Erratic power supplies have long been an accepted part of life in Zimbabwe, but football fans had hoped the World Cup in SA would provide respite.
A stray cat paws through a heap of refuse between blocks of flats in Harare’s upmarket Avenues area, sending rats squealing and scurrying for cover.
The stone prized by designers is found in one of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts, where residents look with envy on the granite.
President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power was pried open one year ago on Thursday, but mistrust and bickering are hampering Zimbabwe’s recovery.
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/ 7 February 2010
"No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms across Zimbabwe.
Jacob Zuma will inherit a still-simmering crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where analysts said he’s unlikely to tread as softly as Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 11 November 2008
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe looked set on Tuesday to push ahead with a new government, sidelining opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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/ 14 October 2008
Former SA president Thabo Mbeki prepared to hold talks on Tuesday with Zimbabwe’s political rivals in a bid to save a flagging power-sharing deal.
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/ 12 October 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has threatened to pull out of a power-sharing deal if Robert Mugabe moved ahead with plans to take key ministries.
Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe had stalled and outside mediation was needed.