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"The current violence is dramatically more intensive and unrestrained (than the 2002 election). The level of brutality and callousness exhibited by the perpetrators is unprecedented." Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights.

News stories for Wednesday 14 May

Government says Presidential runoff to be held within 90 days
The regime in Harare announced on Wednesday that the country’s presidential election run-off would now take place within 90 days from the day the results were announced on May 2. In a special government gazette published on Wednesday, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa simply extended the legal requirement of a runoff from 21 days to 90 days.

Death toll from violence continues to rise
Post election violence sponsored by the losing Zanu PF party has now claimed the lives of 32 people, according to the MDC. 8 more deaths were recorded in the last 72 hours. Many deaths are going unreported as state security agents block post mortems and force relatives to bury loved ones secretly. Two activists were killed in Gokwe Nembudziya after Zanu PF militia led by army Major Moyo attacked them Sunday evening.

Family of exiled MDC official Elliot Pfebve abducted
Elliot Pfebve, an MDC official who fled to the UK after the violent 2000 elections, is having to deal with the abduction of his parents by Zanu PF militia in Mt Darwin on Tuesday. Pfebve said he received a message from his brother Fireson Pfebve, who narrated how the Zanu PF mob stormed their Nyakatondo village around 8pm and tied up their 79-year old father and 76-year old mother using wire.

ZANU-PF militia blocking access to dead MDC activists
The number of opposition officials and supporters murdered in the ongoing state-sponsored violence is believed to be much higher because many deaths are going unreported. More proof of this came from the Centenary area of Mashonaland Central on Wednesday, when it was reported that armed ZANU-PF militia are blocking access to the bodies of 2 MDC activists. Our correspondent reported that armed militia attacked Dolphin House in Centenary, where many MDC polling agents and activists were living.

Gono seizes POSB shares
The governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank, Gideon Gono, has been showing his true colours recently. Just weeks after it was reported that Gono sits on the board of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) that is running the country and sponsoring the violence, it has been reported that he seized shares worth about Z$6.5 quadrillion, that were held on the stock market by the government-owned POSB bank.

Previous days news stories

Interesting recent articles

A chronology of a stolen election for fact-checking

US Ambassador 'seized' as he investigates Zim violence

Police Harass Diplomats after Visit to Zimbabwe Hospital

Lowveld violence 10th May

The Police are preparing for the run off

ZESN Minimum conditions for run-off of presidential election

Statement of the farm attack on William and Annette Rogers

ZESN observers flee as violence escalates

Zim cash crisis returns as investors run for cover

Violence in Zaka

Zimbabwe violence could reach crisis levels: UN

Another Zimbabwean murdered in Xenophobic violence SA

ZESN vehicle confiscated by ZANU PF supporters in Kotwa

Death toll reaches 32 as Zanu PF thugs run riot

Gono's monetary policy statement (Zim web site slow connection)

ZESN. Post Election Update 2

Send protest to FIFA

Zim: Sign petition appeal to UN secretary general

Marondera violence 12 May 2008

Hot Seat interview with James McGee the US Ambassador to Zim

Journalists should exercise extreme caution ahead of run-off

Mbeki's role as Zim mediator takes another knock

Rampaging SA mob attacks Zimbabweans

Zim under army rule

Western observers barred from Zim run-off

Inside Zimbabwe's secret torture camps

Mbeki says Zimbabweans can solve their own problems

Zimbabwe 2008 Decision Time #2 – The final mile by M.Mawere

Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 10th May 2008

Zim prisons chief feeds terror militia

Other things you should know

One in three malaria drugs failing in Africa

Mbeki survives but his wings are clipped

Continent must produce or perish -- Economic Justice

Kenyan media - We too are to blame

Resolution from Pre-ACHPR NGO Forum in Swaziland

Apartheid victims to sue multinationals

Malawi arrests opposition officials

Video of attacks in Joburg township

China eyes overseas land in food push

Mozambique: Government to turn world food crisis into advantage

SA government owes victims of Zim, Burma and apology

Somali refugees tell of the horror of war

Wildlife & environment in trouble articles

Cannibal theory for locust swarms

Neil Young has new spider species named after him

Pelican dies in collision with swimmer

44 white rhino poached in Kruger Nat Park in 4 years

Wild times in changing China

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Elliot Pfebve, an MDC official who fled to the UK after the violent 2000 elections, is having to deal with the abduction of his parents by Zanu PF militia in Mt Darwin on Tuesday. Pfebve said he received a message from his brother Fireson Pfebve, who narrated how the Zanu PF mob stormed their Nyakatondo village around 8pm and tied up their 79-year old father and 76-year old mother using wire.

Wednesday Downloads

From 20:30 GMT, the following archives will be available. Mac users

Full two hour broadcast

Newsreel

Democracy 101

Hidden Story

Callback

Appeal for Peace

Changes to the schedule

Due to the changing face of the crisis in Zimbabwe we are changing the scheduling of our programs.
Starting Monday 12th May we will still be repeating our news bulletin to make it easy for our shortwave listeners to keep up to date with breaking news - but we will now be starting and ending our broadcasts with this bulletin. Various programs throughout the week have also been moved into different time slots and different days.

Wednesday Schedule


6.00-6.30	Station Opening with Mandisa
6.00-6.30	Newsreel Appeal for Peace
6.30- 7.00	Democracy 101 Hidden Story with Tichaona Sibanda
7.00-7.30	Callback with Mandisa and Ezra
7.30-8.00	Newsreel (repeat)

Blogspot

Zimbabwe Talk
Bloggers for Human Rights
Di Mitchells blog
Daniel Molekele
Sokwanele blog
Zimbabwe Today
The Zimbabwean Pundit
The Bearded Man
The Zimbabwe Digest
Comrade Fatso

Programmes

Once again people are focussing on the violence being meted against Zimbabweans at home and abroad. Mhlanhlandlela describes what is happening at home as 'Gukurahundi revisited', and the monsters are showing their true colours. Rufu describes the bases that are being set up in schools countrywide to house war vets.

Democracy 101
Continuing in the series that takes a 'beginners' look at democracy and the democratic process, Mandisa chats to Professor Stan Mukasa about practical ways of strengthening civil society, the custodians and educators of democracy in any country, and how he thinks Zimbabwe's civil society is falling short in that role.

In the Hidden Story Tichaona speaks to two MDC MPs from Makoni district, who strongly suspect that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been clandestinely supplying the regime with information, detailing the exact locations of people who voted for the Tsvangirai led MDC.
John Nyamande MP for Makoni Central and Pishai Muchauraya MP for Makoni South, said the leaked information has been used to flush out all known MDC activists in the rural areas.

This daily appeal from various individuals is aimed at the members of Zimbabwe's Defence Forces and Zanu PF supporters who are guilty of perpetrating the increasingly horrific acts of violence, intimidation and torture against the ordinary people of Zimbabwe. Today's appeal is from Alois Phiri Mbawara from Free Zim Youth