· December, 2005

Stories about Zimbabwe from December, 2005

Zimbabwe: Missing the Point

29 December 2005

Dumisani argues that journalists, writers, and thinkers miss the “point” when it comes to their analysis and coverage of Africa.

Zimbabwe: Action Alert

21 December 2005

Action Alert: This is Zimbabwe – Petition request for United Nations intervention in Zimbabwe. The Petition can be found here.

Zimbabwe: passport seized

14 December 2005

The Bearded Man from Zimbabwe writes about a man who is appealing to the High Court for the return of his passport which was siezed by the government.…”He cites that the confiscation was “made in disregard of rules of natural justice, procedural and substantive fairness.”

Voices From Zimbabwe Plus

  14 December 2005

Zimbabwe: With the elections gone and the country firmly in their grip, the ruling ZANU-PF unravelled their newest ploy to silence hostilities from their own citizens. Trevor Ncube, the publisher of two of Zimbabwe's independent newspapers The Independent and The Standard, and leading South African titles the Mail and Guardian,...

Zimbabwe: WOZA

12 December 2005

This is Zimbabwe - reports on WOZA – Women of Zimbabwe Arise – who took to the streets of Harare on Saturday 10th December which was Human Rights Day. During the demonstration women were assulted by security forces and some of them arrested….”By noon five women from the Harare protest...

Zimbabwe: WOZA

12 December 2005

This is Zimbabwe - reports on WOZA – Women of Zimbabwe Arise – who took to the streets of Harare on Saturday 10th December which was Human Rights Day. During the demonstration women were assulted by security forces and some of them arrested….”By noon five women from the Harare protest...

Zimbabwe: Blog awards

8 December 2005

This is Zimbabwe is on the short list for best Mid Eastern/African blog – so check their blog and go and give them a vote. Why are the Middle East and Africa lumped together in one category? Surely there are enough awards to allow each region its own award?

Zimbabwe: Death of Democracy

6 December 2005

Eddi Cross guests on Zimbabwean Pundit and writes on the “death of democracy” in Zimbabwe following the recent Senate elections – low turn out and predicatable outcome.

Zimbabwe

5 December 2005

Zimbabwean Pundit comments on a policy by Zimbabwean news website, ZimDaily to “out children of Mugabe's cronies who are living profilgate lifestyles abroad at the behest of the parent's fame and fortune which has (for the most part) been looted from Zimbabwe's tax paying citizens.” Pundit wonders if it is...

Zimbabwe: AIDS

1 December 2005

This is Zimbabwe reports that for the first time prevention programmes are finally beginning to help bring down the rate of infection in Zimbabwe. “In Harare, HIV prevalence in women attending antenatal or postnatal clinics fell from 35% in 1999 to 21% in 2004. In rural eastern Zimbabwe, declines in...