https://www.salo.org.za/countries/zimbabwe/Recent content in Zimbabwe on Southern African Liaison OfficeHugo -- gohugo.ioen-zaSat, 09 May 2026 18:37:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-peace-security-issues-relating-to-zimbabwe-and-swaziland-4-september-2025/Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:51:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-peace-security-issues-relating-to-zimbabwe-and-swaziland-4-september-2025/https://youtu.be/0Y2rdg_3EfMhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-tracking-recent-developments-in-zimbabwe-apr-3-2025/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:54:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-tracking-recent-developments-in-zimbabwe-apr-3-2025/Watch here: https://youtu.be/apBESZnzAA0https://www.salo.org.za/a-regional-public-policy-dialogue-on-zimbabwe-ahead-of-the-sadc-summit-a-civil-society-perspective-including-organised-labour-and-faith-based-organisations-15-august-2024/Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:03:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/a-regional-public-policy-dialogue-on-zimbabwe-ahead-of-the-sadc-summit-a-civil-society-perspective-including-organised-labour-and-faith-based-organisations-15-august-2024/This dialogue aimed to provide a comprehensive platform for regional civil society to strategise and strengthen our collective response to these pressing matters. Your participation will be invaluable in shaping a coordinated and impactful approach. Watch here: https://youtu.be/31xPP0e_wQk This dialogue centred on critical issues affecting Zimbabwe, with specific attention to:https://www.salo.org.za/the-africa-we-want-zimbabwe-and-the-sadc-chairship-the-role-of-recs-in-times-of-instability-the-zimbabwean-and-kenyan-experiences-11-july-2024/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:39:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/the-africa-we-want-zimbabwe-and-the-sadc-chairship-the-role-of-recs-in-times-of-instability-the-zimbabwean-and-kenyan-experiences-11-july-2024/Watch here: https://youtu.be/g7q9b8pb0dQ In August 2024 Zimbabwe will be hosting the SADC summit and taking over the chairship of SADC. Almost one hundred people have been arrested in the last few weeks, in a clampdown on civic and opposition activists ahead of the summit.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-south-african-political-party-perspectives-on-south-africas-foreign-policy-on-zimbabwe-27-june-2024/Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:34:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-south-african-political-party-perspectives-on-south-africas-foreign-policy-on-zimbabwe-27-june-2024/This dialogue focused on the implications and future direction following South Africa’s recent elections, which have resulted in a Government of National Unity (GNU), and potential shifts or entry points in South Africa’s approach to Zimbabwe. Watch here: https://youtu.be/1-URoDH4pl8 Speakers included:https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-at-its-44th-year-of-independence-political-parties-reflection-16-may-2024/Thu, 16 May 2024 14:07:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-at-its-44th-year-of-independence-political-parties-reflection-16-may-2024/On the 16th of May 2024, SALO held a dialogue to present perspectives from diverse political formations, a reflection on the promise and the reality of independence as it unfolded and today, as well as a vision of the future: how we can realise the promise and the ideals of liberation.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-zimbabwes-44th-year-of-independence-political-parties-reflection-by-ineke-stemmet-16-may-2024/Thu, 16 May 2024 09:14:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-zimbabwes-44th-year-of-independence-political-parties-reflection-by-ineke-stemmet-16-may-2024/PB-on-Zimbabwe-16-05-24-Final-1Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-2023-political-and-economic-brief/Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:23:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-2023-political-and-economic-brief/By SALO, 14 December 2023 Zimbabwe-2023-Political-and-Economic-Brief.-SALO-December-2023-finalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-the-role-of-legal-frameworks-in-shaping-political-discourse-and-controlling-dissent-within-zimbabwe-by-athenkosi-thoba-1-dec-23/Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:06:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-the-role-of-legal-frameworks-in-shaping-political-discourse-and-controlling-dissent-within-zimbabwe-by-athenkosi-thoba-1-dec-23/PB-on-Zimbabwe-01-12-23-Public-FinalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-brief-on-the-emerging-trends-in-zimbabwe-april-june-2023/Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:42:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-brief-on-the-emerging-trends-in-zimbabwe-april-june-2023/SALO-Policy-Brief-on-Emerging-Trends-in-Zimbabwe-2023Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-disputed-elections-reports-and-an-inauguration-what-is-next-for-zimbabwe/Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:16:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-dialogue-disputed-elections-reports-and-an-inauguration-what-is-next-for-zimbabwe/The Southern African Liaison Office held a virtual, public dialogue following the 2023 Zimbabwe elections under the title: Disputed Elections, Reports, and an Inauguration: What Is Next for Zimbabwe? Watch here: https://fb.watch/njYNAcx9My/ The objective of this dialogue was to analyse the pressing issues arising from Zimbabwe’s recent elections in order to build national, regional and international consensus.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-and-cizc-webinar-improving-the-integrity-of-zimbabwes-2023-election-can-the-situation-be-salvaged-20-june-2023/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:59:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-and-cizc-webinar-improving-the-integrity-of-zimbabwes-2023-election-can-the-situation-be-salvaged-20-june-2023/On 31 May, the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa finally made a proclamation on the date for the much-anticipated elections in Zimbabwe, which are going to be held on 23 August. Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) and the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) delved into this issue with a view to bringing the dynamics attendant to the proclamation of the election date with efforts towards improving the integrity of the elections.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-recent-trends-in-south-african-zimbabwe-policy-including-migrant-policy-against-the-backdrop-of-a-recent-upsurge-in-hostility-against-african-foreign-nationals-11-aug-22/Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:49:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-recent-trends-in-south-african-zimbabwe-policy-including-migrant-policy-against-the-backdrop-of-a-recent-upsurge-in-hostility-against-african-foreign-nationals-11-aug-22/PD-11-08-2022-FinalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-position-paper-29-july-2022/Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:18:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-position-paper-29-july-2022/A Critique of South Africa’s Immigration Policies: Problematizing the Cancellation of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits SALO-South-Africa-immigration-Policies-July-22-1Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-analysis-first-and-second-quarter-2022/Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:08:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-analysis-first-and-second-quarter-2022/By Dr Clever Chikwanda Zimbabwe-Analysis-First-and-Second-Quarter-2022-finalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-17-june-2022/Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:53:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-17-june-2022/PD-17-06-2022-FinalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-public-dialogue-the-zimbabwe-exemption-permit-and-xenophobia-15-march-22/Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:17:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-public-dialogue-the-zimbabwe-exemption-permit-and-xenophobia-15-march-22/Policy-Brief-15-03-2022-ZEP-and-XenophobiaDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-third-fourth-quarters-2021/Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:30:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-third-fourth-quarters-2021/By Dr. Phillan Zamchiya Image: “School kids in northern Zimbabwe, Africa.” by Trey Ratcliff is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Zim-Analysis-Third-and-Fourth-quarter-2021Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-zimbabwe-civil-society-briefing-19-nov-21/Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:17:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-zimbabwe-civil-society-briefing-19-nov-21/FINAL-Policy-Brief-on-Zimbabwe-Civil-Society-Briefing-19-November-2021Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-19-november-2021/Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:45:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-19-november-2021/The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) held a Public Civil Society Briefing on Zimbabwe on 19 Nov 2021. The civil society briefing focused on the challenges civil society is facing regarding the closure of democratic space, and the response of civil society moving forward, as well as other current issues includinghttps://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-19-nov-21/Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:13:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-19-nov-21/PD-Report-Civil-Society-Briefing-19-11-2021-Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/invite-salo-public-dialogue-zimbabwe-and-the-future-of-sanctions-21-oct-2021/Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:52:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/invite-salo-public-dialogue-zimbabwe-and-the-future-of-sanctions-21-oct-2021/The Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), in partnership with the Embassy of Norway in South Africa, held a virtual public dialogue focusing on international economic re-engagement with Zimbabwe. The UN announced in September that it will send a Special Rapporteur who will visit Zimbabwe in order to assess the impact of sanctions on the country.https://www.salo.org.za/public-regional-multi-stakeholder-womens-month-dialogue-19-aug-2021/Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:17:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/public-regional-multi-stakeholder-womens-month-dialogue-19-aug-2021/This dialogue brought together women from the region to discuss issues affecting women, including gendered political violence and political exclusion. Recent developments, as well as deep-seated structural problems, will be explored from women’s perspectives and experiences in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-regional-public-dialogue-south-africa-eswatini-zimbabwe-22-july-2021/Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:22:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-regional-public-dialogue-south-africa-eswatini-zimbabwe-22-july-2021/“With events unfolding and new information coming in with the velocity that marks every major social and political crisis, no one has a decisive grasp on the situation. Things are changing by the hour. All information is limited, all attempts to make sense of it provisional.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-second-quarter-2021/Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:33:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-second-quarter-2021/Image: “Zimbabwe to Zambia _D7C19234”by youngrobv is licensed underCC BY-NC 2.0 Written by Tebogo Lekubu and Ineke Stemmet Zimbabwe-Situation-Analysis-June-2021-FinalDownloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/public-meeting-on-political-and-economic-developments-in-zimbabwe-24-june-21/Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:38:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/public-meeting-on-political-and-economic-developments-in-zimbabwe-24-june-21/PB-Political-and-Economic-Developments-in-Zimbabwe-24-06-21-Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-policy-dialogue-tracking-economic-and-political-developments-in-zimbabwe-24-june-2021/Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:50:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-policy-dialogue-tracking-economic-and-political-developments-in-zimbabwe-24-june-2021/SALO, in partnership with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, held a public policy dialogue discussing Zimbabwe’s current political economy with speakers Mabel Nederlof Sitole, Dr Ibbo Mandaza, and Dr Phillan Zamchiya. Dr Ibbo Mandaza spoke about a recent World Bank Report(Zimbabwe Economic Update, June 2021: Overcoming Economic Challenges, Natural Disasters, and the Pandemic - Social and Economic Impacts) and International Monetary Fund Findings(IMF Staff Concludes Virtual Staff Visit to Zimbabwe) which paints a positive picture for Zimbabwe’s economic future.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-tracking-dec-2020-jan-2021/Mon, 31 May 2021 08:38:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-tracking-dec-2020-jan-2021/3 December 2020 The Presidency Retrieved from: https://www.gov.za/tn/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-general-debate-31st-un-general-assembly-special-session President Cyril Ramaphosa: General debate of the 31st UN General Assembly Special Session on Coronavirus Covid-19 “We reiterate our call for a comprehensive economic stimulus package for Africa, for a suspension of interest payments on Africa’s external and public debt, and for the lifting of all economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and Sudan to allow them to adequately respond to the pandemic.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-salo-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-21/Wed, 26 May 2021 08:24:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-salo-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-21/On the 6th of May 2021, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) in partnership with the Norwegian People’s Aid, hosted an online dialogue that brought together civil society representatives from Zimbabwe and South Africa. The dialogue was co-chaired by SALO members Munjodzi Mutandiri and Milisa Mbete.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-last-quarter-2020-first-quarter-2021/Sat, 15 May 2021 07:55:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-situation-analysis-last-quarter-2020-first-quarter-2021/Image: “Kids, Zimbabwe”bykentclark333is licensed underCC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Download PDF version: Zimbabwe-Situation-Analysis-FINAL.pdf Introduction Zimbabwe is mired in an escalating socio-economic and political crisis, with the latter compounding the former. The Zimbabwean economy experienced an economic recession between 2019 and 2020, in part due to the adverse effects of COVID-19.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-2021/Thu, 06 May 2021 08:22:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-salo-public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-2021/PB-Civil-Society-Briefing-on-Zimbabwe-06-05-2021Downloadhttps://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-2021/Thu, 06 May 2021 07:44:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-public-civil-society-briefing-on-zimbabwe-6-may-2021/SALO aims to bring various stakeholders together to build consensus on the situation in Zimbabwe. In this briefing, leaders of Zimbabwean civil society gave an update on the political, socio-economic and human rights situation in the country. The dialogue touched upon the deterioration of Zimbabwe’s economy and the way in which ZANU-PF is consolidating a one-party state by proposing amendments to the Constitution.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-whose-land-is-it-anyway-a-people-centred-approach-to-the-land-question-in-south-africa-and-zimbabwe-17-sept-2020/Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:43:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-dialogue-report-whose-land-is-it-anyway-a-people-centred-approach-to-the-land-question-in-south-africa-and-zimbabwe-17-sept-2020/Executive Summary On the 17th of September 2020, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy, hosted a public dialogue titled Whose Land is it Anyway: A People-Centred Approach to the Land Question in South Africa and Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-updated-november-2020/Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:31:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-updated-november-2020/October Date and Source: 25 October 2020, DIRCO Media Statement Retrieved from: http://www.dirco.gov.za/docs/2020/sadc1025.htm Statement SADC Day of Solidarity with the Republic of Zimbabwe Key Issues ‘Today, 25 October, marks the day in which the Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) united in their resolve in calling for the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-human-security-situation-and-covid-19-by-ineke-stemmet-salo/Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:44:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-human-security-situation-and-covid-19-by-ineke-stemmet-salo/Download PDF version here: Zimbabwe-Human-Security-and-Covid-19-by-Ineke.pdf Introduction The concept of human security refers to a type of security beyond the traditional approach of prioritising the security of the state. In fact, the state is often the actor that creates insecurity for its or other citizens.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwean-migrants-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-ineke-stemmet-salo/Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:36:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwean-migrants-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-ineke-stemmet-salo/Download PDF here: Dialogue-Online-Zimbabwean-Migrants-during-the-Covid-19-Pandemic.pdf Covid-19 and Migration The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and border closures have created a double burden of vulnerability for migrants globally. This includes firstly the means of travelling to the country they wish to migrate to, or back to their countries of origin.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-whose-land-is-it-anyway/Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:15:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-whose-land-is-it-anyway/SALO’s multi-stakeholder dialogue, “Whose land is it anyway? A people centred approach to the land question in South Africa and Zimbabwe” took place on Thursday the 17th of September, from 11:00 - 13:00. The dialogue took the form of a Webinar via Zoom, while streaming to SALO’s Facebook page:https://www.salo.org.za/southern-african-liaison-office-situation-brief-on-zimbabwe-15-sept-2020/Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:01:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/southern-african-liaison-office-situation-brief-on-zimbabwe-15-sept-2020/Written by Fowzia Davids and Lwazi Somya Download PDF Version here: Situation-Brief-on-Zimbabwe-15-Sept-2020-1.pdf In a meeting that sat between the 28th – 30th of August 2020, the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) amongst other things, deliberated on the situation in Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-september-2020/Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:49:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-september-2020/Date and Source 01 September 2020, eNCA. Retrieved from: https://www.enca.com/news/sa-send-new-envoys-crisis-hit-zimbabwe Statement SA to send new envoys to crisis-hit Zimbabwe Key Issues ‘President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would send special envoys to Zimbabwe within “days” in a second attempt to resolve an ongoing crisis in the country’s northern neighbour.https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-august-2020/Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:45:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-august-2020/Date and Source 06 August 2020, iharare.com. Retrieved from: https://iharare.com/watch-anc-condemns-state-sponsored-violence-in-zimbabwe-warns-it-will-spill-over-into-south-africawatch-anc-condemns-state-sponsored-violence-in-zimbabwe-warns-it-will-spill-over-into-south-afric/ Statement ANC Condemns State-Sponsored Violence in Zimbabwe, Warns It Will Spill Over into South Africa Key Issues ‘In a stunning development, South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has broken ranks and condemned the state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-womens-month-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-13-august-2020/Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:46:22 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-womens-month-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-13-august-2020/The Southern African Liaison Office hosted a Women’s Month Public Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue, with specific focus on Zimbabwe. The keynote speaker was Tsitsi Dangarembga. The award-winning Zimbabwean author was recently detained overnight for demonstrating and demanding the release of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.https://www.salo.org.za/covid-19-and-the-question-of-human-security-in-zimbabwe/Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:10:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/covid-19-and-the-question-of-human-security-in-zimbabwe/DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Context Last year (2019) marked the 25th Anniversary of the Human Security concept; it was also a year that highlighted the increasing salience of the adverse impacts of climate change on various communities throughout the world (especially in the Global South).https://www.salo.org.za/a-tale-of-arrests-and-tests-ukuthula-trust/Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:47:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/a-tale-of-arrests-and-tests-ukuthula-trust/Where and How Shall We Care For Ourselves? COVID 19 UPDATE: 2 June 2020 Bulawayo and Rural Matabeleland Arrests and Tests PDFhttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwean-migrant-workshop-28-may-2020/Thu, 28 May 2020 12:07:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwean-migrant-workshop-28-may-2020/SALO is hosting an online multi-stakeholder workshop on Zimbabwean migrants and COVID-19 responses.https://www.salo.org.za/breaking-zim-confirms-first-covid-19-case-20-march-2020/Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:05:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/breaking-zim-confirms-first-covid-19-case-20-march-2020/source - https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-confirms-first-covid-19-case/ Nyore Madzianike and Joseph Madzimure Zimbabwe has confirmed its first Covid-19 case, a foreigner living in Victoria Falls who appears to have been infected in Britain but acted responsibly on his return this week by quarantining himself as a returning traveller from an affected country and then continued isolating himself when he felt ill.https://www.salo.org.za/judith-todd-the-inconvenient-white-woman/Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:46:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/judith-todd-the-inconvenient-white-woman/Ms Judith Todd, SALO Board Member Source: https://www.chronicle.co.zw/judith-todd-the-inconvenient-white-woman/ Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Senior Reporter Judith Todd, the second daughter of former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Sir Garfield Todd, became a strong ally of her father, fighting in the corner of blacks against the wrath of the Ian Smith government.https://www.salo.org.za/finding-a-way-through-the-zim-deluge-by-brian-raftopolous-salo-board-member/Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:50:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/finding-a-way-through-the-zim-deluge-by-brian-raftopolous-salo-board-member/The euphoria that marked the end of Robert Mugabe’s stay in power in the November 2017 coup quickly dissipated in the aftermath of these events. The resurgence of authoritarian politics in the form of the post-2018 election violence and the violent repression of opposition and civic dissent in January, August and November 2019, marked the predictable path of the former president’s legacy.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-police-use-force-to-disperse-opposition-crowd/Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:12:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-police-use-force-to-disperse-opposition-crowd/Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/zimbabwe-police-force-disperse-opposition-crowd-191120111813030.html Riot police in Zimbabwe’s capital have forcefully dispersed supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered to listen to a speech by their leader. Hundreds of police officers on Wednesday blocked roads leading to the headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Harare but supporters continued to gather, singing and chanting before the arrival of party leader Nelson Chamisa, who was set to address them.https://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-south-africas-land-reform-drawing-lessons-from-zimbabwe/Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:13:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/save-the-date-south-africas-land-reform-drawing-lessons-from-zimbabwe/DATE: Thursday 14th November 2019 TIME: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm VENUE: Sierra Burgers Park Hotel, 424 Lilian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Facilitator: Dr Phillan Zamchiya (D. Phil, Oxford University), UWC: PLAAS Co-facilitator: **Dr Tara Polzer Ngwato,**Director of Social Surveys Africa Morning session: Dr Freedom Mazwi, Research Fellow at the Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies based in Harare H.https://www.salo.org.za/end-of-mission-statement-of-the-united-nations-special-rapporteur-on-the-rights-to-freedom-of-peaceful-assembly-and-of-association-mr-clement-nyaletsossi-voule-on-his-visit-to-zimbabwe-17-27-sept/Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:47:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/end-of-mission-statement-of-the-united-nations-special-rapporteur-on-the-rights-to-freedom-of-peaceful-assembly-and-of-association-mr-clement-nyaletsossi-voule-on-his-visit-to-zimbabwe-17-27-sept/Harare, 27 September 2019 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, I conclude today the first official visit carried by a United Nations Special Procedures mandate holder in the country, which took place from 17 to 27 September 2019.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-mourns-the-loss-of-dumiso-dabengwa-23-may-2019/Tue, 28 May 2019 08:20:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-mourns-the-loss-of-dumiso-dabengwa-23-may-2019/Dumiso Dabengwa (former Zimbabwean Minister of Home Affairs and a former Zanu- PF Politburo member) addresses a SALO consensus-building workshop at Burgers’ Park Hotel in Pretoria (December 2008) “Last December our beloved Dumiso Dabengwa launched his Foundation. One of the awards established through his Foundation is for taking “the side of the vulnerable, marginalized or oppressed when their plight did not directly affect them”.https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-march-2019/Sun, 31 Mar 2019 10:47:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-march-2019/Date and Source 12 March 2019 DIRCO Retrieved from: http://www.dirco.gov.za/docs/2019/zimb0313.htm Statement DIRCO Media Statement: South Africa hands over humanitarian package to Zimbabwe Key Issues “Following the successful two-day Bi-National Commission between Zimbabwe and South Africa, held in Harare, the Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation and Transport, Hon.https://www.salo.org.za/nigerian-workers-in-solidarity-with-zctu-and-the-people-of-zimbabwe/Mon, 04 Feb 2019 07:26:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/nigerian-workers-in-solidarity-with-zctu-and-the-people-of-zimbabwe/https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-january-2019/Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:06:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statements-of-the-anc-and-sa-government-on-zimbabwe-january-2019/Date and Source: 20 January 2019, News24 Retrieved from: news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/anc-raises-concerns-over-drc-zim-instability-20190124 Statement News24: ANC and alliance partners hold an NEC lekgotla Key Issues “The ANC has said that it has noted with concern the political situations in both Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)”https://www.salo.org.za/letter-to-au-chairperson-requesting-urgent-intervention-to-protect-peacefully-protesting-workers-against-alarming-violence-by-the-government-of-zimbabwe/Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:27:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/letter-to-au-chairperson-requesting-urgent-intervention-to-protect-peacefully-protesting-workers-against-alarming-violence-by-the-government-of-zimbabwe/Your Excellency, The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org ) calls for your urgent intervention with the Government of Zimbabwe to bring an end to the alarming and dangerous situation faced by the leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for taking peaceful protest action against steep fuel prices that have worsened an already unbearable high cost of living in the country.https://www.salo.org.za/silencing-of-zimbabweans-disturbing-cosatu/Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:00:04 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/silencing-of-zimbabweans-disturbing-cosatu/Source: https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/silencing-of-zimbabweans-disturbing--cosatu Zanele Matebula | 17 January 2019 Federation condemns forceful nature in which govt of the country is responding to legitimate protests COSATU Solidarity Statement against the clampdown on legitimate protests and attempts to silence the growing frustration in Zimbabwehttps://www.salo.org.za/army-zanu-pf-role-in-protests-exposed-by-newsday/Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:57:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/army-zanu-pf-role-in-protests-exposed-by-newsday/Source: https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/01/army-zanu-pf-role-in-protests-exposed/ A SERVING top military official and a police officer were yesterday unmasked as leaders of the deadly protests in the Epworth dormitory town, which led to the death of civilians and looting of shops. BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE/ XOLISANI NCUBE Some of the hundreds of protesters arrested over the last three days appear at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterdayhttps://www.salo.org.za/statement-of-solidarity-on-the-crackdown-on-legitimate-protest-in-zimbabwe-and-the-silencing-of-zimbabwean-voices-by-shutting-down-the-internet-15th-january-2019/Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:38:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/statement-of-solidarity-on-the-crackdown-on-legitimate-protest-in-zimbabwe-and-the-silencing-of-zimbabwean-voices-by-shutting-down-the-internet-15th-january-2019/The Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum is deeply concerned about the escalation of violence in Zimbabwe. The level of frustration and anger amongst citizens who feel excluded and alienated by the successive economic and political attacks carried out by the ZANU PF elites has clearly reached a boiling point.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-dialogue-5-dec-2018/Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:11:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-dialogue-5-dec-2018/In partnership with the Norwegian Embassy and Norwegian People’s Aid, SALO is hosting a diplomatic briefing on Zimbabwe and current issues.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-on-multi-stakeholder-workshop-on-regional-peace-and-security/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:49:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-on-multi-stakeholder-workshop-on-regional-peace-and-security/On 26 November 2018, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) together with the Norwegian Embassy hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop entitled ‘Regional Peace and Security Issues’. The Minister of Small and Medium Business Development and Chair of ANC International Relations Sub-committee, Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, delivered the keynote address.https://www.salo.org.za/regional-peace-and-security-issues-jhb-multi-stakeholder-workshop/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:53:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/regional-peace-and-security-issues-jhb-multi-stakeholder-workshop/On 26 November 2018, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) together with the Norwegian Embassy hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop entitled ‘Regional Peace and Security Issues’. The Minister of Small and Medium Business Development and Chair of ANC International Relations Sub-committee, Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, delivered the keynote address.https://www.salo.org.za/whither-zimbabwe-post-election-dialogue-1-nov-2018-jhb/Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:07:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/whither-zimbabwe-post-election-dialogue-1-nov-2018-jhb/The new government of Zimbabwe has a huge challenge of making economic and political reforms in order to resolve the deep systemic challenges facing the country. Some key changes are needed in various sectors and institutions to align with calls for economic reengagement and democratisation.https://www.salo.org.za/once-again-hope-deferred-in-zim/Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:15:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/once-again-hope-deferred-in-zim/Source: https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/10/26/once-again-hope-deferred-in-zim/ Posted on October 26, 2018 by The Independent in Analysis, Comment, Opinion Motorists queue to buy petrol in Harare, Zimbabwe, October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo THE hope that was generated by the removal of Robert Mugabe from power in the November coup in Zimbabwe was always provisional and tainted by the persistence of Zanu PF’s legacy.https://www.salo.org.za/research-report-unsettled-zimbabwe-the-quest-for-a-resilient-social-contract/Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:54:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/research-report-unsettled-zimbabwe-the-quest-for-a-resilient-social-contract/By Showers Mawowa and Erin McCandless Download pdf here: Social Contract Reporthttps://www.salo.org.za/burundian-experience-offers-insights-for-the-zimbabwe-opposition-by-patrick-hajayandi-19-august-2018/Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:12:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/burundian-experience-offers-insights-for-the-zimbabwe-opposition-by-patrick-hajayandi-19-august-2018/Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-08-19-burundian-experience-offers-insights-for-the-zimbabwe-opposition/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups%5B0%5D=80895&tl_period_type=3&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=First%20Thing%20Monday%2020%20August%202018%20Wits%206652&utm_content=First%20Thing%20Monday%2020%20August%202018%20Wits%206652+CID_2cff2dfe48a33ed3a8ea435b7cb07677&utm_source=TouchBasePro&utm_term=Burundian%20experience%20offers%20insights%20for%20the%20Zimbabwe%20Opposition File Photo: A Burundian protester runs through smoke raising from a burning barricade during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi, 22 May 2015. The Burundi crisis started after an announcement from the President Pierre Nkurunziza that he intended to run for a third term mandated in the upcoming elections.https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai-legacy-seminar-policy-brief-july-2018/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:08:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai-legacy-seminar-policy-brief-july-2018/The Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy workshop held on 10 July 2018 sought to provide an insightful overview of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s political life as well as his contribution towards democratisation in Zimbabwe. A number of perceptive and important concerns relating to the impact of Tsvangirai’s legacy on contemporary Zimbabwean politics were raised by both the speakers and participants at the workshop.https://www.salo.org.za/mnangagwas-government-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-as-chamisa-threatens-to-disrupt-elections/Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:05:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/mnangagwas-government-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-as-chamisa-threatens-to-disrupt-elections/Source: https://www.myzimbabwe.co.zw/news/28414-mnangagwas-government-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-as-chamisa-threatens-to-disrupt-elections.html Mnangagwa’s government caught between a rock and a hard place as Chamisa threatens to disrupt elections By Muza Mpofu 24 July 2018 Government is caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to use force in quashing escalating anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) protests or stick to its desire to project itself as a reformed administration, analysts said.https://www.salo.org.za/tensions-rise-ahead-of-zimbabwes-elections/Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:07:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/tensions-rise-ahead-of-zimbabwes-elections/Crisis Group Q&A 27 July 2018 By Piers Pigou, Senior Consultant, Southern Africa On 30 July Zimbabwe will hold elections. For the first time since independence Robert Mugabe is not a candidate. His successor presents himself as a reformer – but many doubt the polls will be clean.https://www.salo.org.za/only-boys-allowed-seven-faces-of-zimbabwes-political-patriarchy-by-rumbidzai-dube-july-11-2018/Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:14:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/only-boys-allowed-seven-faces-of-zimbabwes-political-patriarchy-by-rumbidzai-dube-july-11-2018/Source: https://africanarguments.org/2018/07/11/boys-allowed-7-faces-zimbabwe-patriarchy/ At less than 15%, women make up a tiny fraction of candidates in the upcoming elections. Here’s how society keeps it that way. Zimbabwe’s patriarchy takes many forms. Credit: Emmerson Mnangagwa. In the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s last set of elections in 2013, UN Women issued a glowing statement celebrating the progress made on female political representation.https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai-legacy-seminar-10-july-2018/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:04:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai-legacy-seminar-10-july-2018/The evident love and grief of millions of Zimbabweans across political divide for their former Prime Minister, after his passing on 14 February 2018, has affirmed his standing as a towering figure in Zimbabwe’s history. Tsvangirai, a former trade unionist and leader of democratic movements, led courageously in the darkest days for those movements and lived to see the end of President Mugabe’s rule.https://www.salo.org.za/zsf-statement-on-the-proclamation-of-the-2018-harmonised-zimbabwe-election-dates/Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:28:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zsf-statement-on-the-proclamation-of-the-2018-harmonised-zimbabwe-election-dates/Statement on the Proclamation of the 2018 Harmonised Zimbabwe Election dates ZSF has noted the Zimbabwe presidential proclamation which sets the election nomination date as the 14th of June 2018 and the plebiscite date as the 30th of July 2018. The ZSF wishes the people of Zimbabwe well in the coming elections.https://www.salo.org.za/leaders-need-to-study-what-has-worked-in-africa/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:46:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/leaders-need-to-study-what-has-worked-in-africa/By Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa, a research associate for the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO). First published on 4 March 2018: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-04-op-ed-leaders-need-to-study-what-has-worked-in-africa/ The recent leadership transitions in the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) and the African National Congress (ANC), after acrimonious succession battles in the ruling parties, brings to the fore unresolved debates on nation state formation, democratisation and economic transformation.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-morgan-tsvangirai-heroic-herald-of-an-epoch-foretold/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:32:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-morgan-tsvangirai-heroic-herald-of-an-epoch-foretold/http://theconversation.com/zimbabwes-morgan-tsvangirai-heroic-herald-of-an-epoch-foretold-91845 Morgan Tsvangirai, who was born March 10 1952 in Buhera, in Manicaland just across the border from Zimbabwe’s Gutu District in Masvingo, became leader of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change in September 1999. He was a very brave and iconic figure in the leadership of Zimbabwe’s anti-authoritarian and social justice movements that emerged in the wake of the austerity inducing structural adjustment programmes of the 1990s.https://www.salo.org.za/old-beginnings-the-political-context-of-zimbabwe-and-a-report-on-biometric-voter-registration-bvr-a-national-and-matabeleland-perspective/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:30:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/old-beginnings-the-political-context-of-zimbabwe-and-a-report-on-biometric-voter-registration-bvr-a-national-and-matabeleland-perspective/http://solidaritypeacetrust.org/download/report-files/SPT-Old-Beginnings-February-2018-.pdf Solidarity Peace Trust LogoSolidarity Peace Trust — Old Beginnings – The political context of Zimbabwe and a report on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR): A National and Matabeleland Perspective Political Context: 2017-­-2018 Introduction: The Trigger of Factional Politics November 2017 witnessed tumultuous events in Zimbabwean politics.https://www.salo.org.za/multi-stakeholder-dialogue-are-free-fair-and-credible-elections-possible-in-zimbabwe/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:52:03 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/multi-stakeholder-dialogue-are-free-fair-and-credible-elections-possible-in-zimbabwe/Tuesday 27 February 2018 TIME: (9:00 Registration) 9:30pm to 13:00pm with a tea break and followed by lunch VENUE: Sierra Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria Is a free and fair election possible in Zimbabwe? Will the country’s new government deliver on the promise of a credible election?https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:07:38 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/morgan-tsvangirai/Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s veteran opposition leader has died at the age of 65. May 2010- BIC workshop at which he was the main speaker. “Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to be with you today. In particular, I wish to recognize Ambassador Sten Rylander who has not only been a strong supporter of SALO, but has, over many years, proven himself to be a true friend of the people of Zimbabwe in their quest for a truly democratic society.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-predatory-state-launch-14-february-2018/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 07:16:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-predatory-state-launch-14-february-2018/‘Zimbabwe’s Predatory State‘ in conversation with author Jabusile M. Shumba. Respondents Dr Siphamandla Zondi and Mr Deprose Muchena.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-beyond-the-rhetoric-of-free-and-fair-elections-by-showers-mawowa/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:52:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-beyond-the-rhetoric-of-free-and-fair-elections-by-showers-mawowa/Zimbabwe: Beyond the rhetoric of free and fair elections by SHOWERS MAWOWA (Deputy Director, Southern Africa Liaison Office (SALO). Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2018-01-24-zimbabwe-beyond-the-rhetoric-of-free-and-fair-elections/#.Wm7uxKiWaUl 24 JAN 2018 12:38 (SOUTH AFRICA) In spite of his tainted past, Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is moving to prove that he is not Robert Mugabe.https://www.salo.org.za/video-screening-and-community-dialogue-on-zimbabwe-15-december-2017/Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:45:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/video-screening-and-community-dialogue-on-zimbabwe-15-december-2017/On the 15th of December 2017 SALO held a video screening and debate on the current and previous situation on Zimbabwe. There were 28 participants comprised of community members, Mighty healers church youth group and members of the ANC ward 89, of the 28 participants 13 were female and 15 were male.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-the-morning-after/Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:55:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-the-morning-after/DATE: Friday, 1 December 2017 TIME: (09:30 Registration) 10:00am to 13:00pm VENUE: University of Johannesburg Auckland Park Kingsway A Les (LECTURE HALL) G02 – Ground floor, near the main library. Entrance no 1 on Kingsway The dialogue will analyse political developments in Zimbabwe in relation to the 2018 elections and the role that the region (specifically SA) and other external players should play.https://www.salo.org.za/the-threat-of-normalising-authoritarian-rule-in-zimbabwe-by-brian-raftopoulos/Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:06:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/the-threat-of-normalising-authoritarian-rule-in-zimbabwe-by-brian-raftopoulos/Solidarity Peace Trust By Brian Raftopoulos Since the end of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in 2013, a SADC facilitated settlement that sought to move Zimbabwe out of the legitimacy crisis of the widely discredited elections of 2008, Mugabe’s Zanu PF has been battling to find ways to re-engage Western Governments and the international financial institutions based on limited economic and political reforms.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-august-2016/Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:10:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-august-2016/Opposition leaders vow to end reign of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF in historic show of unity Leaders of Zimbabwe’s opposition have united as they denounced ageing President Robert Mugabe’s hold on power and called for citizens and political parties to join hands in ending the ruling Zanu-PF party’s alleged misrule.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-12-august-2016/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:07:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-12-august-2016/Zimbabwe protest pastor takes his crusade to the US A Zimbabwean pastor who became the figurehead of recent demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe’s government said on Thursday he was travelling to the US to meet compatriots there and consider his next move.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-august-2015/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:15:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-august-2015/Zimbabwe Police, Soldiers Urged to Attend Human Rights Workshops Some Zimbabweans attending an outreach meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission say the organization should engage the police and Zimbabwe National Army, which are alleged to be the top human rights violators in the country.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-july-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:47:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-july-2016/Zimbabwe war veterans’ spokesman arrested Veterans of Zimbabwe’s 1970s independence war, who had previously been loyal Mugabe supporters, issued a statement bitterly denouncing the ninety-two-year-old president, who faces growing signs of opposition. Douglas Mahiya, spokesman for the association, was arrested late on Wednesday in Harare, according to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-july-2016/Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:27:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-july-2016/Zimbabwe cabinet approves ’no work - no pay’ policy, July pay dates released President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet has approved a ‘no work – no pay’ policy in the wake of the workers strike that led to a stay away earlier this month in the country.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-8-july-2016/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:43:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-8-july-2016/Zimbabwe businesses closed during stay-away Zimbabweans stayed at home on Wednesday and foreign banks and most businesses in the capital shut down, in one of the biggest protests against high unemployment, an acute cash shortage and corruption for nearly a decade.https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-china-zimbabwe-relations-8-june-2016-cape-town/Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:58:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-china-zimbabwe-relations-8-june-2016-cape-town/This topic was borne out of and sought to be a continuation of the discussion generated in our successful 2015 workshop on SA-Zim relations in partnership with FES. China was mentioned by panelists and participants alike several times, in the context of analysing SA-Zim relations.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-24-june-2016/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:54:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-24-june-2016/Cash-strapped Zimbabwe rejects single currency regime The Zimbabwean government would not adopt a sole official trading unit. According to the Finance and Economic Development Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, the government would maintain a multi-currency regime. ‘‘We do not intend to adopt a single currency, but we will continue to bolster the strength of the multi-currency system,’’ the minister said.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-17-june-2016/Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:45:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-17-june-2016/Perm Sec in U.S.$1,7 Million Scandal Secretary for Mines and Mining Development Professor Francis Gudyanga allegedly ordered the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to pay a Harare-based agricultural firm over $1,3 million presumably for services the firm provided to the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Minerals and Border Patrol Unit.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-3-june-2016/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:12:40 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-3-june-2016/Zim cuts retirement age as cash runs out Zimbabwe is so desperate for cash it has cut the retirement age for members of its enormous uniformed forces from 60 years to 50. Only those who fought in the 1970s liberation struggle are allowed to remain in service until 65.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-may-2016/Fri, 27 May 2016 10:52:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-may-2016/Export incentives to ease cash crisis — Mangudya ZIMBABWE could soon boost its exports driven by a cocktail of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently. The Reserve Bank Governor John Mangudya told a breakfast meeting hosted by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) two weeks ago that incentivising exporters could help ease the liquidity problems in the economy.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-20-may-2016/Sat, 21 May 2016 09:51:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-20-may-2016/AU Rights Commissioner Urges Greater Freedoms in Zimbabwe The African Union is urging Zimbabwe to repeal or amend laws that curtail the right to freedom of expression, freedom of the media and other protections. Speaking in Harare, AU commissioner for Human Rights Pansy Tlakula said she is happy with a constitutional court decision repealing a defamation law that opponents said was being used to stifle journalists.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-may-2016/Fri, 13 May 2016 09:23:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-may-2016/Reveal Dzamara’s whereabouts: US envoy United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Harry Thomas Jnr has challenged the Zanu PF government to reveal the whereabouts of missing activist Itai Dzamara, who was abducted by suspected State security agents 14 months ago. Speaking at a media breakfast meeting in Harare yesterday, Thomas Jnr described Dzamara as a symbol of non-violent protest, saying if the government wanted to prosecute him it was better for law enforcement agents to release him and lay charges.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-april-2016/Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:44:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-april-2016/MDC Says Govt Must Slash Mugabe’s Travel Budget and Remove Mphoko From His Hotel THE Welshman Ncube led MDC says government should either reduce President Robert Mugabe’s international travel budget or cancel it altogether or evict VP Mphoko from his hotel accommodation and finance the repatriation of 32 Zimbabwean women who are stranded in Kuwait.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-april-2016/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:13:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-april-2016/Mnangagwa Says Bickering Between Chinamasa and Zhuwao Caused Confusion and Unsettled Investors THE fight between finance and indigenisation ministers, Patrick Chinamasa and Patrick Zhuwao over indigenisation laws had the effect of undermining investor confidence prompting President Mugabe’s intervention, says VP Emmerson Mnangagwa.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-15-april-2016/Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:52:40 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-15-april-2016/Zimbabwe holds largest anti-Mugabe protest in years Demonstrators in Zimbabwe held the largest protest against President Robert Mugabe in nearly a decade on Thursday, marching through central Harare demanding that the 92-year-old leader make a “dignified exit.” Under the watchful eye of riot police, more than 2,000 supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) carried anti-Mugabe placards and sang party songs before their leader Morgan Tsvangirai gave a speech attacking Mr Mugabe’s rule.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-8-april-2016/Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:50:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-8-april-2016/Zimbabwe’s Mugabe seeks to calm angry war veterans Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday sought to shore up his hold on power by offering reassurances to war veterans who have become increasingly vocal in their criticism of his regime. The war veterans have often played a crucial, and violent, role in supporting Mugabe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-1-april-2016/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:12:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-1-april-2016/Cloud hangs over foreign firms in Zimbabwe Foreign companies in Zimbabwe have been left scrambling in the dark about their future after the deadline for complying with the indigenisation policy closed last night. The uncertainty intensified this week when Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwawo insisted that the government would cancel the operating licences of companies that failed to comply.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-march-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:10:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-march-2016/Mugabe changes course as Harare woos IMF Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe agreed to major reforms, including compensation for evicted white farmers and a big reduction in public sector wages, as the government tries to woo back international lenders, the finance minister said.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-march-2016/Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:16:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-march-2016/Zimbabwe plans to compensate farmers for seized land Zimbabwe plans to start compensating mainly white farmers who lost their land and livelihoods during state- backed farm invasions that began in 2000 and triggered a near decade-long recession, the Finance Ministry said in a circular distributed to lawmakers.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-12016-succession-politics-in-zimbabwe-grace-mugabe-and-the-end-of-patriotic-history-by-tamuka-charles-chirimambowa/Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:11:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-12016-succession-politics-in-zimbabwe-grace-mugabe-and-the-end-of-patriotic-history-by-tamuka-charles-chirimambowa/9 March 2016 In this piece, University of Johannesburg PhD student, Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa, examines the possible permutations of the ongoing factional fights within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party to succeed the aging party and country’s leader, Robert Mugabe, who turned 92 years on the 21st of February 2016.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-4-march-2016/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:50:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-4-march-2016/Zimbabwe takes over diamond operations Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth. Mugabe’s comments came a week after the ministry of mines ordered all mining companies to halt work and leave the Marange fields, saying they had not renewed their licences.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-12-february-2016/Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:24:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-12-february-2016/‘Millions flee’ Zimbabwe conflict More than three million Zimbabweans, double the population of neighbouring Botswana, have fled direct and structural violence in their country, a member of the National Transitional Justice Working Group in Zimbabwe (NTJWG) has said. Speaking at a Transitional Justice Policy Discussion series meeting in Harare on Wednesday evening, Reverend Ray Motsi, leader of the Memorialisation Thematic Committee of the NTJWG, said the legacy of violence had endured for more than three decades and had become a knee-jerk response to any conflict in Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-2-february-2016/Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:06:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-2-february-2016/ZIMBABWE’S CHIEF PROSECUTOR ARRESTED, TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY Zimbabwe’s chief prosecutor has been arrested and is expected to appear in court today. It’s being claimed that Johannes Tomana was arrested over the state’s withdrawal of charges against two men arrested in an alleged plot to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s dairy last month.https://www.salo.org.za/an-ode-in-memory-of-chimusoro-sam-moyo-by-bella-matambanadzo/Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:00:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/an-ode-in-memory-of-chimusoro-sam-moyo-by-bella-matambanadzo/An unimaginable loss has happened. Our phenomenal intellectual Pan African giant on land issues, Professor Sam Moyo, has died following injuries sustained during a terrible car accident in New Delhi, India. We are in disbelief. We are waiting for him to come home.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-10-november-2015/Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:48:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-10-november-2015/Japan avails $15-million grant to Zimbabwe The Japan International Cooperation Agency has extended a $15 million grand to Zimbabwe, the first substantial commitment in 15 years, for the development of the 674 hectares Nyakomba irrigation scheme in Nyanga. JICA is an agency that coordinates official development assistance for the government of Japan.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-october-2015/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:48:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-october-2015/Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe will be chaotic - politician A Zimbabwean opposition leader has reportedly warned of total collapse the day President Robert Mugabe “does not wake up”. Former finance minister Tendai Biti, who is the People’s Democratic Party leader, warned that Zimbabweans should brace themselves for civil war if Mugabe “does not wake up one morning”, a New Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-20-october-2015/Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:10:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-20-october-2015/Zimbabwe’s Mugabe warms to West as economy wobbles Robert Mugabe’s anti-Western rhetoric has been conspicuous by its absence of late, a sign the 91-year-old leader has mellowed or realised that Zimbabwe may need financial help. A year ago, the veteran turned to “old friend” China, but behind the official warmth Beijing made clear the days of blank cheques were over, forcing Harare to make repayments on US$1 billion (£648 million) of loans made over the previous five years.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-october-2015/Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:40:04 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-october-2015/UN appeals for $86M in food aid for Zimbabwe The UN has issued an urgent appeal for $86m in food aid for Zimbabwe. The country’s debilitating economic downturn has made food supplies unstable. The government earlier this year began providing meat from wild animals to prisoners after they rioted over their meatless diet.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-30-september-2015/Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:10:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-30-september-2015/Zimbabwe launches solar policy Zimbabwe’s government launched a solar energy policy on Wednesday as it attempts to reduce a major power shortage in the country. A drought affecting the country’s hydro plant at the Kariba Dam and the “abundant sun” in Zimbabwe made the solar project a priority, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa told parliament.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-16-september-2016/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:36:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-16-september-2016/Minister says he quit social media over Zanu PF’s unfulfilled 2m jobs promise NEWLY appointed youth and indigenisation minister, Patrick Zhuwao, has revealed that he quit social media after failing to provide answers over the missing two million new jobs promised by President Robert Mugabe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-1-september-2015/Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:47:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-1-september-2015/Africa’s richest man Dangote plans Zimbabwe investments Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said on Monday that he planned mining and power generation projects in investment-starved Zimbabwe as well as to set up a large cement factory. Dangote met with President Robert Mugabe in Harare in a rare sign of possible foreign investment for Zimbabwe, which has been in economic decline for more than a decade.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-25-august-2015/Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:51:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-25-august-2015/Sanlam eyes move into Zimbabwe SANLAM Emerging Markets says it is looking to expand into Zimbabwe in the next year or two after its Kenyan subsidiary made an acquisition in a short-term insurance business in the east African country. Sanlam Emerging Markets said Kenyan subsidiary Pan African Insurance Holdings (PAIHL) had bought a 56% stake in Gateway Insurance Company for about $8m.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-august-2015/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:08:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-august-2015/Zimbabwe ain’t China, says Jonathan Moyo “ZIMBABWE ain’t China!,” Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo said Tuesday in comments thought to have been directed at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies in the ruling Zanu PF party. Mnangagwa’s allies are convinced he is President Robert Mugabe’s chosen successor following his promotion to be the country’s effective number two after the dismissal of then long-term rival Joice Mujuru.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-july-2015/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:54:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-29-july-2015/We should stop being myopic: Makarau Zimbabwe’s electoral processes have come under scrutiny since the turn of the century, but chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Justice Rita Makarau thinks Zimbabweans need to look beyond the polling booth for answers to the problems in these processes.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-16-july-2015/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:11:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-16-july-2015/Zimbabwe govt, municipalities have $3mln locked up in collapsed Allied Bank Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government is set to lose nearly $600,000 which is locked up in Allied Bank — majority owned by transport minister Obert Mpofu — while municipals and other state departments are owed over $2,5 million following its collapse early this year, with chances of recovering all the money slim, The Source has established.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-2-july-2015/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:55:26 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-2-july-2015/Obama snubs Mugabe States President Barack Obama will not be meeting President Robert Mugabe on his last official visit to Africa this month despite his itinerary including a visit to the African Union (AU) headquarters. Mugabe is the AU chairman and has made it a point to attend every high-level event involving the continental body since he landed the post in January.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-25-june-2015/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:23:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-25-june-2015/Mutasa ready to spill ‘rigging’ beans in court FORMER Zanu PF stalwart and axed Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa yesterday said he was ready to stand in court and give evidence on how the ruling Zanu PF party rigged the 2008 election “if approached” by the opposition MDC-T.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-june-2015/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:16:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-june-2015/Zimbabwe: Regional, International Companies Court Zim Regional and international companies are willing to work with Zimbabwe to boost agricultural production in crop and livestock sectors, a senior Government official has said. Addressing a workshop at the University of Zimbabwe organised by the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Dr Joseph Made, said many international organisations had shown an interest to assist Zimbabwe despite challenges such as the illegal sanctions and climate related problems.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-june-2015/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:36:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-june-2015/Amos Midzi found dead Zanu PF Harare provincial chairman, Amos Midzi was on Tuesday morning found dead in a suspected case of suicide. The Epworth legislator was found in his vehicle at his farm in Marirangwe near Harare. Details surrounding his death are still sketchy, while police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi could not immediately confirm the death, saying he was in a meeting.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-3-june-2015/Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:19:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-3-june-2015/UN says to raise $1.6bn for Zimbabwe development The United Nations plans to raise $1.6bn from donors to improve agriculture, food security, health and governance in Zimbabwe between 2016-2020, its representative in the southern African country said on Friday. The UN has over the last decade taken a prominent role in raising money for humanitarian and development aid to Zimbabwe after the West withheld direct budget support in 2002 over policy differences with veteran President Robert Mugabe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-may-2015/Tue, 26 May 2015 12:23:25 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-may-2015/Mugabe not on ‘awful’ list of Zim’s richest A list of Zimbabwe’s 50 richest people circulating in the country is “garbage”, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said Monday, after his former deputy was included in the rankings. Longtime President Robert Mugabe, 91, and his wife do not appear on “Zim’s Top 50 Rich List”, compiled by a firm called X Research and Intelligence and published in the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-april-2015/Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:08:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-april-2015/Ousted Mujuru starting splinter party Sources said ousted vice-president Joice Mujuru was set to lead a new Zanu-PF splinter group, which identifies itself as the “original Zanu-PF. Zimbabwe’s ousted vice-president Joice Mujuru is reportedly set to lead a new party following her expulsion from the ruling Zanu-PF party.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-72015-zimbabwes-politics-of-despair-by-professor-brian-raftopoulos/Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:37:40 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-72015-zimbabwes-politics-of-despair-by-professor-brian-raftopoulos/In an insightful commentary on the current state of Zimbabwe politics, Joost Fontein writes about the prevalence of despondency in which a ‘new timescale of hope and aspiration’ has emerged ‘that makes both the present and any immediate future appear equally uninspiring.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-62015-zimbabwes-re-engagement-by-the-western-community-a-call-for-a-calibrated-approach-by-tamuka-charles-chirimambowa/Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:41:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-62015-zimbabwes-re-engagement-by-the-western-community-a-call-for-a-calibrated-approach-by-tamuka-charles-chirimambowa/Post 31st of July 2013; the Western Community has signalled or started engaging and normalising relations with Zimbabwe after close to two decades of contested leadership and disputed electoral outcomes. The signing of a bilateral grant between the EU and Zimbabwe, the visits by high level envoys from the United Kingdom and German in early 2015 signify a thawing of relations and shift from isolation to engagement.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-6-march-2015/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:47:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-6-march-2015/400 Zimbos die in SA every month AN estimated 400 bodies of dead Zimbabweans are repatriated into the country every month from South Africa, with most of the deaths being a result of murder, the Financial Gazette has reported. New Zimbabwehttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-february-2015/Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:06:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-february-2015/Robert Mugabe assumes African Union helm with familiar rallying cry Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, has assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) with a call for members to improve infrastructure and tackle climate change, conflict and Ebola, and with a familiar rallying cry that Africa’s wealth belongs to Africa and not “imperialists and colonialists”.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-28-jan-2015/Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:01:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-28-jan-2015/Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is 5.42 percent, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Unemployment rates in Zimbabwe are often reported to be between 80 and 90 percent, but these rates did not take into account the vast numbers of people in informal employment.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-december-2014/Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:39:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-december-2014/Mujuru faces jail: President Vice President Joice Mujuru will be prosecuted if the allegations of corruption and abuse of office levelled against her are proved, President Mugabe has said. VP Mujuru and her cabal- Cdes Didymus Mutasa and Nicholas Goche- were not among the 12 000 delegates who thronged the giant marquee at the Robert Mugaba Square for the congress.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27th-november-2014/Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:32:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27th-november-2014/Democratic Union Formed in Zimbabwe Two breakaway factions of Zimbabwe’s main Movement for Democratic Change party officially signed a unity pact on Wednesday, coming together under a new movement dubbed the Democratic Union. The two factions are those set up by former MDC secretary general Welshman Ncube and former finance minister in Zimbabwe’s 2009-13 coalition government, Tendai Biti.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-november-2014/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:33:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-november-2014/Purging in ZANU PF THE ruling ZANU PF party’s highest decision making body outside congress – the politburo – converged on November 13 at its national headquarters to deliberate on various issues affecting the organisation. The explosive meeting resolved to suspend party national spokesperson Rugare Gumbo for five years who has been under fire in recent weeks mainly from his colleagues and the state media.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-31-oct-2014/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:07:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-31-oct-2014/EU, Zim Smoke Peace Pipe THE European Union has finally lifted economic sanctions against Zimbabwe, ending more than a decade of sour relations with Harare. Addressing the media in the capital Harare on Thursday, the EU Head of Mission, Philippe Van Damme, said the latest development to remove its trade sanctions against Zimbabwe would see the 28-nation EU member bloc re-engage with Harare on bilateral economic agreements.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-oct-2014/Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:33:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-oct-2014/Grace to Take On Mujuru At Congress? VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru is set to be challenged at the forthcoming Zanu PF elective congress in December amid suggestions First Lady Grace Mugabe could be encouraged to run for the post. Gokwe-Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, told party supporters, traditional leaders and headmen at the weekend that no one is guaranteed a return to their current posts at the congress.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-september-2014/Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:50:40 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-september-2014/Parliamentary democracy should make sense in Zimbabwe The strategy to screen live the parliamentary debates is noble and it reflects a true sense of democracy at its best. The public is afforded an opportunity to have proper insight into Members of Parliament (MPs) whom they voted to represent them in Government.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-september-2014/Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:08:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-september-2014/Zanu-PF succession battle: Mugabe ditches neutrality. The president has all but broken with his impartial stance on who will succeed him. President Robert Mugabe has reportedly aligned himself to the Zanu-PF faction of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Infighting in Zanu-PF has compromised President Robert Mugabe’s perceived neutrality as he is increasingly seen as having joined hands with a faction led by Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa in its quest to derail Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s quest to succeed him, Zanu-PF insiders and political analysts have said.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-august-2014/Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:44:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-22-august-2014/Minister spares 97 death row inmates Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will not sign death warrants for 97 murder convicts on death row because the sentence is too harsh and must be done away with.https://www.salo.org.za/raus-latest-opinion-paper-on-womens-experiences-with-elections-in-zimbabwe/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:15:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/raus-latest-opinion-paper-on-womens-experiences-with-elections-in-zimbabwe/Below please find RAU’s latest opinion paper on Women’s experiences with elections in Zimbabwe: Women and Elections in Zimbabwe Insights from the Afrobarometerhttps://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-15-august-2014/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:57:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-15-august-2014/SADC summit should address mineral resource question SADC Summit should address where the bloc’s gold and other valuable minerals are - and who really owns them? Southern Africa Development Corporation (SADC) should use its Victoria Falls Summit to seriously rethink its primary reliance on Western and Asian capital for the purposes of investment opting for the maximisation of its rich mineral resources.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-10-august-2014/Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:02:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-10-august-2014/Dabengwa farm invasion, Zanu-PF denies responsibility PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has denied sanctioning the shock invasion of former home affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa’s Nyamandlovu farm by hordes of its supporters over the last two days. In an embarrassing episode to Zanu-PF’s chaotic land reform programme, party supporters from Bulawayo swarmed Rudy property and started partitioning land among themselves.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-31-july-2014/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:15:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-31-july-2014/‘Elections were flawed,’ says top Zanu-PF official DEPUTY Justice Minister Fortune Chasi on Wednesday admitted that the last general election controversially by his Zanu-PF party last July had some serious discrepancies. This was the first time that a top Zanu-PF official has admitted that the election was flawed.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-july-2014/Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:35:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-27-july-2014/Zimbabweans arrested as SA targets ‘illegals’ Reports coming from South Africa say Zimbabweans are among hundreds of illegal immigrants from across Africa arrested in a crackdown that started Monday. There are conflicting reports regarding the destination of those that have been arrested, with some saying the South African authorities were deporting them.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-july-2014/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:22:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-18-july-2014/SA Says Zimbabwe Permits Decision in August SOUTH Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has revealed he will announce a decision on the fate of special work permits for Zimbabweans next month. Gigaba was addressing parliament in Cape Town on his department’s Budget Vote on Tuesday.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-july-2014/Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:13:04 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-11-july-2014/[Over 100 Zanu-PF supporters invade game reserve](Over%20100 Zanu-PF supporters invade game reserve MORE than 100 Zanu PF supporters invaded Mazwi Game and Nature Reserve in St Peter’s on the western outskirts of Bulawayo on Monday allegedly with the blessing of the party’s provincial leadership.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-4-july-2014/Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:42:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-4-july-2014/Mugabe threats, white farmers respond White farmers have reportedly described President Robert Mugabe’s recent remarks that whites must cede all land to blacks as “extremely unhelpful” to Zimbabwe as a country. According to SW Radio Africa, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union’s president Charles Taffs said Mugabe’s rhetoric sent a very bad message to potential investors and was not conducive for growth.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-june-2014/Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:38:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-26-june-2014/ZEC says individuals have no right to access voters roll The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said the Electoral Act does not entitle individuals with access to the national voters roll. This is in response to an application filed by constitutional lawyer Justice Alfred Mavedzenge with the High Court last month, seeking to compel ZEC to make the voters’ roll public.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-june-2014/Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:47:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-19-june-2014/Zim immigrant afraid of reporting rape for fear of being deported A Zimbabwean woman living in South Africa says she was raped by a customer last year on 16 June but she is afraid or reporting the crime. “I wish this day could be erased forever because it brings back bad memories for me,” the 30-year-old woman told Daily Sun.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-june-2014/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:29:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-13-june-2014/Zimbabwe court scraps defamation law used to curb press HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s highest court has scrapped a criminal defamation law which local journalists say has been used by the government to restrict the freedom of the press, according to a ruling seen by Reuters on Friday.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-june-2014/Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:59:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-5-june-2014/Review of Indigenisation Linked to EU Rescue Package The ruling ZANU PF government is so desperate for cash it appears to be willing to modify its controversial indigenisation policy. It is believed the party has taken this route to ensure the ongoing re-engagement efforts with the European Union (EU) remain on track, as there is likelihood the government will receive a direct multi-million dollar rescue package from Brussels.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-workshop-a-review-of-lessons-learnt-from-the-elections-in-southern-and-eastern-africa-in-2013/Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:14:34 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-workshop-a-review-of-lessons-learnt-from-the-elections-in-southern-and-eastern-africa-in-2013/Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Madagascar 6 February 2014, Pretoria Hon. Obed Bapela, Deputy Minister in the Presidency and Head of ANC International Relations, was the keynote speaker. He gave an overview of the elections that had taken place throughout 2013 within the region and Kenya.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabweans-must-take-control-of-their-future-zulu/Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:27:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabweans-must-take-control-of-their-future-zulu/South Africa believes that Zimbabweans have the responsibility to ensure that the reforms, not yet carried out in their country, do take place. This is according to Presidential International Relations Advisor, Lindiwe Zulu. Zulu was on Tuesday addressing a seminar in Pretoria hosted by the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO).https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-marange-diamonds-post-election-analysis-presentation/Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:49:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwes-marange-diamonds-post-election-analysis-presentation/Paper presented by Dr Showers Mawowa – SALO Senior Researcher at APPRI Zimbabwe Diamond Conference – 30 October 2013 Click on the link below to download: Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds: Post Election Analysishttps://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-african-women-and-peace-building-with-a-focus-on-zimbabwe-drc-and-somalia-20-august-2013/Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:41:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-african-women-and-peace-building-with-a-focus-on-zimbabwe-drc-and-somalia-20-august-2013/First Session Panel from left to right - Fatima Swartz,Chairperson, ACTION Support Centre, Steering Committee Abshiro Said Haji Mohamed, South African Somali Women’s Network Zeenat Adam, DIRCO, Director, Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Isabella Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean feminist activist & SALO Ref.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-book-launch-south-africa-zimbabwe-relations-16-july-2013/Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:08:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-book-launch-south-africa-zimbabwe-relations-16-july-2013/On the eve of Zimbabwe’s July 31st 2013 Election, the Southern African Liaison Office held their book launch for - “South Africa – Zimbabwe Relations: Volume 1 – Pre-colonial to 2006” - By the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO); Published by Jacana Media For more info on the book click here.https://www.salo.org.za/south-africas-relations-with-zimbabwe/Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:54:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/south-africas-relations-with-zimbabwe/As part of its strategic objectives to promote informed debate, build consensus and improve mutual understanding among decision-makers in political crises, SALO is producing a series of books on the relationship between South Africa and Zimbabwe. These books build on more than eight years of work by SALO to facilitate dialogues regarding the Zimbabwean crisis and to support the development of a national, regional and international consensus regarding possible ways forward in Zimbabwe.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-two-days-after-the-referendum-and-a-tribute-to-the-late-phyllis-naidoo-with-special-reference-to-her-time-in-exile-in-zimbabwe-18th-march-2013/Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:29:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-two-days-after-the-referendum-and-a-tribute-to-the-late-phyllis-naidoo-with-special-reference-to-her-time-in-exile-in-zimbabwe-18th-march-2013/**** Bishop Rubin Philip, Dean of the Province of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa and Chairperson of the SALO Board with Francisca Mdleleni (SALO Operations Manager) welcoming everyone to the event. Sukhthi Naidoo, daughter of the late ANC veteran Phyllis Naidoo, who died in Durban in February 2013.https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-in-southern-africa-botswanazimbabwesouth-africa-diamonds/Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:53:38 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-in-southern-africa-botswanazimbabwesouth-africa-diamonds/31 January 2013, Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria From left to right: Ambassador Welile Nhlapo (Former National Security Advisor to the South African President; and Chair of the Kimberley Process, as of 1 January 2013), HE Kenny Kiniotiro Kapinga (Botswana High Commissioner to South Africa), Vasu Gounden (Founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) From left to right: Ambassador Roeland van de Geer (Head of the EU Delegation, Pretoria), Aziz Pahad (Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, 1994 - 2008), Ambassador Welile Nhlapo (Former National Security Advisor to the South African President; and Chair of the Kimberley Process, as of 1 January 2013) Inputs from members of KP civil society: Speaking from the floor Farai Maguwu (Director of the Centre for Resource Governance) You can access our Policy Dialogue Reports here.https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-in-southern-africa-botswanazimbabwesouth-africa-refugees-migrants-diaspora/Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:24:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-in-southern-africa-botswanazimbabwesouth-africa-refugees-migrants-diaspora/30 January 2013, Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria Facilitator: Tara Polzer Ngwato (Migration and conflict transformation expert and SALO consultant) Braam Hanekom, Director of PASSOP (left) and Bongani Masuku, International Relations Secretary, Congress of South African Trade Unions (right) Thoko Matshe (Africa Regional Coordinator,Olof Palme International Center) in the foreground addressing the panel: From left to right: Alice Mogwe (Director of Ditshwanelo, Botswana Centre for Human Rights), HE Kenny Kiniotiro Kapinga (Botswana High Commissioner to South Africa) and David Modiega (Civil society representative: The Botswana Civil Society Solidarity Coalition on Zimbabwe, and Chief Executive Officer of Churches United Against HIV & AIDS)https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-swaziland-zimbabwe-and-the-drc-october-2012-burgers-park-hotel-pretoria/Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:28:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-swaziland-zimbabwe-and-the-drc-october-2012-burgers-park-hotel-pretoria/Participants at the Swaziland, Zimbabwe and DRC workshop H.E. Rosalind Marsden, EU’s Special Representative for Sudan/South Sudan. She was the keynote speaker at SALO’s first Building International Consensus workshop on Sudan/South Sudan, 27th July 2012,Burgers Park, Pretoria Bishop Rubin Philip, Dean of the Province of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa and Chairperson of the SALO Board.https://www.salo.org.za/xenophobia-and-migrant-policy-brief/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:55:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/xenophobia-and-migrant-policy-brief/Download the Xenophobia and migrant policy briefhttps://www.salo.org.za/health-paper/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:53:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/health-paper/Research commissioned and published by the Conflict and Governance Facility of the EU and the National Treasury of SA. Download the paper here.https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-insists-on-full-gpa-implementation/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:42:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-insists-on-full-gpa-implementation/2 February 2012: Speaking at a South African Liaison meeting held in Pretoria Wednesday Zulu said elections in Zimbabwe will be held upon agreement by parties in the inclusive government. “As far as the facilitator (President Zuma) is concerned, the environment must be conducive for free and fair elections.https://www.salo.org.za/election-this-year-will-be-a-disaster/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:40:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/election-this-year-will-be-a-disaster/Raftopolous, Petras (2 February 2012) “The political environment is not favorable for holding of free and fair elections as intimidation, harassment and selective application of law is still widespread in the country”, said Petras who was addressing a South African Liaison Office meeting here.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-zimbabwe/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:38:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-zimbabwe/SALO’s Building International, Regional and National Consensus policy dialogue sessions bring together national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society, policymakers and diplomats, to encourage greater North/ South policy dialogue and to discuss ways they can engage moving forward on issues of importance in Southern Africa in particular.https://www.salo.org.za/resistance-and-denial-zimbabwes-stalled-reform-agenda/Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:38:25 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/resistance-and-denial-zimbabwes-stalled-reform-agenda/16 November 2011: Addressing a civil society gathering in South Africa in May, Lindiwe Zulu (Zuma’s international adviser and a facilitation team member) said that despite some disagreements, there had been good progress and agreement that ‘the environment for elections has to be ‘completely different’ to 2008.https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-country-urged-to-ensure-diaspora-vote/Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:03:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/south-africa-country-urged-to-ensure-diaspora-vote/5 October 2011: The South African facilitators in Zimbabwe’s political crisis have been urged to ensure that the Diaspora will be able to vote, as part of a roadmap towards elections. The Diaspora vote has been completely excluded from talk of reforms in Zimbabwe, despite more than four million Zim nationals said to be living out of the country.https://www.salo.org.za/southern-africa-sadc-still-hesitant-to-take-a-tougher-stance-on-zimbabwe/Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:32:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/southern-africa-sadc-still-hesitant-to-take-a-tougher-stance-on-zimbabwe/15 June 2011: From remarks made by one of the SADC-appointed facilitators, Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, at a meeting of the Southern African Liaison Office held a few weeks ago in Pretoria, it appears that the South African team were pushing for a resolution of the now well-known outstanding issues.https://www.salo.org.za/may-2011-workshop-pretoria/Mon, 30 May 2011 12:21:30 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/may-2011-workshop-pretoria/The discussion was led by Ambassador Lindiwe Zulu, President Zuma’s International Relations Advisor and Spokesperson for the SADC endorsed mediation team on Zimbabwe Vasu Gounden (Founder and Executive Director of ACCORD), May 2011 (From left to right): Professor Chris Landsberg (SALO board, University of Johannesburg), Vasu Gounden (Founder and Executive Director of the Africa Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes -ACCORD), Dewa Mavhinga (then Regional Coordinator for Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition in South Africa), Isabella Matambanadzo (Zimbabwean Feminist and Activist), Deprose Muchena (OSISA Deputy Director) and Richard Smith (SALO Board) member and Chair of the session - at the podium.https://www.salo.org.za/sadc-facilitation-team-wants-to-meet-security-chiefs-2/Tue, 10 May 2011 13:29:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/sadc-facilitation-team-wants-to-meet-security-chiefs-2/10 May 2011: [Ambassasor] Zulu told Dewa Mavhinga, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Regional Information and Advocacy Coordinator that Zimbabwe’s next elections must be ‘totally different’. Mavhinga met Zulu to hear the progress that has been made by the facilitation team on the Zimbabwe crisis.https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-elections-out-of-the-question-this-year/Mon, 09 May 2011 13:27:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-elections-out-of-the-question-this-year/Pretoria Official Says (9 May 2011) Lindiwe Zulu, a foreign policy aide to South African President Jacob Zuma and a member of the facilitation team seeking to unravel the impasse in Harare said in remarks to the so-called Southern African Liaison Office high-level meeting on the proposed elections road-map for Zimbabwe that the environment is not conducive for elections now.https://www.salo.org.za/zumas-team-to-engage-defence-and-security-chiefs-in-zimbabwe/Mon, 09 May 2011 12:15:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zumas-team-to-engage-defence-and-security-chiefs-in-zimbabwe/On Monday Lindiwe Zulu spoke to diplomats and civil society leaders at a conference in Pretoria, under the theme Building International Consensus on Zimbabwe. She dismissed the notion held by many in ZANU PF that elections would be held this year.https://www.salo.org.za/trade-off-for-justice-in-zimbabwe-is-peace/Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:22:51 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/trade-off-for-justice-in-zimbabwe-is-peace/17 November 2010: The trade-off for justice in Zimbabwe has to be peace, professor Adam Habib said on Wednesday. “You can only temper justice if peace is the dividend,” Habib said at the South African Liaison Office (SALO) dialogue on “South Africa’s relations with Zimbabwe” at the University of Johannesburg, where he was a keynote speaker.https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-zimbabwe-adam-habib-keynote-address-at-the-university-of-johannesburg-17th-november-2010/Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:55:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-international-consensus-on-zimbabwe-adam-habib-keynote-address-at-the-university-of-johannesburg-17th-november-2010/Professor Adam Habib (Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation and Advancement at the University of Johannesburg) giving his keynote address. SALO drew the audiences attention to the release of Burmese civil rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi the previous week (13th November 2010).https://www.salo.org.za/680/Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:27:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/680/The acting head of the World Bank in Zimbabwe, Mungai Lenneiye (right), greets Dr Ibbo Mandaza of executive director of the Southern African Political Economy Series (SAPES) Trust, before addressing a SALO forum in Pretoria (October 2010)https://www.salo.org.za/684/Sun, 09 May 2010 12:30:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/684/Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC President and Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, addressing SALO’s Building International consensus network (9 May 2010)https://www.salo.org.za/southern-africa-trust-sat-partner-link-to-salo/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:09:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/southern-africa-trust-sat-partner-link-to-salo/The Trust gave US$250,000 to the project, The Zimbabwe Conflict: an obstacle to regional integration and development, which aims to bring attention to how the Zimbabwe issue is an obstacle to regional integration and development. This project succeeded in stimulating policy dialogue and debate amongst a variety of regional and international stakeholders and SADC policy makers.https://www.salo.org.za/682/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:29:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/682/Hon. Elton Mangoma, then Zimbabwean Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister (now Minister of Energy and Power Development) speaking at a SALO investment workshop (April 2009)https://www.salo.org.za/dumiso-dabengwa-december-2008/Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:09:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dumiso-dabengwa-december-2008/Dumiso Dabengwa (former Zimbabwean Minister of Home Affairs and a former Zanu- PF Politburo member) addresses a SALO consensus-building workshop at Burgers’ Park Hotel in Pretoria (December 2008)https://www.salo.org.za/698/Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:39:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/698/Simba Makoni (his former positions include: executive secretary of SADC, Zimbabwean Minister of Finance and Zanu-PF Politburo member) addressing a SALO workshop on Zimbabwe (December 2008).https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-and-peoples-solidarity-nows-the-time/Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:16:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/zimbabwe-and-peoples-solidarity-nows-the-time/Harold Wolpe Lecture Panel (24 July 2008) The UKZN Centre for Civil Society and the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum - South Africa present: “Zimbabwe and People’s Solidarity: Now’s the Time!” A Harold Wolpe Lecture Panel, Thursday, 24 July, 5-7pm. At which SALO Board Members Richard Smith and Judith Todd spoke.https://www.salo.org.za/deputy-minister-ebrahim-ebrahim-and-h-e-xavier-marchal-at-a-salo-forum/Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:40:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/deputy-minister-ebrahim-ebrahim-and-h-e-xavier-marchal-at-a-salo-forum/From left to right: Thokozani Khupe, then MDC vice president (now Zimbabwe’s Deputy Prime Minister), Ebrahim Ebrahim, then head of the ANC International Affairs Committee (now Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation’s) and H. E. Xavier Marchal, then European Commission ambassador to Harare (now European Commission ambassador to Ethiopia) addressing a SALO workshop (June 2007)