Permanent year factsheet

Zimbabwe in 2004

Historical records for Zimbabwe in 2004, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
4Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

July

3 July 2004African Union Human Rights ReportRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Addis Ababa · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

An African Union report criticises abuses against opposition politicians and lawyers.

October

October 2004Arrest of Morgan TsvangiraiMorgan Tsvangirai

Politics / Movement for Democratic Change

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is acquitted of treason charges relating to an alleged plot to kill President Mugabe, he still faces a separate treason charge

October 2004TreasonMorgan Tsvangirai

Politics / Movement for Democratic Change

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is acquitted of treason charges relating to an alleged plot to kill President Mugabe, he still faces a separate treason charge

October 2004TrialMorgan Tsvangirai

Politics / Movement for Democratic Change

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is acquitted of treason charges relating to an alleged plot to kill President Mugabe, he still faces a separate treason charge

December

6 December 2004Appointment as Vice-PresidentJoice Mujuru

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mujuru becomes Zimbabwe's first woman Vice-President.

December 2004ZANU-PFJoyce Mujuru

Politics / ZANU-PF

At the December 2004 five-year conference, Joyce Mujuru, a Zezeru Shona like Mugabe and whose husband Solomon Mujuru is the retired head of the armed forces, is elevated to the post of vice-president of the party (first woman to hold that office)

Names involved

Joice MujuruJoyce MujuruMorgan TsvangiraiRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Places involved

Addis AbabaHarare

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.