Zimbabwean General Solomon Mujuru died in suspicious circumstances in August 2011. This is an edited extract from his recently published biography by Blessing-Miles Tendi
The arrest of Baba Jukwa has triggered sharp divisions among security forces in Zimbabwe.
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Blue chip companies are moving out of Harare’s central business district into outlying suburbs as retailers dominate office space.
Factions in Zanu-PF are using the previously ineffective corruption commission to fight internal battles.
Zimbabwe’s controversial indigenisation programme, pummelled by increasing allegations of corruption, has for the first time come under scrutiny.
Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono are locked in a battle over indigenisation policy.
The Chinese will not enjoy preferential treatment and will not be exempt from Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy, says Minister Saviour Kasukuwere.
After the capitulation of the mines, the financial services industry is considering its options.
Zimbabwe has turned up the heat on its indigenisation programme and issued a 14-day ultimatum to Tongaat Hulett’s unit in the country, Triangle.
The taking of shares from foreign company by the Zimbabwean government could have a positive effect for Robert Mugabe where votes are concerned.
There’s still been no deal set in stone on indigenising Impala’s Zimbabwe operation despite the progress that has been made so far.
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Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has warned Impala Platinum he will take the mine over if it doesn’t comply with Zimbabwe’s BEE laws.
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/ 29 February 2012
Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he’s "sick and tired" of David Brown not complying with the country’s black ownership laws.
South African company may be booted out of a Harare venture to make way for warring ministers, who are also Mugabe loyalists.
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/ 8 November 2011
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai has accused Saviour Kasukuwere, a top minister in Robert Mugabe’s party, of orchestrating an attack on an MDC rally.
The MDC is opposed to a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies and plans its own project to lure foreign investment.
Murowa Diamonds has ceded 51% of its equity to Zimbabwe to comply with a new law giving local blacks majority shares in foreign companies.
Zanu-PF youths in collaboration with senior party bigwigs are spearheading the illegal invasion of buildings and properties in Bulawayo.
Companies queue to see government as the deadline to sell a 51% share to locals passes
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/ 27 September 2011
Zimbabwe is due to probe firms to establish their level of compliance with a law that forces them to sell at least 51% of shares to Zimbabwe locals.
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/ 9 September 2011
Saviour Kasukuwere has ratcheted up his drive for local control of the mining industry by threatening to cancel the operating licence of Zimplats.
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/ 8 September 2011
More than 50 foreign-owned mining firms risk losing their licences after failing to submit acceptable indigenisation plans, media reports say.
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/ 2 September 2011
Saviour Kasukuwere has "suspended" the cancellation of Blanket Mine’s operating licence, pending further revision of the company’s proposals.
Saviour Kasukuwere has cancelled the operating licence of the Zimbabwe’s leading gold mine.
Zimbabwe’s Parliament has declared that Mugabe-backed regulations seeking to nationalise foreign companies are "unconstitutional … and absurd".
At Bulawayo’s posh Rainbow Hotel, Saviour Kasukuwere, shares a guffaw with the business executives sitting next to him.
Zimbabwe’s wealthy political elite is closing in on the country’s large foreign-owned mines.
Zimbabwe will effectively nationalise half the country’s key resources sector by setting up a sovereign wealth fund to own 51% stakes of mining firms.
A leading business group on Tuesday urged President Robert Mugabe not to seize Zimbabwe-based firms from Western countries.
Some 480 firms have so far submitted proposals to the indigenisation ministry it is understood to be "in the process of sending out legal notices.
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/ 10 September 2007
The ruling party in Zimbabwe has agreed to enforce age limits for its powerful youth wing in what analysts say may be a move to rein in over-ambitious leaders embroiled in the Zanu-PF’s messy succession debate, it emerged on Monday. Leaders of Zanu-PF’s youth wing must now not be older than 30 years, according to a report in Herald newspaper.