History Matters

Heidi Holland’s presentation at the Difficult Dialogues panel discussion at the University of Cape Town, 1 July 2008 …

Dr. Wilmot Jame’s presentation at the Difficult Dialogues panel discussion at the University of Cape Town, 1 July 2008 …

Dr. Mamphela Ramphele’s presentation at the Difficult Dialogues panel discussion at the University of Cape Town, 1 July 2008 …

Voting for the presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe went ahead today, despite warnings from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that it should be postponed. Early media reports suggest that the voter turn-out at some polling stations, especially in urban areas such as Harare, has been very low, when compared to the first round of [...]

Public conversation on Zimbabwe with Desmond Tutu, Mamphela Ramphele, Heidi Holland, and Wilmot James

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 [...]