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New taxes, tolls for Zim — and a little tax relief

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa announced new measures on Thursday to raise state revenues in the face of rampant inflation, including extra levies on fuel and the…

Mugabe still has daggers sharpened for Western critics

President Robert Mugabe opened a new legislative year on Tuesday with a low key speech to Parliament, blaming economic problems on Britain and other Western critics of his human…

Report: Only 40% of Zim’s seized farms are used

Only 40% of the 11-million hectares of land seized from whites since February 2000 have been taken over by black farmers, President Robert Mugabe was quoted as saying on Friday.…

Mugabe warns ‘crookish’ party members

Zimbabwe’s ruling party is planning a major cleansing exercise to remove elements who are tarnishing its image with bad behaviour, President Robert Mugabe told leading party…

The wrath of Robert Mugabe

President Robert Mugabe has threatened to bring down ”the full wrath of the law” against anyone who disturbs Zimbabwean peace and stability. The threat, made in a speech on…

Mugabe launches new tirade against West

President Robert Mugabe used his official 82nd birthday celebrations on Saturday to launch a new tirade against the West, boosted by a split in the opposition party. In an…

Zimbabwe to process newly found uranium deposits

President Robert Mugabe has said Zimbabwe will process recently discovered uranium deposits in order to resolve its chronic electrical power shortage, state radio said on Sunday.…

Zim bank governor condemns farm seizures

Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has joined the condemnation of continuing and often violent farm seizures, saying new seizures and the under utilisation of land already…

Zim govt probes case of missing soccer players

A government commission is looking into the alleged defection of eight soccer players from a squad that went to play a friendly exhibition match in Britain, a newspaper reported…

Zim govt says it’s up to Britain to compensate farmers

A Cabinet minister said on Thursday it was up to Britain to compensate thousands of white Zimbabweans whose farms were seized under President Robert Mugabe’s land reform…

Disaster looms for Zim’s tobacco crop

Sales of Zimbabwe’s major export, Virginia flue-cured tobacco, officially closed on Tuesday after fetching about -million (about R661-million) on a crop that was just a fraction…

Zimbabwe to import tigers from China

Zimbabwe plans to import four endangered Siberian tigers from China for the country’s national park, a project condemned by wildlife experts as potentially cruel and dangerous.…

Zim finance minister meets IMF board members

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Governor, Gideon Gono, was in Washington on Friday lobbying members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board not to recommend the expulsion of…

‘Zimbabwe is no home for traitors, political stooges’

President Robert Mugabe lashed out on Sunday at church leaders who have been among the most outspoken critics of Zimbabwe’s human rights record. Addressing the funeral of Josiah…

Zanu-PF commissar dies

Josiah Tungamirai, Minister for Black Empowerment and Indigenisation in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government, has died while receiving treatment at a clinic in South…

Zimbabwe Cabinet minister dies in South Africa

Josiah Tungamirai, Minister for Black Empowerment and Indigenisation in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government, has died while receiving treatment at a clinic in South…

Mugabe takes another step towards tyranny

A slate of amendments that critics warn will seriously reduce constitutional protections and freedoms in Zimbabwe cleared a first vote in Parliament on Wednesday. After a stormy…

Pro-Mugabe bishop faces charges in court

An Anglican bishop who is a strong supporter of autocratic President Robert Mugabe has been brought before an ecclesiastical court investigating charges ranging from inciting…

New Bill to strengthen Mugabe’s hand

Ruling-party legislators in Zimbabwe are pushing constitutional amendments critics say will strengthen President Robert Mugabe. A Bill before Parliament will establish a 40-seat…

Zimbabwe: Dreaming of freedom

The Zimbabwean government has again refused to license one of the country’s only independent daily newspapers, which has been banned from publishing for more than two years, the…