All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Chronicle reporter Kennedy Mavhumashava and Zimbabwe Guardian chief reporter Dyke Sithole were yesterday barred from covering an MDC rally at White City stadium in Bulawayo by overzealous party youths who threatened to assault the two journalists.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
MDC-T has no problem with the proposal by Zanu-PF that the two parties form a joint committee to probe political violence that has rocked some parts of the country, an opposition spokesman said yesterday.
Palapye.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
source: SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 19 May 2008 The Southern African Development Community is making every effort to ensure that MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai gets back into the country safely and in the shortest time possible, his spokesman George Sibotshiwe said on Monday. ‘He (Tsvangirai) is facing a very serious threat to his life and the MDC [...]
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Southern African Development Community is making every effort to ensure that MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai gets back into the country safely and in the shortest time possible, his spokesman George Sibotshiwe said on Monday. Full article ... (http://allafrica.com/stories/200805191525.html)
All Africa (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Zimbabwe: Millenarian MDC-T Seeking Allies in KenyaOPINIONDr David Nyekorach-MatsangaNairobiIT is now clear that Zimbabwe's opposition is trying so hard to get a platform in East Africa (Kenya) to continue with their tirades against President Mugabe and their mother country Zimbabwe.Sitting in Serena Hotel, Nairobi, today one could not believe what Tendai Biti, the secretary-general of MDC-T, mouthed...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Southern African Development Community is making every effort to ensure that MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai gets back into the country safely and in the shortest time possible, his spokesman George Sibotshiwe said on Monday.
Al Jazeera (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mugabe is facing the sternest challenge to his long rule [EPA]Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has accused military intelligence agents of plotting to kill its leader.The country's military was planning to use a team of snipers to kill Morgan Tsvangirai, the party president, said Tendai Biti, the MDC secretary-general, on Monday.Biti told Al Jazeera: "There...
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
... are 18 snipers, and the military intelligence directorate is in charge of this," Tendai Biti, MDC secretary general, told Reuters before a news conference in Nairobi.Biti said Tsvangirai would still return "very soon."Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said: "Like I've said before, we know he did not leave the country on security grounds. We are not aware of any plot against anyone, but...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe's opposition accused the government's military intelligence division on Monday of plotting to assassinate party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is due to contest an election run-off with President Robert Mugabe. Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai postponed his return to Zimbabwe on Saturday after his party said it had discovered a plot to assassinate him.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
A political cleansing campaign in Zimbabwe is escalating. Beating and intimidation by Zanu PF are commonplace, women and children are living in fear at the sanctuary of the MDC headquarters, activists are being murdered and forced to flee the country
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return to Zimbabwe on Saturday, fearing an assassination attempt, an MDC spokesperson said. Tsvangirai had been expected to return home on Saturday ahead of a run-off election scheduled for June 27.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
MDC Spokesman Says ZANU-PF Not Ready For Run-offBy Akwei Thompson Washington, DC18 May 2008The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has set June 27 as the date for the presidential election run-off. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s has decided to take part. Following the announcement, he told a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa that his supporters would have felt betrayed if he had decided not...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Gibson Nyandoro told The Observer of his disillusionment with Mugabe's regime. Now he is dead, a victim of new violence as Zimbabwe faces an election run-off
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Police in Bulawayo have given the MDC permission to hold their celebration rally on Sunday at White City Stadium. Full article ... (http://allafrica.com/stories/200805170191.html)
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Morgan Tsvangirai will attend the MDC victory rally scheduled for Sunday at White City Stadium in Bulawayo and will launch his run off campaign. Bulawayo South MDC MP elect Eddie Cross has said that Mr Tsvangirai will be making a "very important statement at the rally." Full article ... (http://allafrica.com/stories/200805170192.html)
