HARARE, 24 June 2008 (IRIN) - Tonde Mponda, who trades in foreign currency on the parallel market in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, and is a staunch supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), snarled in anger when he found his battered unregistered car had been clamped by the municipal police because it did not have a parking disc. "Which sell-out has done this?" Mponda shouted. Members of the opposition are commonly called "sell-outs" ...
Updated 26th June 2008 at 05:02 PM by NewsTracker
JOHANNESBURG, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - As the sole remaining candidate in Zimbabwe's presidential election run-off on 27 June, Robert Mugabe should win. But then what? "The most likely scenario is that Mugabe will go ahead with Friday's election and win it," said political analyst Brian Raftopolous. The economy would continue to decline, as little in the way of aid, investment or reforms would be forthcoming to help the country back on its feet, he added. ...
By Luyanda Makapela Sharm-El-Shaik – The current situation in Zimbabwe is to be discussed in the African Union Assembly at the 2008 AU Summit being held in Egypt. Although it had not been mentioned on the agenda of the African Union's Permanent Representative Committee, a report is to be presented following the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika’s meeting in Swaziland. This is according to the committee’s Chairman Mohammed ...
HARARE, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - More than 200 supporters of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including women and children, are camping in the grounds of the South African embassy in the capital, Harare, hoping to get refugee status. They say they are trying to escape the violence unleashed by the militia of ZANU-PF, the previous ruling party. Police have set up roadblocks on all roads to the embassy, apparently to stem a suspected tide of asylum seekers ...
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