News Headlines 03.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
News Headlines 03.09.10
Callback 03.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
In Friday’s Callback, Maphosa says ZAPU only joined ZANU PF to stop the killing of its supporters in the 80’s and it pulled out of the unity accord when it realised ZPF was still a violent party; while Mavi says the jamming of the SWRA broadcasts by a desperate GNU won’t stop people from trying to listen to independent news and information and he urges people to be patient and keep listening.
Letter from Zimbabwe 03.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
In Letter from Zimbabwe author Cathy Buckle writes: “We’ve had an electricity crisis of major proportions this past week which has bought the routines of everyday life to a standstill. Small businesses are complaining that they’ve been losing about five hundred dollars a day. Bigger businesses estimate lost income of around five thousand dollars a day, not to mention employees sitting around doing nothing who will all have to be paid at the end of the month. And the knock on effects of these extended power cuts is having a devastating impact on the environment.”
Hotseat 02.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
In this second part of the Hotseat interview with the Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara explains why the “30 day deadline”, communicated by the SADC Troika to implement the agreed 24 outstanding issues in the GPA, is meaningless. He also comments on reports of internal divisions in his party. Is Secretary General Welshman Ncube challenging Mutambara’s leadership and to what extent has the party been affected by the reported mass defections to the larger MDC-T?
Callback 02.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
Gidiza says confusion & desperation should be expected from a fake GNU, run by leaders who were never voted for by the people and he wonders why the MDC is still in the unity government; and Wisdom says civil servants have teamed up with private workers to press for salary increments before schools open and they are all working with the ZCTU to prepare for industrial action if their demands are not met this time.
The Heart of the Matter 02.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
Tanonoka Joseph Whande says that there is no unity in the coalition government, and he urges the MDC to stop pretending that unity exists. He says the MDC needs to snap-out of its “perpetual denial” and start strengthening itself ahead of elections.
Behind the Headlines 02.09.10
September 3rd, 2010
Gukurahundi artist Owen Maseko on BTH
Bulawayo based artist Owen Maseko was arrested in March and spent 4 days in police custody after an exhibition of his paintings opened depicting the Gukurahundi era and decades of oppression under Mugabe’s regime. This week the Home Affairs Ministry and the Censorship Board banned his artwork describing it as a ‘tribal based event’. Maseko has now been charged with insulting Mugabe. He joins Lance Guma to talk about the entire saga.
