History Matters

Timeline of Zimbabwe crisis since March 29th elections 5 July: SADC appointed mediator Thabo Mbeki has his first talks with Mugabe following the controversial run-off election. The are joined by Arthur Mutambara, head of an MDC splinter group. Morgan Tsvangirai does not attend. On the same day, the Guardian newspaper releases secretly filmed footage of [...]

Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions press releases ZCTU PRESS RELEASE SUBJECT: ZCTU MASVINGO ZCTU INVADED Date: 19 June 2008 The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)’s Masvingo office was this afternoon invaded by twelve people who forcibly removed ZCTU posters and pasted a campaign poster of President Robert Mugabe. Two of the twelve people claimed [...]

Communiqué of 2008 First Extra-Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, 13 April 2008, Lusaka, Zambia 1.  The Extra-ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government or their representatives of SADC met in Lusaka, Zambia to discuss the political developments in Zimbabwe following the recent Presidential Senatorial, National Assembly and Local Authorities [...]

SOUTH AFRICA JOINS UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON ZIMBABWE 24 June 2008 Pretoria- South Africa on Monday 23 June 2008 joined consensus with other members of the United Nations Security Council in the adoption of a Presidential Statement on Zimbabwe. The UN Security Council welcomed international efforts including the SADC-facilitation process led by President [...]

COSATU condemns attack on Zimbabwe union 11-06-08 The Congress of South African Trade Unions strongly condemns the attack on offices belonging to the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), an affiliate of the ZCTU, on 9 June 2008 in Gokwe. Zanu PF supporters and ‘war veterans’ stormed into the union’s offices and ordered the union [...]

THE WAY FORWARD  (via SAPA) 24 Jun 2008 11:35 The ugly incidents and scenes that have been visited on the people of Zimbabwe persuade us that a run-off Presidential election offers no solution to ZimbabweÕs crisis. In a society that is already highly polarised, a run-ff election will only serve to widen the divisions. The [...]