This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recent reports suggesting that the regime in Harare intends to convene Parliament are unwelcome as it is disturbing. Article 9 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the parties executed on the 21st of July 2008, makes it clear that no party, during the subsistence of the dialogue shall take any decision or measure that [...]
This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Just received a two line Press Release from the MDC: President Tsvangirai, Secretary General Tendai Biti, and Secretary for International Relations, Prof Mukonoweshuro have just been detained at the Harare International Airport. Their travel documents and passports have been taken. No more information at this stage. Updated release just received: President Morgan Tsvangirai, secretary-general Tendai...
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
source: SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 14 August 2008 The MDC leadership have had their travel documents returned, after they were confiscated on Thursday afternoon to block them from travelling to South Africa. President Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary General Tendai Biti and Secretary for Foreign Affairs Professor Elphas Mukonoweshuro were heading to Johannesburg to attend the SADC summit [...]
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (AP) - A spokesman says the Zimbabwean opposition's chief negotiator has returned home after coming to South Africa to set out conditions for substantive talks with Robert Mugabe's government. Nqobizitha Mlilo said in an interview Friday that more talks are expected, but could not set a date. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change's chief negotiator Tendai Biti was...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Harare - The High Court in Harare on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for opposition Movement for Democratic Change second-in-command Tendai Biti to travel abroad for talks on the country's political impasse by ordering his passport be returned. Biti, who was charged with treason in June, had appealed to the court to have his bail conditions relaxed so that he could travel to South Africa for talks on "a...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s High Court will on Wednesday hear an application by opposition secretary general Tendai Biti to have his passport returned to him so he could attend talks with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU PF party to resolve the country’s crisis. Biti – who is on bail on charges of treason, insulting Mugabe and causing disaffection among the defence forces – is the opposition Movement...
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti, who is accused of treason, publishing falsehoods, insulting the President and causing disaffection among the...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Zimbabwean opposition's number two leader Tendai Biti appeared briefly in court on Monday to face treason charges and was ordered to return on August 27 when a trial date should be announced. Biti, secretary general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), made no comment during the hearing at Harare magistrates court but his lawyer Lewis Uriri asked that a trial date be set by the time he...
This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Press Statement from Hon Tendai Biti, MP, MDC Secretary-General: There are recent widespread reports that Zanu PF and MDC are talking and are about to conclude an agreement to form a Government of National Unity (GNU). Nothing can be as malicious and as further from the truth. As a matter of fact, there are no talks or discussions [...]
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbambwe's main opposition party says that negotiations to solve the country's political crisis are in jeopardy. Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti said on Wednesday that his party had not consented to a reconvening of parliament before this was announced on Tuesday. According to a memorandun the MDC and the ruling ZANU-PF signed last month, parliament could not reconvene...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Harare - The Zimbabwe opposition party's No 2 official, who has been charged with treason, was granted bail and released from jail on Thursday. Tendai Biti returned to his home in the capital late in the afternoon, two weeks after he was jailed, looking tired and frail but still sounding defiant. "Some people stay 27 years in prison so two weeks is nothing," he said in an interview with Associated...
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
source: ZimOnline by Wayne Mafaro Thursday 26 June 2008 HARARE – Zimbabwe opposition secretary general Tendai Biti was on Thursday released on bail, a day before the country holds a controversial presidential run-off election that the opposition is boycotting. High Court Judge Ben Hlatshwayo released Biti but imposed tough conditions including that the Movement for Democratic Change politician [...]...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
A judge granted bail Thursday to the secretary-general of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, who is awaiting trial on treason charges. Share This
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
The secretary general of Zimbabwe's opposition party has been released on bail, a day before a controversial presidential poll run-off. Tendai Biti, of the Movement for Democratic Change, was held earlier this month on treason charges, which his party say are politically driven. The MDC has withdrawn from Friday's poll, over fears of political violence. Southern African leaders have called on President...
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
The High Court is expected to make a ruling today in the application for bail pending trial by MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Full article ......
