Posts by Charles Rukuni

Women of Zimbabwe Arise leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu went on trial on 22 January for disturbing the peace during WOZA protests on 19 June 2004 and 16 October 2008.

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Women of Zimbabwe Arise representative Jenni Williams urged the United Nations to change its food distribution model to allow access of all hungry Zimbabweans to food assistance arguing that the system in place legitimised ZANU-PF and prevented most activists from accessing food aid.

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Women of Zimbabwe Arise won Amnesty International Germany’s Human Rights Award. Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, who were on bail, were granted permission to travel to Germany to receive the award.

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After three weeks in jail, Women of Zimbabwe Arise leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were granted bail by the High Court.

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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee said some reports of violence that were being reported by the Movement for Democratic Change were questionable.

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 Egypt told United States ambassador Margaret Scobey to Cairo that it was prepared to help resolve the Zimbabwe crisis but would not take sides.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee that his party would never play a subordinate role to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

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Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete told United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer that South African President Thabo Mbeki no longer had a role to play in Zimbabwe but at the same time admitted that none of the Southern African Development Community leaders except Mbeki could talk to Mugabe.

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Women of Zimbabwe Arise Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were denied bail when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Charity Maphosa.

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About 200 activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise and Men of Zimbabwe Arise marched to the Mhlahlandlela Government Complex in Bulawayo calling on the government to declare a national disaster and demanding immediate food aid for all Zimbabweans.

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