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Rights Group Calls for Independent Police Monitor After Woza Abuse
Fri, Jul 10, 2009
Amnesty International has called on the unity government to put in place an impartial and independent police 'oversight' body, after four women from pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were assaulted by police members last month.
Interview: MDC-M bridged gulf between MDC-M, Zanu-PF: Coltart
Wed, Aug 19, 2009
VIOLET Gonda on her Hot Seat talks to David Coltart, the Minister of Education, on the current infighting within his party, the Arthur Mutambara-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and on the role played by the party on the Zimbabwean political landscape.
Charity surgery team returns to Zim in October
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
A chance for free, life changing surgery will once again be available to Zimbabweans with facial impairments, when the charity, Operation of Hope, returns to the country in October.
Besieged farmer’s house burned down in apparent arson attack
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
A beleaguered commercial farmer in Chegutu, who has faced months of intimidation and attack by land invaders this year, was on Monday night without a home, after his farmhouse was burned down in an apparent arson attack on Sunday reports SW Radio Africa.
Mutsekwa says plans underway to reverse seizure of Meikles group
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Using a controversial anti-corruption law, a recently published government gazette effectively seized the assets of one of the country's largest companies, Kingdom Meikles, which is listed on stock exchanges in both Harare and London reports SW Radio Africa.
Woza Protestors Beaten by Police in Bulawayo
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Scores of activists from the pressure group Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA/MOZA) were brutally assaulted by riot police, during demonstrations to commemorate the United Nations International Day of Peace in Bulawayo on Tuesday.
Elderly woman killed during Mbare market demonstration
Wed, Sep 23, 2009
A seventy-year old Harare woman was killed on Monday when informal traders demonstrating against the closure of market stalls in Mbare were stoned by a group of rowdy youths.
Makoni makes a bizzare attack on MDC-T
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
Former Finance Minister and Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn party interim President Dr Simba Makoni has criticised the MDC-T for ‘disengaging’ from the coalition government. In an in-depth interview on our Behind the Headlines series Makoni argued that, “the issues over which the MDC are disengaging from ZANU PF are issues of ‘jobs for the boys and girls,’ and not policies that can deliver real change for Zimbabweans” reports SW Radio Africa.
'Sekuru' Mutasa Cuts Off Violet Gonda during Interview
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
VIOLET Gonda of SW Radio Africa’s Hot Seat programme got more than what she had bargained for when one of her two guests, Didymus Mutasa, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, hung up the phone up on her in the middle of a live interview.
ZCTU leaders acquitted & set free
Thu, Nov 12, 2009
The President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Lovemore Matombo, and four other unionists were set free on Thursday after a Victoria Falls magistrate threw out charges against them.
Mugabe arrives in Rome with 60 others
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Robert Mugabe arrived in the Italian capital Rome on Saturday, for a United Nations food summit. Despite European Union targeted sanctions that restrict his travel Mugabe is allowed to travel to meetings that are under the auspices of the UN.
MDC torture victim denied medical treatment
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
The MDC transport manager who was severely tortured after he was abducted by state security agents last month, is still being denied private medical care, in what his lawyers say is a 'calculated' and 'deliberate' act by the state.
Catholic priest beaten by soldier
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
We received a very disturbing report today that is yet another indication that the army is getting completely out of line. A well known Catholic priest in Banket has been savagely beaten by a soldier.
Zimbabwean Man Spends Over a Year in Immigration Detention
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
A 24 year-old Zimbabwean man has been languishing inside an immigration detention centre in Portsmouth for over a year, awaiting deportation.
Bennett Says Trial an Absolute Farce
Wed, Nov 25, 2009
MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett has described his terrorism trial, which began two weeks ago, an 'absolute farce' and 'a joke.' The MDC official, who has not been sworn into government as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture because Robert Mugabe is refusing to swear him in, said he is frustrated with the slow pace the trial is taking.
Nkala Denies Contributing to Gukurahundi, Wants Mugabe Prosecuted
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Nkala said: "ZANU PF is on its death bed, in intensive care. Mugabe is old and he is sick just as I am old and sick. John Nkomo who has just been promoted to Vice President is old, he is sick and anything can happen to him. How then do you expect sick people to attend to the massive economic problems?"
MDC Councillor Arrested for Holding Rally
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Mudzingwa Bakare, the MDC councillor and District Chairman for Makoni South, was arrested on Sunday for holding an illegal rally.
Tortured Gwezere wins bail case but remains locked up
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Wilson Sandura threw out an appeal by the Attorney General which challenged the granting of bail by the High Court to tortured MDC Transport Manager Pascal Gwezere.
Zuma continues to sit on army general’s report on Zim violence
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
In 2008 former South African President Thabo Mbeki commissioned a fact finding mission into state sponsored violence that took place in the run up to Zimbabwe’s one man presidential run-off. Mbeki, as mediator, sent six retired South African army generals on two fact-finding missions to investigate the cause of the political crisis, especially the role of the army in the violence. Nearly two years since those generals reported back to Mbeki, their damning report has still not been made public.
UK Urged to Stop Funding 'Failing' Unity Government
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
The British government is set to come under pressure to lead the way in Europe, by not sending developmental aid to the coalition government until the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement.
UK Urged to Stop Funding 'Failing' Unity Government
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
The British government is set to come under pressure to lead the way in Europe, by not sending developmental aid to the coalition government until the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement.
Fort Hare University Slammed for Giving in to Zanu Pf
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
Over 12 students who had their government scholarships withdrawn by ZANU PF officials have slammed Fort Hare University in South Africa for allowing them to be victimized.
Zim government still to respond on farm invasion subpoena
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
The government has until Thursday to notify a South African civil rights group if it intends on opposing its application to sue over the ongoing invasions of South African owned land in Zimbabwe.
Talks remain deadlocked as negotiations enter day two
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
The latest negotiations between the political parties in the coalition government entered day two with still no progress. The talks resumed on Monday after a break of over two weeks.
Chombo shields corrupt councilors
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
HARARE - Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has moved to protect 23 MDC-T councillors in Chitungwiza who were sacked by their party last Thursday over corruption allegations.
Civil service strike losing steam
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
A strike by civil servants appeared to be losing steam Tuesday with most government workers interviewed by Newsreel admitting they had gone back to work. Civil servants have been on strike for over two weeks now with government insisting it does not have the money to pay the US$630 a month salaries they are demanding.
MDC requests SADC to mediate in deadlocked negotiations
Fri, Mar 05, 2010
The national executive council of the MDC has resolved that SADC should be called in to mediate in the long running stalemate between parties in the Global Political Agreement.
Detained Zim asylum seeker starts hunger strike in UK
Wed, Mar 17, 2010
A detained Zimbabwean asylum seeker in the UK has embarked on a hunger strike, to protest alleged racism and mistreatment at the hands of detention centre employees reports SW Radio
'South Africans smuggling Zimbabwean diamonds' - ACR CEO
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
INTERVIEW: Journalist Violet Gonda presents Hot Seat where she speaks to Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources, the company in the middle of a legal wrangle with the government over the Chiadzwa diamond mine.
Two MDC District Leaders Arrested for 'Disrespecting' Zanu PF Governor
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Political tension is intensifying in Mashonaland Central between MDC and ZANU PF supporters, resulting in two provincial leaders from the MDC-T being arrested on Tuesday for allegedly disrespecting ZANU PF governor Martin Dinha.
Court Cases Against 300 MDC Activists Drag On in Manicaland
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Almost 300 MDC activists in Manicaland province are still to stand trial, a year after police charged them with trying to reclaim their livestock looted by ZANU PF supporters during the election violence in 2008.
Gukurahundi Artist Says His Persecution Helps Get Point Across
Tue, May 18, 2010
'Gukurahundi' visual artist Owen Maseko says his arrest and the banning of his exhibition is helping him to get his point across and the police actions are proving his point.
Is Zimbabwe’s national healing programme a fake?
Thu, May 20, 2010
SW RADIO AFRICA TRANSCRIPT HOT SEAT:(Part1)
Police clamp down on diamond rights group
Sat, May 29, 2010
Mutare police on Thursday clamped down on a rights group that has exposed the level of abuse at the Chiadzwa diamond fields. They raided the group’s offices, the home of the group’s director and arrested his younger brother.
Diamond reseacher blames Chikane for his arrest
Fri, Jun 04, 2010
Farai Maguwu, the director of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), was arrested on Thursday morning after he handed himself over to the police in Mutare.
Details of the 2008 Violence Emerge From 'Torture' Workshop
Fri, Jun 04, 2010
Shepherd Jani, the late MDC senatorial candidate for Murehwa, was burnt alive and shot five times by his abductors, believed to be CIO agents, a torture awareness workshop heard recently.
Diamond watchdog charged, plus two MDC MPs in custody
Mon, Jun 07, 2010
Farai Maguwu, the Marange diamonds watchdog who was arrested last Thursday was formally charged by police in Harare on Monday. One of his lawyers, Trust Maanda, said the activist is yet to appear in court.
HOT SEAT:Arrested Zimbabwean diamond researcher ‘set up’ by KP Monitor
Mon, Jun 07, 2010
On Hot Seat Violet Gonda has an exclusive interview with Farai Maguwu, the Director of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), who has been investigating human rights abuses at the Chiadzwa diamond fields.
INTERVIEW: Mutsekwa denies banning demos
Mon, Jun 14, 2010
BROADCAST: 28 May 2010 VIOLET GONDA: Co-Home Affairs Minister Giles Mutsekwa is my guest on the Hot Seat programme, talking about the challenges he is facing in this controversial ministry that he co-runs with ZANU PF’s Kembo Mohadi. Mutsekwa has also come under a lot of criticism for allegedly doing little in such an important ministry. Media reports recently quoted police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri saying that demos and protests in Zimbabwe were banned during the World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa. The police department comes under the Home Affairs Ministry and I first asked the co-Minister if demonstrations in Zimbabwe had been banned until after the World Cup?
HOT SEAT: Kimberley Process monitor Chikane defends ‘shopping’ Zim activist to police
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Two separate guests on today’s Hot Seat programme ; the Kimberley Process monitor to Zimbabwe Abbey Chikane , and Bernard Taylor , Executive Director of Partnership Africa Canada, an organisation in the Kimberley Process Working Group on Monitoring. Chikane vigorously defends the fact that he ‘shopped’ diamonds researcher Farai Maguwu to the authorities, while Taylor explains why his organisation will not give a blessing to Chikane’s internal report which recommends the certification of Zimbabwe ’s diamonds .
Rave Reviews for Farm Abuse Documentary
Tue, Jun 29, 2010
A documentary that highlights the human rights abuses that Zimbabwe's farm workers have been subjected to was shown at a film festival on the sidelines of an International Labour Conference recently.
HOT SEAT: Global Witness on Kimberley Process & Zimbabwe diamonds
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
UK – The human rights campaigner tells us why there was a lack of consensus at the Kimberley Process meeting in Israel over the certification of Zimbabwe’s Chiadzwa diamonds, and why there was also no consensus on the future role of the controversial KP Monitor, Abbey Chikane. What are the implications of Zimbabwe’s threat to unilaterally export diamonds?
Mliswa Implicates Zanu Pf Chefs in 'Looting' Scandal
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Controversial ZANU PF businessman, Temba Mliswa, on Tuesday implicated Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri as one of the individuals who bought property from him that he allegedly looted from white owned farms.
HOT SEAT: Diamond researcher & human rights activist Farai Maguwu
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
The Hot Seat programme this week is presented by Alex Bell, who speaks to diamond researcher and human rights activist Farai Maguwu. He was finally released on bail this week after his arrest six weeks ago, and he tells Alex about his time in custody and how he was treated. He also gives his reaction to the deal reached this week between the government and the Kimberly Process, which will allow Chiadzwa diamond sales to go ahead.
Senior MDC Official Assaulted During Copac Meeting
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
A senior MDC official taking part in a constitutional outreach meeting was on Monday severely assaulted in front of the police, who shockingly did nothing to arrest the culprits who are alleged to be ZANU PF officials according to re[ports reaching SW Radio Africa.
MDC Activist Stabbed by Zanu PF Youths
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
An MDC activist in Gokwe is fighting for his life in hospital this week after he was attacked by two ZANU PF youths and stabbed.
MDC Ministers in London to woo donors and investors
Fri, Jul 23, 2010
Three cabinet ministers from the two MDC formations, plus Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara , were in London on Thursday addressing two separate meetings that sought to woo investors and donors to help with Zimbabwe’s economic recovery. The ministers were accompanied by their permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants from their ministries.
