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The region gangs up on Mugabe

The Southern African Development Community is placing unprecedented pressure on President Robert Mugabe to quit office and pave the way for peace and stability at home and within…

Hit squads beat ‘undesirables’ to a bloody pulp

Hit squads have been formed to target opposition politicians branded “undesirables” by the state, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said this week. “It reminds of…

Zim bows to SA World Cup

Under apparent pressure from South Africa, President Robert Mugabe will submit himself to a popular presidential election in 2008 rather than extend his term for another two…

Mujuru courts diplomats

Presidential hopefuls within the ruling Zanu-PF party are courting international diplomats to put pressure on 83-year-old President Robert Mugabe either to step down or embrace…

High-ups use free prison labour

The Mail & Guardian is reliably informed that at least three times a week hundreds of prisoners are bused to commercial farms owned by politicians and the army’s top brass in…

Mugabe unedited

The Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation recently seized all unedited tapes of President Robert Mugabe’s exclusive birthday interview with state broadcaster ZBC after…

‘The wrath of the law will catch up with them’

Horror tales of brutal campaigns by supporters of the ruling Zanu-PF party, which saw over 200 opposition supporters die in state-sponsored crackdowns in 2000 during the genesis…

Telecommunication troubles rife in Zimbabwe

A day without an internet connection does not contribute to the balance sheet of a corporate trying to compete in the global village. No telephone line means no access to…

Mugabe must go … but when?

Zanu-PF’s 10 provincial branches have begun debating whether to extend the political term of their leader, President Robert Mugabe, by two more years after it expires in March…

Zim army tired of soldiering on

Mass desertions in the army are creating anxiety in the country’s Joint Operations Command, which implored its Chairperson, President Robert Mugabe, late last year, to improve…

Bullet sent to Zim editor

The editor of one of Zimbabwe’s only remaining independent newspapers, The Standard, which belongs to the stable of media outlets belonging to Mail & Guardian owner Trevor Ncube,…

Inside Bob’s exit strategy

President Robert Mugabe is likely to be made life president of the ruling Zanu-PF party, allowing him a dignified exit as the country’s leader. Word has it that Mugabe wants to…

Victory for Trevor Ncube

Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled that the termination of Mail & Guardian publisher Trevor Ncube’s citizenship was “unlawful, null and void and of no force or effect” and has…

Zim diamonds lose their sparkle

Senior Zimbabwe government officials, including the police, have been sucked into a diamond smuggling scandal, which is believed to have cost the country about -million in lost…

Africa headhunts Zim farmers

Countries across the continent are headhunting the last remaining white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, the majority of whom are contemplating packing their bags in search of…

Have yourself a dreary little Xmas

People on antiretroviral treatment in Zimbabwe are struggling with the price of the drugs having risen by 60% over the past year. ”We are suffering, unemployed and desperate. I…

Zim budget gloom

There are rumours that treasury boss Dr Herbert Murerwa and central bank chief Dr Gideon Gono are at one each other’s throats. They reportedly regularly have SMS wars, with a…

Mugabe could stay on until 2010

There are growing signs that factions within Zanu-PF will push for an extension of President Robert Mugabe’s mandate by pushing through contentious constitutional amendments…

Mujuru camp falls prey to Zisco

A clerk stormed into the September hearing of the industry and international trade portfolio committee, which was gathering evidence about corruption at the state-run Zimbabwe…

Zimbabwe’s steely-eyed fraudsters

President Robert Mugabe blocked the release of a report by the ministry of finance that exposes the looting of the country’s sole steel manufacturing company, Zisco, by Cabinet…