution Bill Passed by House of Assembly & Sent to Senate]

Posted 14/5/13

• Authorities blocking youth voter registration
• Youth arrested for mobilizing peers
• Press statement on the arrest of three Election Resource Centre personnel
• Hatcliffe crew granted bail after spending three weeks in custody
• MDC-T to unveil policy document Friday
• Mugabe laments urban voters’ stomach politics
• Magistrate in ‘no show’ for trial of staffers in Tsvangirai’s office
• Mugabe determined to sideline PM on poll dates
• MDC takes war to Zanu PF
• 'Bullet mightier than ballot'
• ZEC relaxes proof of residency requirement for voters
• Mugabe lures Bulawayo vote
• Infiltration delaying primaries: MDC
• Biti: Theft in Home Affairs Ministry is costing Zimbabwe
• Mugabe wades into Chisumbanje dispute
• South African Justice Minister approves spares gift for Harare choppers
• Minister: Ten women die daily during birth
• Universities, Polytechnic colleges owed more than US$64m
• Application Made For New Zimbabwe Diamond Deposits
• Marange, Core Mining arbitration begins
• Will indigenisation rescue Mugabe?
• Engaging Citizens and the State on Governance: Case of Zimbabwe
• Changing Times

Monday, 13th May 2013

Posted 13/5/13

• Prospective voters turned away
• Tsvangirai challenges election date
• Mujuru faction gains ground in Manicaland
• Mutasa defends partisan army
• Madzore’s candidature in Dzivarasekwa raises discord in MDC-T
• MDC-T meets to strategise on elections
• Chinese mining activities in Gwayi area spark uproar
• Raw sewer overflows in Chiredzi town
• Patients flock to Karanda hospital
• HIV wreaks havoc in prisons
• Electioneering taking toll on business—ZNCC
• Accounts committee lacks depth— MP
• Mobile money accelerates financial inclusion
• Hunger erodes all hope for the future
• Parties’ land policies: A comparative review
• New farmers short-change Zim
• Beyond Mugabe rule: Lessons from Tanzania

Batch 2 Posted 13/5/13

• Three voting campaigners arrested in Zim
• RBZ: Kingdom Bank not collapsing
• Zim losing millions to official theft: Biti
• Mawere party launched in Gweru
• ‘Zanu PF to shake up Masvingo structures’
• Row over Gwayi valley mining activities
• I back Mugabe land grab says MSP-in-waiting
• Elephant 'tramples to death suspected poacher'
• Is Zanu (PF) too big for SADC?
• Media to keep fighting for a free Zim
• Petition
• ‘For he’s a jolly evil fellow’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 11th May 2013
• Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series 9/2013 of 11th May [Committee Meetings 13th to 17th May]

Sunday, 12th May 2013

Posted 12/5/13

• Election dates: Mugabe vows to go it alone
• ZEC waives voter registration requirements
• Poll challenge set for Wednesday
• SADC Troika holds Zimbabwe meeting
• Securocrats Tighten Grip on President Mugabe's Zanu-PF Party
• Churches in massive campaign for Zanu-PF
• Latest on Bikita diamonds
• Bank ownership schemes null and void: RBZ
• Great Zim under threat
• Masiyiwa: Robust Africa Growth Not Benefiting Poor People
• Africa must stop looting of its resources: Annan
• No one is indispensable
• New Zimbabwe - balancing change with continuity and stability

Batch 2 Posted 11/5/13

• Fight heats up over Zimbabwe poll date
• Dabengwa says the Junta is source of instability in Zimbabwe
• Zambia comes to rescue of starving Zimbabweans
• International Federation of Journalists tells Zimbabwe to drop charges against Muleya
• AG’s office once again delays bail hearing for Hatcliffe activists
• Zimbabweans told to ignore attention-seeking Jabulani Sibanda
• Zimbabwe to sell diamonds directly to China
• UNWTO preps in full throttle
• Hospital user fees debate
• Kirsty Coventry’s robber jailed
• Fears of Zim media crackdown
• Why MDC can't win the generals
• Robert Mugabe: from liberation hero to villain to redeemed father of a nation?
• How ZANU-PF Stays In Power

Posted 11/5/13

• New draft constitution: Zim on verge of change
• ‘Zim set for prolonged transition’
• Discontent rocks CIO
• Political parties clash over ‘aliens’
• Military coup unlikely in Zimbabwe
• Tsvangirai insists on security reforms
• Chinamasa, Mutasa in showdown
• Mutasa in sex scandal
• Election promises chip off the old block
• Muchena embarks on door-to-door campaign
• Draft constitution through
• Politics stalls Chisumbanje re-opening
• Kingdom Bank on brink of collapse
• Zimbabwe secures US$17 million from EU
• Mines challenge land grab
• Zapf congress to focus on asset allocation
• ZNCC presses govt for early elections
• KP conflict diamond debate mounts
• Is Guptagate the end of Zuma?
• Hungwe saga: Judges on the ropes
• RG’s office, Zec cogs in rigging machinery
• Reckless indigenisation disruptive
• Will the real sneaks please stand up?
• Of Mugabe, generals and an amnesty
• Bank crisis deep-seated
• Zanu PF still stuck in the past
• Arrests were uncalled for

Friday, 10th May 2013

Posted 10/5/13

• Parliament unanimously approves new constitution
• Zimbabwe lawmakers vote unanimously for new constitution, senators still to endorse it
• Zimbabwean police raid prime minister's office
• Police confiscate 10 motorbikes during MDC office raid
• Elections in danger
• Dorothy Mabika: I Turned Down Mutasa's Sexual Advances
• Broke ZEC urged to rope in NGOs for voter education
• Fears raised over coal mining activities in the Hwange area
• ZANU-PF, MDCs war over reforms intensifies
• Cracks in new empowerment lobby group
• Harare councillors get land for a song
• EU to resume lending to private sector
• Massive milk deficit hits Zim
• Grain deliveries to GMB drop
• Generals dig in heels
• GNU could have been better: Ambassador
• Zimbabwe: government plans to tighten further its grip on mining
• IFJ Calls on Authorities in Zimbabwe to Drop Charges Against Two Journalists
• Activist Beatrice Mtetwa faces her date with Zimbabwean justice
• HOT SEAT: Expert breaks down legal necessities needed before polls
• Murambatsvina scars remain
• Hell on Harare’s streets
• The time for hate-mongering is over
• Mugabe's Will to Power
• “I Would Rather Have My Land Back”
• Harare arts festival offers upbeat image of a country in turmoil
• Constitution Watch 26/2013 of 8th May 2013 [Bringing the New Constitution into Operation]

Thursday, 9th May 2013

Posted 9/5/13

• Matinenga defers Constitution Bill debate
• 30,000 new voters register to vote
• RG’s office cause chaotic situations at voter registration centres
• Rifts widen in ZANU PF ahead of elections
• Police launch renewed crackdown on MDC-T and journalists
• Zimbabwe journalists charged after military-MDC story
• Former M&G reporter released after Zimbabwe arrest
• Governing Parties Dismiss Call to Extend Unity Govt to Allow Reforms
• Mugabe draws iron curtain around Zim
• Mujuru outwits Mnangagwa
• Curtain closes on African ‘spies’ jamboree
• Mugabe pampering African Intelligence Chiefs to secure own shaky position
• Mangoma under pressure over US$1bln tender
• European Union Ready to Fund Zimbabwe Electoral Process
• Gono’s replacement
• Govt’s plan to restore ZINWA
• Solomon Madzore denies calling Robert Mugabe 'limping donkey'
• Former M&G intern tells of Zim police intimidation tactics
• Mangoma on the state of power generation
• Sibanda century steers Zimbabwe to series win
• Zimbabwe Wall of Shame: Milton Kachepa
• Sometimes I hate to be Zimbabwean

Wednesday, 8th May 2013

Posted 8/5/13

• Editor & two others arrested over MDC-T meets generals story
• Electoral Commission Publishes Voter Registration Centres
• Controversy continues over voter registration campaign
• Soldiers suspiciously deployed for mobile voter reg at Malborough high
• MDC-T door-to-door campaigners to appear in court Wednesday
• AG "persecuting through prosecution"--Youth Assembly
• Constitutional Bill set for emphatic endorsement by MPs
• ‘Disconnecting water a violation of human rights'
• Zimbabwe Govt, Indian Firm Abandon ZiscoSteel Workers
• Mliswa warns Zanu PF on indigenisation
• All-out war in Zanu PF
• MDC in quandary over councillors
• China to erect big screens in Zimbabwe
• Zim courts Indian generic drug firms
• Zimbabwe short on climate change funds
• ZLHR denounce unfair tactics
• MDC condemns arrest of Zimind scribes