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Commercial farmers, who had been under so much pressure that they were at the point of throwing in the towel, believed firmly that South African President Thabo Mbeki, Botswana President Festus Mogae and Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano held the key to changing President Robert Mugabe’s path, as their counterparts had done years before when their concerted action forced Ian Smith from power.

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Four journalists from the Daily News were initially charged under the Law and Order Maintenance Act, a law introduced by the Ian Smith regime, because it provided criminal penalties for publishing false statements.

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The West imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe more than a decade ago because it was asking how dare a black government with a white community challenge the kin of the God-chosen Anglo-Saxons.

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There was nothing new from the much-heralded friends of Zimbabwe meeting which was held in London yesterday and was attended by members of the inclusive government including Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa.

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Judge Moses Chinhengo, who was presiding over Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s case, decided to refer the legality of the Law and Order Maintenance Act to the Supreme Court rather than focus on the charges that Tsvangirai was facing.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe was in a state of “terminal paralysis” with the government using an unconstitutional law, the Law and Order Maintenance Act that was introduced by Ian Smith against African nationalists, to harass the MDC leadership.

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George Walls, the son of Peter Walls, former commander of the Rhodesian army under Ian Smith, told a United States embassy official that he had been attacked by suspected war veterans who wanted to know the whereabouts of his father.

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Charges against the trustees of the Voice of the People radio station were literally dropped when magistrate William Bhila removed them from further remand.

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Beatrice Mtetwa, who was representing trustees of the Voice of the People radio station, said the crackdown on the “pirate” station was aimed at the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and its director Arnold Tsunga rather than at the station.

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