Politics
Zanu PF might need Jonathan Moyo, but do you?
Sokwanele Article: October 20th, 2009
While Jonathan Moyo believes his vitriolic attacks on each and every person who ever found fault with Zanu PF policies have at last demolished all opposition, his actual achievement has been to demonstrate his and his party's complete contempt for the citizens of Zimbabwe.
Almost every line of his Sunday Mail piece on October 4 displays his belief that each and every reader is far too thick to see through his lies and deceit. The facts that the people do know and understand are that it is Jonathan Moyo who is guilty of treachery and it is Jonathan Moyo who is employing every means possible to ensure that the MDC's best efforts to help restore economic growth will be brought to nothing.
We are all perfectly aware that only the Zanu PF chefs feel threatened by the possibility of economic recovery. Jonathan Moyo has been drawn back into the Zanu PF ranks to make sure that the recovery does not happen. Why? Mainly to prevent the possibility that MDC will be credited for any such success, but also because the increasing prosperity of the Zimbabwean population would make it harder for Zanu PF to continue suppressing us.
Jonathan Moyo treachery has now been made manifest at many different levels. He persuaded the voters in Tsholotsho to elect him as their representative on the basis of his having completely rejected the Zanu PF's "unprincipled" policies. Now he insults them by claiming that, having rejoined Zanu PF, he still represents them. He does not, any more than he represents the casualties of Gukurahundi whose unmarked graves are still scattered throughout the constituency.
ZIG Watch : Issue 7
Sokwanele Article: August 4th, 2009
Future and potential by-elections 
The waves of democratic turmoil washed over from June to July with scores of breaches of the GPA being recorded, the majority of which fell into the following categories:
- wanton politically motivated violence, or violence driven by politicians,
- harassment, and deprivation of freedom, of individuals through contrived arrests on spurious charges,
- widespread corruption involving senior public and uniformed figures,
- the deprivation of the right to Freedom of Expression, and the abuse thereof,
- violent, unconstitutional, invasions and seizures of property and farms, and
- deliberate attempts to derail the Constitution-making process.
The month began with a group of journalists returning to court in an effort to make former High Court rulings ‘legally binding’ – calling attention to ZANU PF breaches of GPA articles covering both the rule of law and freedom of expression. The journalists had been barred from covering the COMESA summit on the grounds that they were not accredited by the Media and Information Commission (MIC). This was despite a High Court ruling in June that made it clear that the MIC was defunct, and that journalists were not required to register with it. 
Party breaches against Article 19 - click to enlarge
ZIG Watch : Issue 2
Sokwanele Article: February 4th, 2009
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch (ZIG Watch) is tracking articles and reports which provide examples of violations of the agreement between Zanu PF and the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Formations signed in Harare on 15 September 2008.
A great weight of responsibility rests on the shoulders of Zimbabwe's new Joint-Monitoring Implementation Committee (JOMIC), which began work in Harare on Monday.
JOMIC was set up to ensure that the unity government proceeds according to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by all three political parties on 15 September last year in an effort to resolve the nine-year crisis.
The 12-member committee comprises eight senior Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party members drawn from both formations, and four senior Zanu PF party members.
JOMIC will monitor compliance with, and progress on, items agreed within the GPA. The panel is tasked with resolving existing and emerging disputes among the parties or government agencies through dialogue. It will also receive reports and complaints in respect of any issue related to the implementation, enforcement and execution of the agreement.
In cases where it fails, the disputes are to be referred to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU).
