Dispatch Foundation News

Stock Exchange Trades Again

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:56:54 PST

After 3 months closed, the Zim stock exchange resumes trading, now in US$.

Cholera Danger

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:57:34 PST

Doctors Without Borders' report on Cholera Epidemic: Crisis is "just the beginning of a nightmare health crisis." Download and read the entire...

Prime Minister Sworn in

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:38:41 PST

“If yesterday we were adversaries, today we stand in unity.”

Students Arrested

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:23:11 PST

"Police assaulted the students who led a demonstration to oppose the payment of US$400 before they can write their end of second term semester."

Unity Bill

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:55:21 PST

"With the enactment of this bill, the train of the inclusive government will be leaving the station."

Currency Revalued

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:12:55 PST

"Twelve zeros will be knocked off the bills currently in circulation; reducing the nominal value of a one-trillion-Zimbabwean-dollar bill to just one...

UN to Visit

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:09:31 PST

Government agrees to a visit by UN humanitarian team to help with cholera epidemic and hunger crisis.

Teachers Strike

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:05:01 PST

"Nearly 80 percent of the country’s remaining teachers heeded the call to strike."

Opposition to Join

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:44:49 PST

"Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will join a unity government"

Worsening Cholera

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:50:54 PST

"The latest death toll represents an increase of more than 1,000 deaths in just the past 15 days."

Cholera Toll Rising

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:36:32 PST

"Ordinarily cholera kills less than one percent of those infected but because of Zimbabwe’s shortage of clean water the death rate is approaching 20...

Cholera Spreads

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:36:47 PST

Cholera epidemic spreads to rural areas.

$50 Billion Note

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:04:24 PST

"When the government issued a $10 billion note just three weeks ago, it bought 20 loaves of bread. That note now can purchase less than half of one...

Stock Market Closed

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:20 PST

Trading halted on December 17th and has not reopened.

Dollarization

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:11:31 PST

"Almost everyone in the country is now buying and selling in foreign currency."

Schools Closed

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:51:00 PST

"Teachers are refusing to return to work until they are assured of being paid in foreign currency." Last term, the number of children attending...

Opposition Refuses

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:36:20 PST

Citing "outstanding issues", the opposition party refuses to join coalition government.

Mugabe to form government

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:29:40 PST

President moves towards "early realization" of government without opposition.

Cholera Deaths Rise

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:12:57 PST

"The overall Case Fatality Rate has risen to 5.7% - far above the 1% which is normal in large outbreaks - and in some rural areas it has reached as...

Increased Pressure

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:49:31 PST

The US will no longer support a power sharing deal. But, pressure is needed from South Africa.

Scavenging

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:14:02 PST

"The half-starved haunt the once bountiful landscape of Zimbabwe, where a recent United Nations survey found that 7 in 10 people had eaten either...

Cholera Claims

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:49:10 PST

The President insists cholera outbreak is contained, while aid agencies say the crisis is worsening and the death rate significantly higher due to...

Hunger and Cholera

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:54:25 PST

"I am afraid that if we won't all die of cholera, then hunger will finish off those that remain."

Kenyan PM calls for ouster

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:57:43 PST

"Power-sharing is dead in Zimbabwe and will not work with a dictator who does not really believe in power-sharing."

Heath Emergency

jeb@dispatchfoundation.org (Jeb Gutelius) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:43:45 PST

"The United Nations says the number of suspected cholera cases in Zimbabwe since August has climbed above 12,600, with 570 deaths, because of a lack...