Youths target empty buildings in Bulawayo

Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.

Zanu-PF ponders retribution for WikiLeaks 'traitors'

WikiLeaks's exposure which includes revelations that top Zanu-PF officials have been secretly corresponding with US diplomats have stoked tension.

Mugabe push for pulpits' pulling power

In an attempt to garner votes ahead of elections expected before March next year, Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is using the churches to build support

Zanu-PF turns on 'moderate'

The sacking of Tracey Mutinhiri has fuelled speculation that party moderates seen as being too close to the opposition MDC are to be purged.

Mugabe encourages lawmakers to preach peace

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe on Tuesday urged lawmakers in the troubled coalition government to preach messages of peace ahead of proposed elections.

Elections to be held by March 2012, says Mugabe

Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe will hold elections by early 2011 and raised concerns on the delay of the state's Constitutional programme, reports say.

Solomon Mujuru's death alarms moderates

Solomon Mujuru was seen as the power broker who could hold hardliners in Zanu-PF at bay.

Zimbabwe's General Solomon Mujuru dies in fire

The husband of Zimbabwe's vice-president and a key figure within Zanu-PF's succession race has died under mysterious circumstances, reports say.

Top Mugabe official raises ghost of tribal massacres

A top official has issued an unprecedented condemnation of the massacres of up to 20 000 civilians of Zimbabwe's minority Ndebele people.

Zanu-PF switches focus to bank grabs

Zimbabwe's new threat to take over foreign-owned banks may widen the cracks in the government over the empowerment law.

Botswana dismisses Malema's military-base claim

Botswana has dismissed as "bullshit" ANCYL claims that the country is talking to the United States about setting up a military base in the country.

Zim guard faces jail for alleged Mugabe slur

A security guard could face 12 months in jail for remarks about Robert Mugabe's health and a taunt over food shortages.

Ziscosteel's brain-gain drive

Four months after being bought by Indian firm Essar Global Holdings in a $750-million deal, production has yet to kick off at Ziscosteel.

Tsvangirai eyes protests to overthrow Zim government

Morgan Tsvangirai has come forward with suggestions that the MDC could overthrow the ruling Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe ahead of possible polls.

War vets gun for new head of elections

Zanu-PF is demanding the resignation of the head of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, creating an early threat to newly agreed regulations.

Four journos arrested in Zim

Zimbabwean police have arrested four journalists while they were covering the eviction of a police officer from government lodging.

Zim elections can happen this year, says Mugabe

Robert Mugabe says new elections were still possible in Zimbabwe this year, despite a timeline that put the polls in 2012 at the earliest.

The return of Mugabe's propagandist

Former information minister Jonathan Moyo is back in Zanu-PF's inner circle and causing uncertainty among its warring factions.

'Sell-out' minister may be next victim of skewed land policy

President Robert Mugabe's use of farmland to stifle dissent among his followers has been laid bare.

Zimbabwe's opposition parties ponder coalition

Welshman Ncube, the president of the splinter MDC party has hinted at a possible coalition of Zimbabwe's opposition parties ahead of elections.

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