Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Cyril Ramaphosa (file photo).
Should Ramaphosa Be Tough On Mnangagwa?
Inter-liberation movement solidarity is widely said to have strangled serious South African criticisms of Zimbabwean governments. This "quiet diplomacy" has been regularly dismissed as a strategy of doing nothing. If South Africa got serious, say the critics, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime would have to comply with its demands, according to The Conversation's Roger Southall.
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Zimbabwe: Diplomacy On Zimbabwe Can Remain Quiet - but It Must Get Tough
The Conversation Africa, 27 January 2019
Cries of moral outrage have greeted the brutal crackdown by the Zimbabwean security forces on nationwide protests sparked by a sudden, massive, government-ordained hike in the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Rights Groups Worried Over Deteriorating Situation
VOA, 27 January 2019
Rights groups say they are worried about deteriorating human rights in Zimbabwe, as a popular activist spends another weekend in jail after the High Court deferred his bail… Read more »
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South Africa: Zimbabwe Help Must Not Be Free of Charge - Cosatu
New Zimbabwe, 25 January 2019
South Africa's powerful trade union body has demanded that any assistance Pretoria gives to its stricken northern neighbour must be conditional. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Ramaphosa Cannot Stay Silent On Zimbabwe
HRW, 23 January 2019
The security forces' violent crackdown on nationwide protests in Zimbabwe last week was met by deafening silence from the country's neighbours and the Southern African Development… Read more »
InFocus
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The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has condemned the military crackdown on protesters and innocent citizens, saying the damage to property, vandalism and incidents of looting did ... Read more »
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At least 11 women from Harare have alleged they were raped by soldiers during the ongoing crackdown against opposition activists linked to last week's protests against fuel price ... Read more »
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The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2000 after they accused former leader Robert Mugabe of election rigging, the repression of media ... Read more »
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If President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to stop the "ongoing human rights violations" on Zimbabweans, allegedly by president Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, opposition party the ... Read more »
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The Zimbabwean government has described as regrettable and unfortunate remarks by UK lawmaker Lord Adrian Palmer calling for Britain's recolonisation of Zimbabwe. Speaking in the ... Read more »
