Monday, November 2, 2009

Joseph Kabila in Harare......PICS and news.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila speak to the media after their meeting at the State House in Harare, November 2, 2009. Kabila is in the country to mediate between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA).







 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right and Congolese President Joseph Kabila, seen, after their meeting at State House, in Harare, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A spokesman for Zimbabwe's prime minister says the country's neighbors will hold a summit this week to try to break an impasse that threatens the southern African nation's unity government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced a partial withdrawal from the unity government Oct. 16, citing a surge in political violence and accusing longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe of undermining the coalition.






Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) meets his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila at the State House in Harare, November 2, 2009. Kabila is in the country to mediate between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA).










Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right and Congolese President Joseph Kabila, seen, after their meeting at State House, in Harare, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A spokesman for Zimbabwe's prime minister says the country's neighbors will hold a summit this week to try to break an impasse that threatens the southern African nation's unity government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced a partial withdrawal from the unity government Oct. 16, citing a surge in political violence and accusing longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe of undermining the coalition.












Compensate 5 Brigade victims, OAU told Mugab.

 

 





 This was in the light of the international law, Geneva Convention of 1948, Additional Protocol of 1977 which states clearly that "if a government sends an army to any troubled spot in the country, and that army happens to target civilians, the government has committeed Crimes against Humanity". It is paramount that the army distinguishes between combatants and civilians or else the deployment of the army becomes criminal.

We can authoritatively reveal that in November 1993 the now defunct Organization of African Unity's Human Rights Committee reportedly pressed Mr Mugabe to compensate the victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities. Mr Mugabe replied that he had already declared in October 1992 that no compensation would be paid because any atrocities committed were perpetrated during a "state of war."

However, during the funeral of Joshua Nkomo, Mr Mugabe made a u-turn when he indirectly apologised for the massacres and described the Gukurahundi operation in Matabeleland and Midlands areas as a "moment of madness".

A commission established in 1984 to investigate atrocities committed during the 1982-87 Matabeleland disturbances, the Simplicius Chihambakwe Commission, conducted interviews in Bulawayo for 2 days in mid-1993.

 According to human rights groups, the information collected in that brief time was so damning that the investigation was suspended.

Chihambakwe's report was submitted to President Mugabe but has not been made public. Mr Mugabe thought the truth about the 5 Brigade was too damaging, hence the report is gathering dust in his office. Many await for the time he will rejoin his maker in order to make the report public.

  Human rights groups have stated that a proper investigation of the Matabeleland and Midlands atrocities can only be conducted if Mugabe is gone.

However, in the 1990s Mr Mugabe's government declared that victims of the Matabeleland crisis can now be declared legally dead under the Missing Persons Act, but many victims' relatives are too frightened to come forward up to this day.


 Zimbabwean beaten to death in South Africa


JOHANNESBURG - A 22-year-old Zimbabwean man has been beaten to death by Diepsloot residents who accused him of robbery, said police.

Two of his friends, aged 20 and 25, were severely assaulted in the attack on Saturday, said Captain Tessa Jansen.

The three men were walking in extension one at 6pm when a man accosted them, she said.

“The South African man accused one of the three Zimbabweans of having robbed him of money in the past two weeks,” she said.

“He then shouted and called for back up from the other residents.

“The residents came in big numbers and took the three men to a shack nearby, where they assaulted all of them with fists and everything they could lay their hands on.”.

Jansen said the police were called by another concerned member of the community.

“When the police arrived at the scene, the crowd quickly dispersed and no one was arrested.

“But the man who was accused of robbery was already dead.

“His two friends were rushed to Tembisa Hospital in a serious condition.”

No arrests had yet been made. SAPA

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